Australia to arm PNG patrol boats By Shannon Jenkins Monday June 28, 2021 Sub Lieutenant Terrence Mugugia (right), from Papua New Guinea (PNG), explains bridge controls to Minister for International Development and the Pacific Senator, the Hon Zed Seselja (left) and AUSTAL General Manager Mr Ben Wardle (centre) after the handover ceremony of the Guardian-class Patrol Boat HMPNGS Rochus Lokinap to PNG at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia. (Defence) The Department of Defence has announced it will arm the Papua New Guinea Defence Force’s four new Guardian-class Patrol Boats. The equipment will be delivered through the Pacific Maritime Security Program along with a ‘comprehensive support and training package’, the department said on Friday.