Tare da zuriyar Mutanen Espanya - Mai rugujewar Sojojin Sama na Australiya.
Samfurin HMAS Hobart a cikin juyi mai ƙarfi. An dauki hoton ne a lokacin gwajin ruwa.
Kwata na uku na wannan shekara wani lokaci ne mai matuƙar mahimmanci ga sojojin ruwan Australiya. A ranar 25 ga Agusta, an kammala gwajin na'urar lalata jirgin Hobart, wanda ya bar Adelaide bayan sama da makonni biyu don gwajin canja wuri na farko. An kammala su cikin nasara a ranar 24 ga Satumba. Wannan taron ya nuna babban ci gaba a cikin shirin almara na kusan shekaru 16 wanda ya jawo wa Gwamnatin Canberra asarar kusan dalar Amurka biliyan 9, wanda ya sa ya zama mafi tsada kuma yana daya daga cikin mafi rikitarwa a tarihin sojojin ruwa na Commonwealth. .
Shirye-shiryen farko na ƙaddamar da sababbin, jiragen ruwa na musamman don murfin jirgin sama na jiragen ruwa da jerin gwanon ya bayyana a farkon 1992, lokacin da aka ba da shawarar maye gurbin uku na uku na Perth-class (wani nau'in Charles F. Adams na Amurka da aka gyara, a cikin sabis). tun 1962 - 2001) da hudu daga cikin shida Adelaide-aji frigates (Australian-gina OH Perry-class raka'a a sabis tun 1977) da adadin sababbin jiragen ruwa, wanda a wancan lokacin ba a kayyade. Da farko, an yi la'akari da gina jiragen ruwa na Anzac guda shida a cikin tsarin hana jiragen sama. Duk da haka, an ƙi wannan shawara, musamman saboda ƙayyadaddun girman waɗannan dandamali, wanda ya sa ba zai yiwu a shigar da tsarin makamai da kayan aiki na lantarki ba. Saboda gaskiyar cewa shekaru sun shude, kuma ba a sami ra'ayin magaji ga tsofaffi Perts ba, a cikin 1999 Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Australiya (RAN) ta yanke shawarar yin amfani da maganin wucin gadi ta hanyar haɓaka Adelaide huɗu. jiragen ruwa (har yanzu ana amfani da su uku). Wanda aka fi sani da SEA 1390 ko FFG Upgrade Project, wannan aikin ya ci dala biliyan 1,46 (dala biliyan 1,0 da aka shirya tun farko) kuma an jinkirta shi har tsawon shekaru hudu. Sakamakon haka, an shigar da na'urar ƙaddamar da ƙaddamarwa mai ɗaki takwas Mk41 VLS akan duka huɗun, sanye take da kaset ɗin Mk25 mai ɗaki huɗu don makami mai linzami na Raytheon ESSM (makamai 32 gabaɗaya). Bugu da ƙari, an haɓaka ƙaddamar da Mk13, wanda ya dace don harba makamai masu linzami na Raytheon SM-2 Block IIIA (maimakon SM-1 na yanzu) da Boeing RGM-84 Harpoon Block II makami mai linzami. Hakanan an inganta tsarin radar, gami da. AN/SPS-49(V)4 Gabaɗaya Kulawa da Kula da Wuta Mk92. A gefe guda kuma, an haɓaka tsarin makaman kariya na kai tsaye na Phalanx zuwa ma'aunin Block 1B.
Baya ga zamanantar da jiragen ruwa da aka ambata a baya, a shekara ta 2000 an yanke shawarar fara aiwatar da shirin kera sabbin jiragen ruwa kwata-kwata da aka tsara don kare kungiyoyin jiragen ruwa daga harin iska. Tun da farko wannan shirin ana kiransa SEA 1400, an canza shi zuwa SEA 4000 bayan 'yan shekaru, kuma tun 2006 ake kiransa AWD (Masu Rusa Yakin Iska). Baya ga babbar manufar jiragen, watau. kariyar jiragen sama da makami mai linzami na kungiyoyin jiragen ruwa masu dogon zango da kuma kwanan nan da gaske na zamanantar da sojojin sauka a cikin ruwa na gabar teku da yankin teku, shiga - a matsayin jiragen ruwa - a cikin ayyukan wanzar da zaman lafiya da ayyukan jin kai, wanda aka tabbatar da bukatar da ta gabata. shekaru. Wannan shi ne sakamakon tura Rundunar Baƙi na Australiya a yanzu da kuma nan gaba a cikin kusurwoyi masu nisa na duniya, nesa da gaɓar gida.
