Preparation in Australia Underway to Build New Frigates

 

Prototyping is underway at the Osborne shipyard in Adelaide in preparation for work to start on Navy's Hunter-class frigates.

Defence's Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group's first assistant secretary ships Sheryl Lutz said five prototype blocks would be built in the prototyping phase to test the shipyard's production systems, develop the facilities and ensure the workforce was trained and ready to build the Hunter-class frigates.“Nine of the world’s most advanced anti-submarine warfare frigates will be constructed in Australia and the prototyping phase marks the beginning of a decades-long program that will be the cornerstone of continuous naval shipbuilding in Australia,” Ms Lutz said.

“The Osborne shipyard is a world-leading shipyard, which will enable Australian industry do its job constructing this advanced fleet of frigates for the nation.“Raising the capability of Australia’s shipbuilding industry is central to the National Naval Shipbuilding Enterprise as we continue to develop a truly sovereign maritime industrial base.”

Ms Lutz said the prototyping phase of the Hunter-class frigate program would end in 2023.“The actual construction phase of the Hunter program is scheduled to commence by the end of 2022, with prime contractor BAE Systems Maritime Australia, a subsidiary of BAE Systems, already supporting Australian jobs,” Ms Lutz said. The Hunter-class program will be the cornerstone of the Federal Government’s $183b Naval Shipbuilding Plan, which will see more than 70 naval vessels built in Australia. 

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American MQ-9s are now deployed in Campia Turzii Air Base, Romania

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Russia Scheduled Tank Exercises with Vietnam in 2021

 

The Russian Defense Ministry has officially confirmed that it will hold a tank exercise with the Vietnamese Army this year.

The Russian Defense Ministry has officially confirmed that it will hold 6 international drills with foreign countries in this year 2021, including a tank exercise with Vietnam.Specifically, the Russian bilateral drills will include the countries of Algeria, India, Pakistan, Laos, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.At the moment it is not clear where the joint tank exercise between Russia and Vietnam will take place and what kind of weapons will take part in this exercise.However, it can be affirmed that having the opportunity to participate in exercises with the country with the most powerful armored force in the world will help Vietnam learn a lot of valuable experiences.According to information published by the International Peace Research Institute, Vietnam currently has a total of four main battlefields, in which the most modern is the T-90S/SK tank array.In the service of the Vietnam People's Army currently there are 64 tanks of this type. This is the most modern tank in the world today and even in the Russian army, the T-90 tank does not appear too much and is not the backbone of this force.

In addition, we also have a relatively small number of T-62 main tanks.These are also the main tanks supported by the Soviet Union to Vietnam in the past, up to now the number of T-62 tanks on the service of Vietnam is still operating very effectively.The most numerous main battle tanks in the Armed Forces personnel's service were the T-54/55 tanks and the Chinese-made version of the tank, the Type-59.Basically, the T-54/55 and Type 59 tanks are not too different, we currently have thousands of main battle tanks of this type.Among them, a large amount has been upgraded to T-54M standard under the main tank upgrade program implemented by Vietnam for many years.After upgrading, the T-54M tanks will be capable of surviving on today's battlefield with all kinds of modern, powerful anti-tank weapons.In addition, the upgraded versions of the T-54/55 and Type 59 tanks will also provide these old tanks with excellent ground support combat capabilities on the battlefield.

Xi Jinping Orders China’s Military To Be Ready For War ‘At Any Second’ | 2021

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