Air Commodore (Retired) - Royal Australian Air Force | Strategic Advisor | Non-Executive Director | Strategy | Intelligence & ISR & Targeting | Space | AI | AUKUS | Defence | National Security | Opinions are my own.
This is something Australia should consider acquiring. Chinese AGIs come south every major Australia/US exercise and they are also common in some parts of the world such as the Baltic, Mediterranean and East Asia. Such vessels open up access opportunities through proximity and have persistence that aircraft do not have. Obviously vulnerable in war (like SURTASS-E equipped vessels), but there is a lot that can be achieved in peace or out of range from adversary weapons (like SURTASS-E equipped vessels).
On November 15 in Karlskrona, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV - Försvarets materielverk) handed over the SIGINT ship HMS Artemis to the Swedish Armed Forces. On the same day, steel cutting for the production of the hull of the second SIGINT ship for the Polish Navy began in Gdansk. https://lnkd.in/gnwFGFxH
Michael Shoebridge
11mo
Yes, we need our own Spaningsfartyget. I wonder if we can announce one by Microsoft……?
Head of Strategy & Growth | Regional Manager WA at Saab Australia
11moAmazing capability, but needs to fit into our Do trine and Fleet design.