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- 24 Mar 2024, 14:59
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 999171
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
The question that people are really asking is do you want the political construct that goes with such a joint program. It really has little to do with the airframe requirement that’s just a smokescreen. Oh I completely agree and would want us to avoid a program merger or dropping of GCAP to join FC...
- 24 Mar 2024, 09:37
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 999171
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Not directly related, but the defence ministers of both France and Germany claim to have made a breakthrough with the tank programme and FCAS was also mentioned as making "good progress". Quite the contrast to rumours late last year that Germany was about to quit the programme and comment...
- 23 Mar 2024, 10:36
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6181
- Views: 1873903
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Talking about the LHD discussion from a page or two back. I understand we are talking about Helicopter Landing Docks, but one other option to consider for Albion/Bulwark replacements is a light carrier like the Izumo class Japan uses, though it would require quite a shake up and some hard decisions...
- 30 Jan 2024, 21:27
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 1996
- Views: 570065
Re: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
The Constellations are the USN's Type 26. Their Type 31 equivalents are being withdrawn from service and will be scrapped or sold off cheap decades before planned. The FREMM before Gibb and Cox have spoilt them for American consumption aren't as good as T26 at ASW. I don’t see the Constellation cla...
- 05 Dec 2023, 22:10
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9751850
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
MRSS must be built. After that , what will come? The starting point has to be the realisation that funding cannot be cut further and if it does the U.K. will drop below the NATO threshold. That funding allows three yards to build simultaneously, at least in the short term, at Govan/Scotstoun, Rosyt...
- 19 Nov 2023, 16:35
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15455
- Views: 4469886
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Please stop requoting requotes. You typed three lines, yet your post produced a further 22 lines that take up website memory and page space. Unless you’ve got something relevant to the descution plesee stop post a whinging comment and taking up space on the thread. I see this quick a bit moaning ov...
- 19 Nov 2023, 16:01
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15455
- Views: 4469886
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
This is why Iv often mentioned on here about the V-247 being perfect for us just look at the current options it gives let alone what will progress. V-247 does look as a nice solution for QE class, it shout also be able to operate from probably any other ship with big enough helipad in the RN and co...
- 18 Nov 2023, 22:14
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15455
- Views: 4469886
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Probably an unpopular opinion; cats and traps is an unhelpful distraction from developing the carriers I do agree, I would love to have two cats and traps carriers but we have been through the mill with these carriers, with defects, possibility of only getting one and other scares, now that we have...
- 09 Oct 2023, 20:13
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Australian Defence Force
- Replies: 2630
- Views: 754935
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
If the radar is what is causing the big issues then maybe better trying to integrate something like the Thales seafire but then that may not meet the local content requirements Not putting CEAFAR on it would be more than a bit embarrassing. CEA is the torch bearer for Aus homegrown defence tech. So...
- 09 Oct 2023, 18:53
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Australian Defence Force
- Replies: 2630
- Views: 754935
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
If the radar is what is causing the big issues then maybe better trying to integrate something like the Thales seafire but then that may not meet the local content requirements Not putting CEAFAR on it would be more than a bit embarrassing. CEA is the torch bearer for Aus homegrown defence tech. So...
- 09 Oct 2023, 18:23
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Australian Defence Force
- Replies: 2630
- Views: 754935
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
If the radar is what is causing the big issues then maybe better trying to integrate something like the Thales seafire but then that may not meet the local content requirements Not putting CEAFAR on it would be more than a bit embarrassing. CEA is the torch bearer for Aus homegrown defence tech. So...
- 04 Oct 2023, 17:20
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6181
- Views: 1873903
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
If we went down the route of LHDs I can’t see us license building any design, rightly or wrongly these vessels would be seen second only to the carriers in importance to the RN by both the media and politicians. With that in mind it’d be a media nightmare for any government not to design our own to...
- 04 Oct 2023, 13:56
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6181
- Views: 1873903
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Thank you. Very interesting. It is a widely held view that virtually everything is unaffordable apart from current planning which is in itself extremely expensive, both to procure and to operate. Could the funding be used differently to achieve more? That’s the interesting part IMO. Current plannin...
- 02 Oct 2023, 18:24
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6181
- Views: 1873903
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
While I like the look of these where do you see you money coming from for them and the ARG made up of an LHD plus MRSS you prosed ? I do not see these are a viable replacement for the whole amphib set up on there own. You mention these for LSG-N so what do you propose for LSG-S and again where to y...
- 01 Oct 2023, 22:13
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6181
- Views: 1873903
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Therefore the kit required by RM would be very different to what is proposed above. Make a proposal then - I completely agree traditional thinking for this region has gone out of the window. My proposal would be to operate the FCF from HiCap OPV’s such as the Vard 7 313. The Vard design has everyth...
- 30 Sep 2023, 21:15
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6181
- Views: 1873903
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
5- We can't afford two classes, if we could then why did we join with the RNLN? The RNLN has similar differing requirements, by joining forces two classes is more possible / affordable not less. I think two classes of amphibs with collaboration of RN and RNLN are all but inevitable, in that not onl...
- 29 Sep 2023, 22:29
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6181
- Views: 1873903
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
I think we need to ask a couple of questions and once we’ve answered them then we’d have a better idea of what MRSS should be. 1 - what aviation and small surface assets are needed to preform the raids we’re likely to do ? 2 - what aviation and small surface assets are needed to control the literal...
- 29 Sep 2023, 22:21
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6181
- Views: 1873903
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
I think we need to ask a couple of questions and once we’ve answered them then we’d have a better idea of what MRSS should be. 1 - what aviation and small surface assets are needed to preform the raids we’re likely to do ? 2 - what aviation and small surface assets are needed to control the literal ...
- 29 Sep 2023, 19:46
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6181
- Views: 1873903
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t the whole premise of the LSGs and the reforming of the RM to under take raiding operations ? I think we are all working out what is the role of the FCF, “global raiding” does seem to be one of the key requirements, but that isn’t the only role if they are to remain...
- 29 Sep 2023, 17:11
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6181
- Views: 1873903
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
How do you see them working within LRG-N ?. Clearly they are to big to operate from a well dock so what is there speed range will they need RAS what other ship will they work with They can either operate independently from the U.K., within a CSG, or more likely forward based somewhere in Norway ope...
- 29 Sep 2023, 11:36
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6181
- Views: 1873903
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
We’ve been here before HMAV Ardennes royal logistics corp. It’s alright driving tanks onto a beach it’s how u support them in a shooting war. Bit bigger than that as these are seen as blue water vessels - but in some ways there are similarities. However, not thinking about tanks, more PODs, FCF for...
- 27 Sep 2023, 21:54
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6181
- Views: 1873903
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Are we not best to have the amphib replacements be as flexible as possible to allow for a future change in doctoring back to larger scale ops. I mentioned up thread my idea of 4 LPD/LSD hybrids partnered with 2 Karl Doorman’s, such a set up would allow for larger scale ops should the doctoring chang...
- 18 Sep 2023, 19:22
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6181
- Views: 1873903
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
For me while I’d love to see 1 or 2 F35 Male drone capable LHDs I can’t see getting them plus the needed support ships for the £3bn odd budget, I’d also worry the political risk to the QEs then. So what I’d do is go for 2 Karel Doorman MRS at £500m each, these would help build up our RAS support sin...
- 15 Sep 2023, 13:01
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Foxhound Protected Vehicle
- Replies: 290
- Views: 117564
Re: Foxhound Protected Vehicle
I wonder if the MK2 variant will make less use of composite materials to bring down the unit price that killed off any export hopes for the original version. Apart from the price I always thought it was a solid design for the miv role that could easily be stretched into a 6x6 variant of required. I...
- 09 Sep 2023, 12:45
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
- Replies: 570
- Views: 150658
Re: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/type-32-frigates-set-for-2030s-service-confirms-mod/ T31B2 is the only way if. My personal choice would be something like the Crossover 139 and continue the build to replace the T31s at mid life to sell them to the likes of Chillie and Brazil to replace their T22s an...