Like a ‘museum’: The dire state of Australia’s ageing naval fleet and why Trump may be right

“Aging and increasingly fragile…” that’s how the Defence Minister has described frigates currently charged with defending our country.

In an exclusive report, a senior defence strategist says our major east coast naval base looks like a “museum”.  

And people don’t like to say it out loud, but Donald Trump may be right about one thing – Australia, like so many other US allies, has built its defence thinking for decades on one big idea: That if trouble really comes, our big American buddy will come and bail us out.

No longer can we be so sure. 

10 News+ takes to the seas to assess our war readiness and if last-century technology is still up to scratch.

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