ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY’S ARMED OFFSHORE PATROL VESSEL SHOULD ASSUME THE ARAFURA CLASS’S ROLE.
The time has come for the Royal Australia Navy to demote Arafura’s role as a littoral vessel tasked with border protection and adopt an armed offshore patrol vessel with longer range and endurance to defend Australia’s exclusive economic zones and provide surveillance, minehunting and maritime interdiction capabilities. #AUSTRALIA #AUSNAVY #ARAFURACLASS #OPV2600 #DAMEN