In today's Australian (paywalled)
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...00375fa7445d52
Defence has been given the green light to purchase a new $155m ship to help establish a new network of undersea sensors off the nation’s coast to detect foreign submarines and autonomous underwater vehicles.
The funding for the vessel was quietly listed in Tuesday’s budget – the ship’s first official mention by the government.
So - an underwater Jindalee.
Surprised there isn't one already.
Know about the South East Asian
`hook' that keeps an ear on Chinese subs and ships - and had always wondered if something like that lurked on the sea bed around our Northern reaches...