r/AustralianMilitary • u/SerpentineLogic • Sep 12 '26

Air Force RAAF announces initial operational capability of AGM-158C anti-ship and AGM-158B extended range missiles

https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/air/18854-raaf-announces-initial-operational-capability-of-agm-158c-anti-ship-and-agm-158b-extended-range-missiles
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u/Cindy_Marek Sep 12 '26

I wonder if we need to start to look at a high low mix for our cruise missile stocks as well. These missiles are great and quite advanced, but we don’t have too many of them. There are a lot of cheaper mass producible designs being developed at the moment that we should probably start looking into procuring.

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u/SerpentineLogic Sep 12 '26

It would be nice to have full VLS cells, yes

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u/SerpentineLogic Sep 12 '26

Well it's a big country and we can do multiple things at once

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/australia-develop-interceptor-drone-ukraine/

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u/Cindy_Marek Sep 12 '26

Multiple things at once? Absolutely not, we must cancel AUKUS and spend the money on 100 billion FPV drones instead s/

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u/Wiggly-Pig Sep 12 '26

Which ones are currently integrated on the combat aircraft we operate?

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u/ThunderGuts64 Royal Australian Air Force Sep 13 '26

Gunnies doing Gunnie stuff, like sitting on a Jammer looking at shit.

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u/flyboy1964 Sep 13 '26

Or doing donuts on the jammer

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u/ThunderGuts64 Royal Australian Air Force Sep 13 '26

Or sitting on the lift arms / engine cowling to get out to flight line because you couldnt be fucked walking. 😂😂😂

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u/Dismal_Ebb4269 Sep 13 '26

Woohoo, IOC being stuck it in a plane and flew it.

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u/Klutzy_Parsnip6087 Sep 13 '26

I think it's pretty insane our maritime surveillance now has this capability!