Some not so pointless. The AgustaWestland Apache is navalised, which is very handy indeed

My final contribution, some commentators have said CEAFAR/MOUNT is the most advanced naval radar system currently in service as it is;

You can see the CEAFAR tiles on the mast, the diamond-shaped things. Just regarding my previous comment, I mixed up the number of the two radar systems respectively. There are six CEAFAR radars for target acquisition and tracking, and four CEAMOUNT target illuminators (pics below). This ASMD system is great because…

The picture at the top of this article is out-of-date as it shows the HMAS Warramunga before it received the ASMD upgrade. Here’s a picture showing it after the upgrade, notice that giant new stealth-faceted mast in the middle. Interestingly they decided to keep the SPS-49 as well, which they just placed on top of the…

The ANZAC-class is actually quite interesting, they were originally equipped with an SPS-49 air search radar and an 8-cell Sea Sparrow launcher (with only 8 missiles), and a couple of illuminator radars (mk 73 iirc). About ten years later they ugpraded to ESSM which were quad-packed