[Tenacious 1]

That Austrailian “target” looks like it might capsize in a strong wind.

It seems functional and practical in it’s multirole use. But it is ugly and seems to stick out of the water a bit. Do they have a keel on it?

[Jeff Head]

They are getting those carriers from the Spanish in a join build. They are the same class as the new Spanish Juan Carlos Design.

SPANISH JAUN CARLOS CARRIER

They are also getting their AEGIS escorts from Spain. They are building three updates to the Spanish F-100 AEGIS frigates where we licensed the AEGIS system to them and are now doing so with the Australians. The Spanish have five of these AEGIS frigates.

SPANSIH AEGIS FRIGATES

The Juan Carlos design, if it is coupled with F-35B Joint Strike Fighters, will be an effective Sea Control type carrier and the Aussies will have two so they can keep one deployable at all times.