The current, gullible, Australian leadership gave Indonesia some C-130s for free. Part of the justification was that they could help with border security.
This is an effort by the current Australian leadership to give the impression that they are doing something about the illegal boat arrivals, even if they aren't doing anything (worth-while) about the problem.
Indonesia already has C-130s and most likely intends not to use the ones gifted by the Australian taxpayer for the use imagined by a nutty Australian leadership that has helped balloon national debt to $158B and counting.
In other news; while we are giving stuff to Indonesia that they can easily buy for themselves, they are purchasing used main-battle tanks, new submarines, fighter aircraft and a recent spend on these:
Don't hate the player.
Hate the game.
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Try $238 Billion Eric, not counting State Debt. Qld alone is $83 billion.
Incredible considering on election of the current Govt debt was a big fat 0.
For the Federal Ferals,
http://www.aofm.gov.au/
And on the news again tonight, only 5 out of 14 patrol boats are able to put to sea.
Apparently defence and DMO have never heard of wear and tear when operations go haywire.
Of course there is no history of any such events in the past.
Why, we have 7,500 public servants in DMO planning for the future with a budget of $1.3 billion. What could possibly go wrong?
It seems that the RAAF PC-9 fleet is in pretty bad shape due corrosion and need for replacement nigh.
Considering foreseeable shrinking of the ADF due to likely federal economic constraints over the next decade, might it not be smart to consider phased buying of say 150 or more Super Tucanos to eventually replace PC-9, Hawks and a couple of F/A-18 squadrons?
Transitioning from Super Tucano to Hornet and Super Hornet would not be too much of a leap considering that similar things happen in the airline industry with pilots recruited from commuter airlines. Transition training is largely conducted in flight simulators.
The Super Tucano would arguably be a better close air support platform for operations in the regional wet tropics than the Hornets, JSF or whatever.
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