Two Canberras for the price of three

Noteworthy only if they actually get into the air. Our current air capability is already superior.

The only triple-redundancy plan the Defence Force needs is related to safety-catches on firearms.

Or Mael, could be because we are surrounded (to the north at least) by countries equipped or in the process of refitting with late generation Russian aircraft such as the Su30 & SU 27.

hmmm yeah, on account of all the fighers in the Somali, no make that East Timor, no make that Bogainville, no make that Iraqi, no make that Rowanda, yes the Rowandan air force of impeccable standards, which consists of a clapped out cessna and a couple of converted weed spraying helicopters.

Forrest Gump has a quote for this. “Mama said stupid is what stupid does.”

Apparently the new amphibious ships are a nice fit with the new air warfare destroyers. I’m sure the foreign language translation won’t be an issue where it really matters – the combat systems are being done in Adelaide, and I think some of the other ship-building work is happening in Melbourne. Apparently 55% of the ship-building for the air warfare destroyers is happening in Australia, which is good for our own economy given the total project cost.

Of course they’ll do what they need them to do. Instead of spending the first five years of fleet life translating from russian instructions, they’ll be busy translating it from spanish.

At least Port should be recognisable, but Starboard will read something like Starboardo. Going real fast will read something like ‘andre-andre reeba-reeba’.

I hope they do what they need them to do…

Its an interesting purchase because its primary use is as an aggressor not in defense. So its going to be interesting to see what the Indos think.

Wow, a big defence project went way over budget. Imagine that!

I was surprised to see the Spanish win. Good decision. Congrats to whoever managed to ignore/deflect/dissuade any political influence from the Yanks.

Same sort of increases as the Canberra building trade…kind of fitting then isn’t it?