Events: No. Canberra, Australia's largest warships like the aircraft carrier into the water performance
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Text with map: Spain's "Juan Carlos I" amphibious assault ship, "Canberra" class to it as the mother type.
With the more slippery deck amphibious assault ships offshore delivery both attacks, but also act as a sea platform
Australian Navy, "Canberra" first-class amphibious assault ship, "Canberra" was recently in the northern Spanish port of Ferrol in Navan Tia Shipyard. According to the Australian Department of Defense Web site on Feb. 18 reported that so far as the Australian Royal Navy warship has a maximum, "Canberra" was the future will be the Australian Army's main offshore delivery equipment.
Enhance the capacity of offshore deployment
Admiral Russell Crane in Australia at the "Canberra" was the launching ceremony, said the official name of the class ship is the "helicopter dock landing ship" (LHD), the tonnage of warships of the Australian Navy. Allegedly, the first ship "Canberra" was to assemble the system starting next year and served in 2014, its sister ship "Adelaide" was expected to be commissioned in 2015, two ships were in Sydney's Garden Island will be the home port .
United States, "Global Security" Web site article said, "Canberra" class amphibious assault ships will give Australia a strong amphibious military projection capabilities, making it a global deployment capabilities with operational forces. The website provides information, this ship in a displacement of up to 2.7 tons can carry thousands of troops and their weapons and equipment; within the ship has a huge deck space and spacious, the ship can accommodate include the M1A1 "Ai Brahms, "nearly a hundred vehicles, including main battle tanks, combat vehicles and at least 12 helicopters, troops can be sent to the target area quickly cast.
Military force by the anti-founding the
Amphibious ships in general often do not have the combat capability at sea, you need to protect the destroyers or frigates, but the Australian Navy's "Canberra" class amphibious assault ship unique slide 13 ° elevation angle the more the deck design, but enough to make it as light aircraft carrier role.
Currently, Australia has developed a huge shipbuilding program: responsible for regional missile defense and fleet air defense of the three "Hobart" class "Aegis" anti-aircraft destroyers (AWD) is in full production stage; a new generation of submarines stronger deterrent projects are put on the agenda; and specially delivery and sea missions, "Canberra" class amphibious assault ship program has entered the fast lane ... ... can be expected in 2014 or 2016 or so, Australia will have a more powerful and have the Light aircraft carrier task forces combat capability.
As a hot spot away from the South Pacific countries, Australia increasingly frequent military actions intriguing. In fact, the pace of recent years in Australia followed the United States actively involved in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, has shown the ambition of foreign military intervention. With the large number of advanced warships in service, best players together from the Australian Navy is changed by the defensive forces attack crack, the future may go further. News of the World
(Editor: Liu Feng) |
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