At this time the Australian’s have a number of projects that will run from 2015 to 2030 but some of them seem too much for the perceived threat level. When looking at what they are thinking of ordering it seem over the top. So when we look at the projects
72 F-35’s to replace the F-18 A/B @ $130m each
8 P-8 Poseidon’s @ $199m each
7 Global Hawk’s @ $104m each
12 new Submarines
And a need to replace the Navy’s frigates
Given the threat level and the need to be mobile and work with Allies (US)
I would firstly drop the order of F-35’s to 50 and order 25 more F-18 F’s giving me 50 of each type and 100 combat jets in total and saving me 1.5 billion dollars
Second I would order 7 P-8 Poseidon’s saving me another 200 million dollars
Third I would order 10 C295 MPAs instead of the 7 Global Hawks as this will give me more flexibility in the MPA and SAR roles and would save me 278 million dollars
Forth I would build 8 new advanced Collins class submarines able to carry up to 28 weapons and able to launch Tomahawk missiles
Instead of the 4 remaining submarines and with the nearly 2 billion dollars saved by the changes I would buy 8 Type 26 Frigates from the UK and with the money saved by all the changes and not having to spend 4 billion dollars on the 8 Type 26’s taking that 4 billion I would spend 1.5 billion on 3 more Type 26’s bring the number up to 11 to go with the 3 Hobart class destroyers
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