BIRDS AWAY! HMAS Hobart III has become the first Hobart class guided missile destroyer to fire a missile in Australian waters. Hobart has fired an SM-2 Standard Missile against an unmanned target during trials off the coast of New South Wales, achieving excellent results. Hobart carries a range of weapons systems, including a Mk41 Vertical Launch System containing SM-2 Standard Missiles and Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles, a Mk 45 5-inch main gun, Phalanx Close-In Weapons System, two 25mm Typhoons

We hear a lot about Navy and 'lethality' these days - but what does 'lethality' actually mean? Our Destroyer HMAS Hobart has just served up a dose of 'lethality', during weapons testing off the United States. | Royal Australian Navy

🇦🇺🤝🇯🇵 The first active Australian combat unit to serve in Japan is the Royal Australian Navy's Hobart-class guided missile destroyer HMAS Brisbane, which has arrived in Yokosuka port for maintenance by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The maintenance will also allow the Japanese side to become acquainted with the operation of the ship fitted with Tomahawk cruise missiles, which were successfully launched for the first time in 2024 by HMAS Brisbane, making Australia the third nation af