Small tactical indirect fire precision missiles in a box. Those that can do recon before strike and those that are direct strike.
They can be put on a variety of platforms; are easy to transport; easy to handle; easy to fire and are logistically simple in the field. Missiles in a box wins on this big time.
This was hinted to the other day in the comments section as it pertains to the Navy.
One can also see the utility of such weapons where Australia is fighting today. It is easily scalable so that in large quantity it could have a significant value to the defense of the nation.
One of these systems that was for the now gone U.S. Army Future Combat system can be hard to develop. Make the missile too cosmic; throw in crappy program management skills which are epidemic and it can fail.
Here are some visuals.
NLOS-LS (from the former FCS program)
Israel is also developing this class of weapon known as "jumper".
The concept is simple. How could this class of weapon be employed with the ADF?
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It would be a great fire support weapon for amphibious entry.
The 2-3 127mm guns we'll have available to support a landing force aren't going to provide enough support even if the frigates/destroyers aren't busy fending off attacks or conducting the "naval battle", the LHD's won't carry their own fixed wing attack capability and the Tiger ARH's won't be there in sufficient numbers to fully support us either.
Something like Jumper or perhaps GMLRS could really fill that niche gap for heavy but precise supressive fires in support of a landing force.
If we're going to be buying 30,000t landing ships, they might as well maximise their use and give them the joint fires capability todo the job.
Without them, these 30,000t extremely capable amphibious ships, will effectively be conducting admin lifts and little else, like HMAS Sydney during Vietnam...
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