Is it curious that members of the armed forces are able to in this report decline to be tested ?

Ceafar 2 now operational but doing comparisons to other radars would be very difficult
https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/aust ... perational

There was supposed to be a feasibility study back in 2018 on using the Ceafar radar on R.N ships
https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/marit ... r-warships
I have not heard anything of this

Although Australia is engaging with allies in the Pacific in response to China,s operations N.A.T.O seems engaged in reaching some consensus on how to react to China . Germany would suggest fixating on Russia without itself lifting spending on its defence budget https://www.iiss.org/blogs/analysis/2...

I thought to include some earlier articles pertaining to the design of the ship and some of the advantages of the ramp as some of the newer members may not be aware e.g. increased take offloads and safety particularly heavy sea states https://www.wired.co.uk/article/navy-queen-elizabeth-warship This...

More of the carrier operations

Rather good JMSDF video of Pacific Crown 21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-cR35rhn5M UK MoD rushes.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2749KQZpnc The second video appears to be of an earlier event. Interesting comparing the wakes of the ships the Izumo class appears to create a lot of disturbance...

This could be a type of U.A.V that may be deployed from the mission bay bringing capabilities complementing the asw abilities of the type 26it may of course be slightly larger and heavier than present abilities to handle such craft but such an ability could be handy https://www.popularmechanics.com...

This could be a type of U.A.V that may be deployed from the mission bay bringing capabilities complementing the asw abilities of the type 26it may of course be slightly larger and heavier than present abilities to handle such craft but such an ability could be handy https://www.popularmechanics.com/...

Lord Jim wrote:Those articles are very interesting an possibly open up some options for out planned T-26 and future warships, as well as the Army. Imagine a Archer Battery providing area BMD for a Brigade in Poland or further afield!!

Or even the type 45,s now

There have been potential developments in the S.H.O.R.A.D role of older naval guns with the trials of hypersonic rounds as an anti missile weapon, the article from just two years ago would suggest that such rounds would augment a ships ability to counter threats without having to use the more expens...

There is an article in here pages 23 and 24 detailing the R.A.A.Fs updates to their Wedgetails not sure how applicable to the R.A.F but could be of interest
https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/ ... ighRes.pdf

I would hope that the R.A N accepts a submarine that is on par with cutting edge acoustics certainly there is reason to believe that not only Russia,s submarines are close to parity in this with the U.S.Ns but within a few years the P.L.A.Ns will be too https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/chine...

This article provides some details of the ongoing issues the Australian government faced with the canceled submarine project ,of perhaps interest is an earlier report calling for its cancellation by a former U.S. secretary of the navy David Winter in 2018 of the French submarine project in a report ...

The use of deployable artillery to quickly counter a cruise missile is interesting but left me wondering how the sensors were arranged for said cannon to target the missile The Artillery batteries had no problem during WW2 knocking down the flying bombs the Germans sent over. Not that many got thro...

The use of deployable artillery to quickly counter a cruise missile is interesting but left me wondering how the sensors were arranged for said cannon to target the missile

From what I have read it leads me to believe American nuclear reactors and other transfers of technology to the Australian submarines but this is to be played out over some 18 months,included in this is the purchase of Tomahawk missiles for the destroyers https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australian...

Australia did look at the French nuclear version of the Barracuda but believed the American version was superior in having a much longer life thirty years compared to having to be refueled every ten years and containment of its nuclear power source,it would be interesting to see if the future submar...

It might be cheaper to build the nuclear submarines based on existing vessels than something that has not previously been built and has faced ongoing delays in its design and sourcing of Australian suppliers, Certainly, the U.S.N were regular visitors D.S.T.O at the time of the Collins build when it...

I read Carew Wilks and Scott Milnes answers in the enquiry and they admitted to the whole body and hand vibration injuries I could not find in the answers the statements that these were temporary injuries, You need to look at the second half of the meeting where the Surgeon General is speaking. The...

This is an article suggesting pathways for reducing vibration in tracked vehicles worth reading it also mentions British experience in doing this with the Warthog https://www.dsta.gov.sg/docs/default-source/dsta-about/reducing-vibration-in-armoured-tracked-vehicles.pdf?sfvrsn=2 This is a study of th...

Have the trials from the Millbrook proving grounds for vibration on the Ajax been released, this report from June stated they were to be next month
https://www.forces.net/news/ajax-whats- ... ed-vehicle

This is possibly an interesting development that may be taken up by the R.N for the defence of task forces unmanned ships carrying automated containers that are cued to sensors of manned ships and able to address threats from much further away from the ships being protected https://www.thedrive.com/...

Avoiding vibration injuries cannot be just addressed by headsets the contact point of the vibration may be from the floor to the feet from the uninsulated seat, from contact points to the hands https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/83-110/default.html https://www.healthyworkinglives.scot/workplace-guidanc...

But that's the problem ppe does not address vibration hazards it requires an engineering solution, there are known solutions that would reduce vibration