Defence Minister Richard Marles has spoken on the increase in the Royal Australian Navy’s size to being the “largest fleet since the end of the Second World War” following the release of the Navy Surface Review.
The new surface fleet strategy will cost $11.1 billion over a decade.
“Today, the Albanese government is announcing an increase in the number of warships in the Royal Australian Navy to being the largest fleet since the end of the Second World War,” Mr Marles said at a media conference in Sydney on Tuesday.
“Right now, the Royal Australian Navy has 11 warships.
“As a result of the government’s response to the Surface Fleet Review, today we are committing to take that number to 26.
“At the heart of that, we’ll be building six Hunter-class frigates at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide, and this will see the first of those ships delivered in 2034, which is the current timeframe.
“We’re also announcing today that we will procure a new general-purpose frigate, of which we will procure 11 – this will be a new class of ship for the Royal Australian Navy.
“We’re also procuring six large optionally crewed surface vessels.”
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All these different types of ships is going to be a logistics nightmare. Two decades ago we had the same problem with all the different makes of helicopters in the ADF.
These naval personal seem out of shape, borderline obese, that was not how it was in my day. I guess warfare doesn't require those fighting to have physical prowess but instead emphasis is on brains
Ghost Ships
About 10 years too late….
none of it will be built
Inside the Hunter Class Frigate Program's first prototype block
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHOT0iR-fsU
so we are getting carriers then
The Navy personnel in this report look unfit or am I seeing things?
Where are they getting the personal to run them,Labor are full of shit.
Literally a joke…more surface vessels that we can't man and will be subpar anyway let alone trying to man the AUKUS subs though current govt refuse to have nuclear power for energy.
Also..is the current navy half serviced by short stumpy women?..we doomed.
As usual, far too little, far too late
I cant even look at this twat Marles….he's speaking BS because China will have either been defeated or they're HERE before we get any of this gear!!
Hes lying to the Australuan Public givibg assured states of arnornents designed to protect us BUT we still gave a war coming to us BEFORE we get this gear?,
WAKE UP! its all going south NOW! It is too lttle too late ya prik!
LUSV Ranger & Mariner patrol the Pacific as part of US ghost fleet.
So paper boats for another ten years! If this incompetent government makes it through the next election, but if the LNP is elected, we will have another review and more paper boats 😅, our governments have been building a paper military for two decades now, we should be safe as houses, so long as everyone else only builds paper militarys 😂😅😊
A larger navy is a good idea, but this is also convenient pork-barrel politics for Labor State government in SA.
the face on old mate on his left says it all.
Never watch the ones talking but watch the ones behind.
20 years too late. 15 years British Navy, Chief Petty Officer. "sorry Australia your sunk".
What a lot of hot cock. It is 2024, and we won't get any ships untill 2035 +, Who is going to tell China that we are not ready to go to war, ou will have to wait untill then. Come on, lets get reid of this lieing govenment,
Labour is nothing but Hot Air. Im sure there will be reviews and studies before one ship comes along
To dam late lol idiots
Is Richard Marles a complete idiot or what. 11 BN, what are these new ship only gonna cost 1 Billion each, oh so they being made in Pakistan then
Politicians love service men and women when its time for a photo op and when its time to build monuments to the dead. The shit lite party can be trusted as much as their opposite, but worse party to support the ADF. That we have a royal commission into veteran suicides tells you everything we need to know about the ADF, and their most effective killing branch, DVA.
Sounds good , but how are they going to crew them ? Not enough Australians want to serve in the navy and many of those that do are not accepted.
Perhaps the military could start by removing the British Crown from the Naval emblem and replacing it with the Australian coat of arms, and changing the designation of AUSTRALIAN warships from His Magesty's (the British Monarch King Charles III) Australian Ship to Commonwealth of Australia Ship (CAS) .
Currently it resembles just a colonial fleet of Britain's Royal Navy!
This will never happen! I Don't believe the Labor Party these funds will end up being spent somewhere else.
who the hell is joining to serve on them , LMAO, and dnt forget the cant "build a canoe" lol
Navy cant meet current recruiting targets so I wish you luck.
Think it's all about voters in SA and WA. Yes men nodding. Oxygen thieves. You will never man them. Makes my skin crawl.
When ? When exactly will we have 26 MFU's ? and where is the crew coming from ?
Can someone remind Marles that Australia was the world’s fifth strongest military at the end of WWII.
Believe it when the ships are here.
Knowing these fool the off the shelf will be chinese designed and built….. the sad thing is this idiot is likely to accept a Chinese tender.
More announcements on inferior junk to arrive in minimum 10 years to be crewed by whoever couldn't land a job at McDonalds. We've seen how aus gov treats vets .