Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0

[Morgo]

While the Labor party make all the right public statements about the importance of AUKUS you just know that behind the scenes the rank and file doesn’t have the same level of enthusiasm.

I think that’s a generalisation. There are parts of the Labor Left (the “social” Left) that are like that (and are probably closer to the Greens) but then Pat Conroy and others like him seem to be big fans of the industrial and employment benefits of Defence spending.

The Labor Right (including the Deputy PM/Defence Minister and the Treasurer) I think are right behind it.

This upcoming tax review is going to be quite interesting in terms of coming up with a way to raise more revenue and pay for the needed / promised expenditures across Medicare / NDIS / Welfare / Defence. The pips are already squeaking.

 

[MARKMILES77]

Information out of the Paris Airshow reported in Flight Global.
MH-60Rs are becoming an important weapon in defending against UAVs.
Also mentioned in the same article, that the Royal Australian Navy is getting a Magnetic Anomaly Detector for it's MH-60Rs.
Have not seen this previously reported?

US Navy MH-60Rs get serious about counter-UAS mission

The Sikorsky MH-60R naval warfare helicopter has emerged as a key platform for defending US Navy warships from small, cheap unmanned air systems.

www.flightglobal.com

Flight Global
18 June 2025