Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0

[Stampede]

*looks around*

Huh - the only Ghost Shark cynic here. Ah well, it'll be interesting to see.

Sorry - but I think it's an over-egged R&D project by a questionable company with some very interesting Australian senior execs. I'm not convinced it has a feasible CONOPS, nor is cost effective. There is a huge difference between a capability and an experiment. I do, however, think the secrecy around undersea warfare works to Australia's disadvantage here, as no-one can ask pertinent questions like they can of other Defence projects....

Re Ghost shark, I’m not sure if I’m a cynic, but I am very guarded re expectations.
Reality is I / we know bugger all about its capabilities or intended capabilities.
It’s just a bloody big mystery.

We do know however that the unmanned space is a thing across land , air and the maritime surface space.

As for the underwater realm, it’s certainly getting investment and the RAN appears to be very keen that it does stuff!

What that stuff looks like is speculative.

I certainly don’t think traditional manned submarines are redundant any time soon.

Cheers S