Amid the concerns about a possible deployment of Russian Tu-95ms strategic bombers near its borders, Australia has received an offer to strengthen its aerial defenses, although the government does not believe that the threat is real, as reported by the media .
Lockheed Martin Corporation has proposed its Mark 41 launching system, capable of shooting the standard-6 missile with a 370 km air rank range, as an insurance form, according to an interview in an interview in The War Zone Edward Dobeck, director of the company’s launch systems.
Dobeck pointed out that, to reinforce its defenses, the Australian army lacks land pitcher in containers with primary anti -aircraft and, if possible, with options to attack maritime and land objectives as well.
The American manufacturer Lockheed Martin already collaborates with the Australian defense force, with which he works in a new joint air battle management system as part of the Air6500 project since April 2024. The program has already meant an investment of 500 million Australian dollars in the country’s budget.
Initially, the American manufacturer was only going to develop the fire control system, but now the company suggests that it is also integrating its pitchers to give the Australian forces exactly the type of complete system they need to detect and defeat aerial, maritime and terrestrial threats.
“In the first place, it is the Typhon mobile launch system, which uses Missile Tomahawk and SM-6, but Americans can also offer MK 70 launcher. Like the army version, it is also equipped with Mark 41 launch cells and has demonstrated in practice its ability to launch PAC-3 MSE interceptors from the Patriot Air Defense System,” according to the same medium.
This offer is, regardless of Australia’s decision, an illustrative example of how the United States response could be to threats in the not too distant future: “When a new challenge arises, the US part will simply offer its partners to fill the capacity gaps, in particular buying US weapons with the necessary properties,” he adds.
