Okay, the Aussies are not buying new Super Hornets nor Growlers. But they are proposing to spend AUS$335 million to convert 12 of the 24 F/A-18 Super Hornets already on order to the EA-18G Growler standard.
"If finally pursued, the relatively small investment will significantly enhance the Super Hornet's capability, by giving electronic attack capacity and therefore the ability to nullify the systems of opposing aircraft," said Minister of Defence Joel Fitzgibbon. "It will also provide the Super Hornets with counter-terrorism capability through the ability to shut down the ground-based communications and bomb triggering devices of terrorists."
Not to mention (ahem) the Growler's recently disclosed, anti-F-22 capability.
It's a great week to be a Growler.
"If finally pursued, the relatively small investment will significantly enhance the Super Hornet's capability, by giving electronic attack capacity and therefore the ability to nullify the systems of opposing aircraft," said Minister of Defence Joel Fitzgibbon. "It will also provide the Super Hornets with counter-terrorism capability through the ability to shut down the ground-based communications and bomb triggering devices of terrorists."
Not to mention (ahem) the Growler's recently disclosed, anti-F-22 capability.
It's a great week to be a Growler.
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