Marinha da Austrália

[J.Ricardo]

Mas tudo tem limites, não é possível que o contribuinte australiano seja tão passivo.

[FCarvalho]

O australiano médio via de regra geral não é lá muito chegado a questões políticas e muito menos de defesa. Eles não tem uma sociedade preocupada com questões para as quais eles acreditam que seus representantes são capazes e responsáveis o suficiente para tratar os problemas. Defesa é apenas uma delas.

Na verdade, o tema só passou a chamar alguma atenção por lá nos últimos 10 anos para cá, quando os governos começaram a investir pesado em compras de ativos militares vislumbrando a substituição dos meios empregados. Sempre foram, e ainda são, muito dependentes dos norte americanos, e ligados aos britânicos por razões óbvias.

Mas disseste bem. Tudo tem um limite. O dos australianos ainda vamos descobrir qual é. Mas acho que demora.

[cabeça de martelo]

MEKO A210 #corvette design from @thyssenkrupp Marine Systems at #IndoPacific2023 exhibition is another contender for the expected new @Australian_Navy Tier 2 surface combatant project. TKMS is talking to an undisclosed Australian shipbuilder for local construction @IndoPacExpo

Uma "Corveta" com 4750 toneladas.

[cabeça de martelo]

Depois há a solução "low cost" da Navantia:

More information on the @Navantia_AU Tasman-class corvette design displacing about 3,600t and 109.6m-long and 15.35m-wide. It has an anti-air, anti-submarine and anti-surface capability. The new Tasman-class #corvette on offer from @Navantia_AU for the @Australian_Navy Tier 2 surface combatant requirement built in partnership with @CivmecAU
and based on the Avante 2200 design built for Saudi Arabia. Could it be contender for new @Australian_Navy Tier 2 warship? #indopacific2023 @IndoPacExpo

Ou então a versão menos "low cost".

Pics of ALPHA 5000 combatant model from @Navantia_AU stand at #IndoPacific2023 exhibition. At 121m-long, 16m-wide and 4,550t displacement it hosts a wide array of weaponry that the company calls The Tier 2 combatant of the Next Decade. An option for @Australian_Navy @IndoPacExpo

[knigh7]

[cabeça de martelo]

[cabeça de martelo]

Unsafe and unprofessional interaction with PLA-N

Media release

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The Hon Richard Marles MP
Deputy Prime Minister

Minister for Defence

Media contact
dpm.media@defence.gov.au

02 6277 7800

Release content
18 NOVEMBER 2023

The Australian Government has expressed its serious concerns to the Chinese Government following an unsafe and unprofessional interaction with a People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) destroyer.

On Tuesday 14 November 2023, HMAS Toowoomba was in international waters inside of Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone enroute to commence a scheduled port visit.

HMAS Toowoomba had been in the region conducting operations in support of United Nations sanctions enforcement. It had stopped to conduct diving operations in order to clear fishing nets that had become entangled around its propellers.

At all times, HMAS Toowoomba communicated its intention to conduct diving operations on normal maritime channels, and using internationally recognised signals.

While diving operations were underway a PLA-N destroyer (DDG-139) operating in the vicinity closed towards HMAS Toowoomba. Toowoomba again advised the PLA-N destroyer that diving operations were being conducted and requested the ship keep clear.

Despite acknowledging Toowoomba’s communications, the Chinese vessel approached at a closer range. Soon after, it was detected operating its hull-mounted sonar in a manner that posed a risk to the safety of the Australian divers who were forced to exit the water.

This is unsafe and unprofessional conduct.

Medical assessments conducted after the divers exited the water identified they had sustained minor injuries likely due to being subjected to the sonar pulses from the Chinese destroyer.

The safety and wellbeing of our ADF personnel continues to be of our utmost priority.

Australia expects all countries, including China, to operate their militaries in a professional and safe manner.

Defence has for decades undertaken maritime surveillance activities in the region and does so in accordance with international law, exercising the right to freedom of navigation and overflight in international waters and airspace.

https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/med ... tion-pla-n

[cabeça de martelo]

US approves transfer of 3 Virginia class submarines to Australia

Naval News December 2023 Navy Forces Maritime Defense Industry
POSTED ON WEDNESDAY, 20 DECEMBER 2023 16:13

On December 13, 2023, the U.S. Senate took a significant step by adopting the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the fiscal year 2024. This act, with a budget of $874.2 billion, marks a key milestone in the implementation of the AUKUS agreement between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The centerpiece of this legislation is the authorization of the transfer of three Virginia-class attack submarines to Australia, planned for the 2030s.


The Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit Mississippi (SSN 782) conducts alpha trials in the Atlantic Ocean. (Picture source: US DoD)

The U.S. Senate has passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the fiscal year 2024. A key provision of the NDAA is the authorization to transfer three Virginia-class submarines to Australia, a move planned for the 2030s.

Under the AUKUS agreement, the U.S. Navy will sell to Australia Virginia-class Block IV submarines in 2032 and 2035, and a Block VII submarine in 2038. The Block IV submarines, equipped with advanced sonar systems and Tomahawk cruise missiles, have significant operational experience. The Block VII submarine, featuring enhanced technologies, will bring extended strategic deterrence capabilities to the Australian navy.

The AUKUS agreement, aimed at strengthening defense and security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, is here translated into a tangible commitment by the United States. The transfer of these submarines, considered among the most advanced in the world, represents a leap in Australian defense capabilities, in a context of increasing geopolitical tensions in the region.

Besides the transfer of equipment, the NDAA also includes measures to consolidate the U.S. submarine industrial base, with a financial contribution of $3 billion from Australia. This measure was designed to alleviate concerns about the U.S. submarine production capacity, notably raised by Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi.

The NDAA also foresees enhanced collaboration in defense technology and production, by allowing Australian and British companies to be eligible for U.S. federal grants under the defense production act. This should facilitate the allies' participation in joint technological development programs, especially in the fields of hypersonic weapons, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing.

This decision by the United States, while strengthening the AUKUS alliance, aims to maintain a balance of power in a crucial region for international security interests. It also symbolizes American commitment to its allies and underscores the importance of the Indo-Pacific as a key theater in global defense policy.

https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.p ... t=cmp-true

[akivrx78]

Australia Lists Japan’s Mogami Class as 1 of 4 Contenders for Its Next Frigate
The JMSDF chief praised the move as “a sign of the high trust and evaluation” of Japanese defense equipment.

Takahashi Kosuke
By Takahashi Kosuke
March 07, 2024

The Mogami, name ship of its class, arrives at Yokosuka, Japan, May 9, 2022.

As part of strengthening the Royal Australian Navy’s surface combat fleet capability, Australia is planning to build a new general-purpose frigate. Now the Albanese government has listed the Mogami-class frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as one of the four candidates for the navy’s next frigate, with the other three vessels being selected from Spain, Germany, and South Korea.

In response, Admiral Sakai Ryo, chief of staff of the JMSDF, praised this move.

“Australia has announced that, as a maritime nation, it will strengthen the capabilities of its surface fleet and contribute to an open and stable maritime order as it recognizes that the regional strategic environment is becoming increasingly difficult,” Sakai said at a press conference on March 6.

“Japan and Australia share fundamental values and strategic interests, and we highly value the RAN’s surface combatant fleet review as an extremely important initiative for Australia to contribute to play a further role in regional peace and stability,” he said, adding “the JMSDF intends to actively exchange opinions with the RAN.”

Asked about the Mogami-class frigate being mentioned as a candidate for the next generation of frigates in the RAN’s reorganization plan, Sakai said, “We believe that Australia has picked frigates from these countries based on its own information. The fact that the Mogami class was selected as a candidate is a sign of the high level of trust and evaluation of Japanese equipment.”

Tokyo has maintained a policy of pacifism since the end of World War II and has almost no record of exporting lethal defense equipment, Thus, the latest development came like a bolt out of the blue, surprising many Japanese.

On February 20, the Australian government released an independent analysis report on the RAN’s surface combatant fleet capability, in response to the recommendations of Australia’s 2023 Defense Strategic Review published last April.

Most notably, the report lists Germany’s MEKO A-200, Japan’s Mogami-class frigate built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, South Korea’s Daegu-class FFX Batch II and III, and Spain’s Navantia ALFA 3000 as candidates for the RAN’s next general-purpose frigate.

The Australian government “has directed these ships be acquired rapidly with an established international shipbuilding partner through a hybrid offshore then onshore build strategy, transitioning to the consolidated Henderson shipyard in Western Australia,” the report said.

“Four platforms have been identified by the independent analysis as exemplars to form the basis of a selection process for this new general purpose frigate,” the report added.

Australia plans to acquire 11 new general purpose frigates to complement the country’s combat-ready fleet of warships by replacing the eight aging Anzac-class frigates commissioned in the 1990s and early 2000s.

The Mogami-class frigate, also known as 30FFM, is the JMSDF’s stealthy multi-mission frigate, intended for surveillance missions in waters surrounding the Japanese archipelago, including the East China Sea. According to the JMSDF, this frigate class is equipped with enhanced multirole capabilities, including the ability to conduct anti-mine warfare operations, which until now have been performed by the JMSDF’s ocean-going minesweepers.

The Mogami-class ships, each of which is capable of embarking one helicopter as well as an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), will also be equipped with a vertical launch system (VLS) and an unmanned surface vehicle (USV), both of which will see the first installment on any Japanese frigate ever.

The JMSDF had originally planned to build a total of 22 Mogami-class frigates as Tokyo ramps up efforts to strengthen the country’s naval forces. However, it has decided to now procure a total of only 12 such frigates until the current fiscal year 2023, with plans to acquire a new class of 12 FFMs from 2024 until 2028. The new frigates will essentially be improved Mogami-class ships that are set to be built to the design proposed by MHI.

The Japanese Defense Ministry said the new-class FFM will be fitted with longer-range missiles, enhanced anti-submarine capabilities, and improved capabilities for various maritime operations. With better anti-aircraft and search capabilities, the new FFM may become closer to an FFG (missile frigate).

Thus, there is a strong possibility the Australian government will seek the new FFM rather than the current Mogami-class vessels, because the former will have a larger and more lethal surface combatant capability.

For now, nothing is finalized. Japan was also in the running for a $40 billion deal to build Australia’s new class of submarines, based on the JMSDF’s Soryu-class vessels; however, Australia chose to work with France instead, apparently catching Tokyo off-guard. Eventually, even the deal with France was scrapped, as Australia opted to pursue nuclear-powered submarines under its AUKUS partnership with the United Kingdom and United States.

https://thediplomat.com/2024/03/austral ... t-frigate/

[FCarvalho]

Já passou da hora de variar os fornecedores da MB por aqui.
Após as A-100, por mim a classe Mogami é a melhor opção no futuro a curto prazo em termos de família de navios que poderiam ser construídas por aqui. E estaleiros japoneses ou com participação de empresas nipônicas por aqui é o que não falta.
A classe Daegu FFX II e III sul coreana também entram no páreo, com a Type 54B chinesa sendo a carta na manga daquele país quando a oportunidade chegar. E ela chegará logo.
A ver.
Os australianos estão indo à forra com os seus planos de atualização da marinha real.
E não é para menos. Isso sim é visão geoestratégica do poder naval.