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<blockquote data-quote="Maccaweeny" data-source="post: 209236"><p>Yeah I heard but unfortunately they're that typical piece of military hardware that, while being extremely sophisticated, suffers from manufacturing defects etc.</p><p></p><p>Apparently, having absolutely no keel, in a heavy swell the conning tower nearly dips into the water, so the watch crew are always attached with safety lines. Also, apparently they've tried to give it such a silent-running capacity that the electric engine room has the ability to fry you if you walk in it with any metal attachment, and has an average temperature of 50 degrees. </p><p></p><p>I wish the government would try and develop more hardware here at home rather than buying a few high-end pieces from overseas. We do it for bread and butter stuff, Steyr Aug is manufactured in Canberra along with our armoured reccy vehicles but too much is still bought from overseas. End result is that local industries are starved and inexperienced, to the extent that they cannot even update the avionics of a sea-king.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maccaweeny, post: 209236"] Yeah I heard but unfortunately they're that typical piece of military hardware that, while being extremely sophisticated, suffers from manufacturing defects etc. Apparently, having absolutely no keel, in a heavy swell the conning tower nearly dips into the water, so the watch crew are always attached with safety lines. Also, apparently they've tried to give it such a silent-running capacity that the electric engine room has the ability to fry you if you walk in it with any metal attachment, and has an average temperature of 50 degrees. I wish the government would try and develop more hardware here at home rather than buying a few high-end pieces from overseas. We do it for bread and butter stuff, Steyr Aug is manufactured in Canberra along with our armoured reccy vehicles but too much is still bought from overseas. End result is that local industries are starved and inexperienced, to the extent that they cannot even update the avionics of a sea-king. [/QUOTE]
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