Missed opportunity with 90m Rivers going to Brazil?
Did the RAN miss a good opportunity to supplement the patrol boat fleet by not bidding to buy the unwanted 90m modified River class OPV's originally build for Trinidad and eventually purchased by...
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Not really, we can build patrol boats here in Australia, and they keep our shipyards working and their skills up when it comes to military fit outs.
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Agree but the trouble is we aren't building them at present, not even anywhere near a design competition, let alone selection of successful bid. We need a supplement to the wearing patrol fleet of...
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The RAN has been wanting to shift to a larger OPV for at least 30 years, but Labor keeps getting in the way by stuffing the national finances. When I was working in the DoD's Central Studies...
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Larrikin22, it is also true to say that even a part of the Costello tax cuts would have paid for a carrier group or two plus some offshore patrol boats [and a dozen new submarines]. There is a view...
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Jim, the Costello tax cuts increased Govt revenue, which was then used to pay off Govt debt incurred under the previous ALP Govt. Any increases in Govt revenue by the current Govt will also have to be...
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Larrikin22 wrote: Jim, the Costello tax cuts increased Govt revenue, I don't know enough about this stuff Larrikin, how does that work? It sounds a bit like that joke; a 4 engine jet is cruising....
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Pascally, at this time of night, that joke sounds wickedly funny. I wonder why I have not heard it before? Thanks.
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