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The first of three 7,000-tonne Hobart-class air warfare destroyers (AWDs) was formally inducted into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on 23 September and is expected to be ready for operational tasking in late 2018.
Attending the commissioning ceremony of HMAS Hobart held at Fleet Base East in Sydney, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull referred to the “brinkmanship” of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and stressed the criticality of having a strong and well-equipped Australian Defence Force (ADF) “in these uncertain times”.
RAN commissioned the guided missile destroyer HMAS <I>Hobart</I> in Sydney on 23 September. (Commonwealth of Australia)
The second ship of the class, Brisbane , will undertake builder’s sea trials in the final quarter of 2017, with delivery to the RAN scheduled for September 2018.
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http://www.janes.com/article/74367/australia-commissions-first-hobart-class-air-warfare-destroyer
Attending the commissioning ceremony of HMAS Hobart held at Fleet Base East in Sydney, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull referred to the “brinkmanship” of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and stressed the criticality of having a strong and well-equipped Australian Defence Force (ADF) “in these uncertain times”.
RAN commissioned the guided missile destroyer HMAS <I>Hobart</I> in Sydney on 23 September. (Commonwealth of Australia)
The second ship of the class, Brisbane , will undertake builder’s sea trials in the final quarter of 2017, with delivery to the RAN scheduled for September 2018.
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http://www.janes.com/article/74367/australia-commissions-first-hobart-class-air-warfare-destroyer
