Thread: Weapons- the general chat

So what is going on?
Maybe i have missed something.
Some links would be good.

As for the Tikka,i use a Forester,for a knockabout the Howa does me fine,both very accurate.

Originally Posted by scarry

So what is going on?
Maybe i have missed something.
Some links would be good.

As for the Tikka,i use a Forester,for a knockabout the Howa does me fine,both very accurate.

A pod cast I was listening to dropped that Australia may have fair sized Fuel Cell type under water Autonomous drone! Mr Sutton today. Aussie AIP AUV mentioned! "UUVs or Unmanned Underwater Vehicles"Unsupported browser
Mr Suttons Aussie AUV/UUVs AIP comment in the Spotify link had me stop and replay it a few times

Oddly I thought that might be highly classified

It may be nifty some Anduril xl-auv prototypes. Link to Anduril

Anduril - Anduril and the Royal Australian Navy to Partner on Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles
Defence technology company Anduril Industries and the Australian Defence Force are entering into commercial negotiations for a US$100m co-funded design, development and manufacturing program for Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUVs) for the Royal Australian Navy.
The XL-AUV will be an affordable, autonomous, long endurance, multi-mission capable AUV. It is modular, customizable and can be optimized with a variety of payloads for a wide range of military and non-military missions such as advanced intelligence, infrastructure inspection, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting. Anduril’s approach to development of the XL-AUV will deliver the vehicle at a fraction of the cost of existing undersea capabilities in radically lower timeframes.
That company has a mini version which I assume is battery powered on a video

As said the world is changing quickly. AIP has been on my watch list for a long time due to my long interest in Submarines hydrogen, automation, long range and QUIET

AIP is an Acronym for Air Independant Propulsion.

It could be misleading of me to call this a weapon as it is just a likely to be a sensor, detection or counter intrusion tool as well.

My hunting tool of choice is silence until it goes boom.

Radar is only one way of looking- Just saying Same for SONAR I fully acknowledge.

"A $100-million aircraft-coating facility will be built at the Royal Australian Air Force base at Williamtown, New South Wales to help make fighter jets "nearly invisible" to enemies.
It will be the first time the paint will be applied anywhere in the world but the United States.
Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy said the paint used on F-35A Lightning II fighter jets made them among the most elusive planes on the planet, because it was able to absorb radar waves rather than reflect them.
"The F-35 is the most advanced fighter jet in the world for two reasons," he said.
"Its stealthiness – the ability to be nearly invisible on radar – [and] secondly its networked ability, the way it works and networks with other fighter aircraft … whether it's a Wedgetail radar aircraft or an air warfare destroyer.

"That's contingent on it being modified and upgraded consistently, and that will be done here.""

Australia will spend A$1.3 billion ($833 million) to boost its long-range strike capabilities as it finalised on Monday a deal to buy more than 200 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States, part of a wide-ranging defence shake-up.
Australia will be only one of three nations to have Tomahawks along with the U.S. and Britain, Defence Minister Richard Marles said.
"We are investing in the capabilities our Defence Force needs to hold our adversaries at risk further from our shores and keep Australians safe in the complex and uncertain world in which we live today," Marles said in a statement.
The U.S. State Department in March approved the sale of the Tomahawks, which have a range of 1,500 kms (932 miles), but did not indicate at the time that a contract had been signed or talks had concluded.
The ship-launched version of the missiles, manufactured by RTX Corp RTX.N , will be deployed on the Royal Australian Navy's Hobart-class destroyers, he said.
Australia says it needs to upgrade its defence forces as China is undertaking the biggest military build-up since the end of World War Two.
Earlier this year it agreed to work with the United States and Britain to develop a nuclear-powered submarine fleet.
In addition to the Tomahawks, Australia would spend about A$431 million to purchase more than 60 advanced anti-radiation guided missiles from the United States, the defence minister said.
Long-range anti-tank guided missiles would also be bought for Australian Army's Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicles in a contract worth more than A$50 million.
The Tomahawk announcement came days after the U.S. approved a possible sale to Australia of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) for $975 million.
($1 = 1.5618 Australian dollars)

I am very biased to HOBART 39 and its successors

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Australia will spend A$1.3 billion ($833 million) to boost its long-range strike capabilities as it finalised on Monday a deal to buy more than 200 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States, part of a wide-ranging defence shake-up.
Australia will be only one of three nations to have Tomahawks along with the U.S. and Britain, Defence Minister Richard Marles said.
"We are investing in the capabilities our Defence Force needs to hold our adversaries at risk further from our shores and keep Australians safe in the complex and uncertain world in which we live today," Marles said in a statement.
The U.S. State Department in March approved the sale of the Tomahawks, which have a range of 1,500 kms (932 miles), but did not indicate at the time that a contract had been signed or talks had concluded.
The ship-launched version of the missiles, manufactured by RTX Corp RTX.N , will be deployed on the Royal Australian Navy's Hobart-class destroyers, he said.
Australia says it needs to upgrade its defence forces as China is undertaking the biggest military build-up since the end of World War Two.
Earlier this year it agreed to work with the United States and Britain to develop a nuclear-powered submarine fleet.
In addition to the Tomahawks, Australia would spend about A$431 million to purchase more than 60 advanced anti-radiation guided missiles from the United States, the defence minister said.
Long-range anti-tank guided missiles would also be bought for Australian Army's Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicles in a contract worth more than A$50 million.
The Tomahawk announcement came days after the U.S. approved a possible sale to Australia of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) for $975 million.
($1 = 1.5618 Australian dollars)

I am very biased to HOBART 39 and its successors

All the above is very well & certainly most interesting but I would like to know where is the cash for all that coming from?


Are we Leasing most everything & the US is certainly not gifting it to OZ to assist them in their conquests?