Australian Army Discussions and Updates

[Lolcake]

Ive just read that pac-3 production will expand to 2000 missiles a year. Absolutely blows my mind that we have not ordered significant air defence assets up until this point!

 

[SammyC]

Ive just read that pac-3 production will expand to 2000 missiles a year. Absolutely blows my mind that we have not ordered significant air defence assets up until this point!

We can only hope there has been work behind the scenes and we are one of the "additional customers" the article makes mention of.

I think we can rightly be indignant if there is no plan for IAMD in the upcoming defence strategy update.

I should note however, we will need more than just patriot. We will need a tier 1 anti ballistic missile system like thaad or arrow as well. I think that will be the more complex part of the puzzle.

 

[ADMk2]

We can only hope there has been work behind the scenes and we are one of the "additional customers" the article makes mention of.

I think we can rightly be indignant if there is no plan for IAMD in the upcoming defence strategy update.

I should note however, we will need more than just patriot. We will need a tier 1 anti ballistic missile system like thaad or arrow as well. I think that will be the more complex part of the puzzle.

Under FSP2020, that “Tier 1“ was costed from memory at around $25B and MRAD around $7b…

That is why we don’t have it.

Because their funding (among others) went to subs and Hunters…