News Digest from the September 2014 Edition

STRIKE CARRIER FOR RAN? The Australian Government has acknowledged that it is considering the acquisition of a number of F-35B Lightning II strike jets having already committed to buying seventy-two F-35As as a replacement for the RAAF’s Hornets. It is a move that could see the new Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) vessels of the Canberra Class adopt a strike carrier guise. The F-35A is the conventional take-off and landing ...