RAN Concludes Largest ASW Exercise in More than a Decade
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The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) recently concluded its largest and most complex antisubmarine exercise (ASWEX) in more than a decade.
The month-long exercise held off the West Australian coast featured six warships, four advanced multi-mission MH-60R Seahawks, Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force Poseidon P-8 aircraft and a Collins-class submarine.
“The task group has done really well. This event has shown that with some investment in time and opportunity, many task group skills can be brought back to a high level, very quickly,” Commander Australian Maritime Task Group Captain Darin MacDonald said in a Defence release. “It’s very different operating on your own compared to operating in a task group. The complexity involved in these operations demands a higher level of awareness, communication and cooperation.”
More than 1300 Defence Force personnel took part in ASWEX, which allowed ADF assets to undertake intense high-level exercises that they would not be able to undertake when operating independently.
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