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by NickC
28 Mar 2024, 10:45
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 1994
Views: 554966
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Re: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]

The French Defence Minister on his attack French defence industry disclosed latest French contract for Asters "The 200 long-range Aster missiles worth €900 million" So £3.85 million each, what is not known is the breakdown of the order between the various variants of Aster 30 B1 New Techno...
by NickC
28 Mar 2024, 10:25
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 1994
Views: 554966
United Kingdom

Re: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]

No pic but Elbit Systems UK have a PDF on their eM-e dominate system, The next generation of Maritime Electronic Warfare

https://www.elbitsystems-uk.com/what-we ... minate.pdf
by NickC
28 Mar 2024, 09:54
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: French Armed Forces
Replies: 1866
Views: 125677
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Re: French Armed Forces

French Defence Minister expresses his extreme frustration with the French defence industry over its very slow production rate of munitions etc and threatens requistion. But, after two years of war in Ukraine it is unthinkable for our defense industry to not continue with its transformation. He noted...
by NickC
27 Mar 2024, 15:23
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 1994
Views: 554966
United Kingdom

Re: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]

My understanding Babcock and Elbit Systems UK won athe £100 million contract Nov'21 for the Maritime Electronic Warfare System Integrated Capability (MEWSIC) Increment 1A, CDR was approved Nov '23 so it could proceed with manufacture, testing and acceptance the with its Israeli eM-e dominate system ...
by NickC
25 Mar 2024, 12:40
Forum: Conflicts
Topic: The war in Ukraine
Replies: 1163
Views: 85571
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Re: The war in Ukraine

The above is way off topic there is a separate thread for Red Sea conflict... The L3Harris Vampire system with its stabilised multi-sensor sight and advanced image processing firing the 70mm APKWS (over 50,000 delivered) with the BAE Inc laser-guided kit achieving success in Ukraine, think it might...
by NickC
23 Mar 2024, 17:10
Forum: British Army
Topic: Section Infantry Weapons
Replies: 1476
Views: 431715
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Re: Section Infantry Weapons

What do understand by a GPMG. from what have read think the MG-42 with its very high ROF was the one of the best MG of WWII, fired in short bursts of only 5 to 7 rounds needed to keep it under control, approx. 22 bursts a minute, 154 rounds, MG-42 could deliver a volume of firepower equivalent to 20...
by NickC
23 Mar 2024, 11:18
Forum: Conflicts
Topic: The war in Ukraine
Replies: 1163
Views: 85571
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Re: The war in Ukraine

The L3Harris Vampire system with its stabilised multi-sensor sight and advanced image processing firing the 70mm APKWS (over 50,000 delivered) with the BAE Inc laser-guided kit achieving success in Ukraine, think it might be the cheapest CIWS system yet for shooting down drones, several orders of ma...
by NickC
22 Mar 2024, 11:48
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950502
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Of concern as it seems not is all hunky-dory on the GCAP within the industrial design/build side, would have hoped for a harmonious relationship.

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/03/leo ... ial-plans/
by NickC
19 Mar 2024, 11:40
Forum: British Army
Topic: Section Infantry Weapons
Replies: 1476
Views: 431715
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Re: Section Infantry Weapons

Ohio Ordnance in January introduced the 24.5 lbs Reapr LWMG (their take on modern MG-42/MG-3) in .338 magnum. US as a result of experience in Afghanistan looked for a LWMG with double the range of 7.62 NATO round MGs and picked the .338 Norma Magnum with its 300 grain bullet, double the weight of 7....
by NickC
12 Mar 2024, 10:59
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
Replies: 40
Views: 2443
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Re: Directed Energy Weapons

Interesting March 1st interview on Breaking Defense with the US Army Vice Chief of Staff on DE M-SHORAD lasers, sending their four 50 kW prototypes to the Middle East for real world testing to see if they work in an atmosphere with dust particles as it starts to alter the physics of the light partic...
by NickC
11 Mar 2024, 10:56
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
Replies: 40
Views: 2443
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Re: Directed Energy Weapons

Naval News write up on DragonFire demonstrator and possible follow-on with comments from MBDA and Leonardo (but none from QineteQ that makes the actual laser), no mention if MOD will fund new contract for the second gen military grade DragonFire based on the lessons learned from the £100 million pro...
by NickC
09 Mar 2024, 13:52
Forum: Conflicts
Topic: The war in Ukraine
Replies: 1163
Views: 85571
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Re: The war in Ukraine




X (Twitter) post claiming Ukraine Patriot launchers taken out by an Russian Iskander, if true a major success for the Russians in ability to target the launchers.
by NickC
03 Mar 2024, 13:34
Forum: Conflicts
Topic: RED SEA - Houthi attacks
Replies: 49
Views: 1637
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Re: RED SEA - Houthi attacks

Right so in an article whose two main themes seem to me to be a firstly concern about lack of co-operation due to the French\EU not wanting to be under US command so setting up there own separate Aspides operation and secondly the failure of Hessen's SM2 missile to work and that the SM2s can't be r...
by NickC
02 Mar 2024, 12:29
Forum: Conflicts
Topic: RED SEA - Houthi attacks
Replies: 49
Views: 1637
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Re: RED SEA - Houthi attacks

Right so in an article whose two main themes seem to me to be a firstly concern about lack of co-operation due to the French\EU not wanting to be under US command so setting up there own separate Aspides operation and secondly the failure of Hessen's SM2 missile to work and that the SM2s can't be r...
by NickC
01 Mar 2024, 15:41
Forum: Conflicts
Topic: RED SEA - Houthi attacks
Replies: 49
Views: 1637
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Re: RED SEA - Houthi attacks

A lot of info in the War Zone write up on the Western Navies in the Red Sea vs the Houthi and raises numerous questions It was confirmed the German Navy Type 124 Sachsen class frigate Hessen successfully shot down two drones, within 20 minutes of one another. Hessen intercepted the first drone using...
by NickC
27 Feb 2024, 15:53
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 5461
Views: 1464681
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Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]

So just to keep up with the batch 2 costs to date so we can be clear So this is my understanding T-26B2 contract 4.2 billion Nov 2022 MOD order for 5 Mk-45 MIFS 181 million Feb 2023 MOD order 2150 sonars 30 million June 2023 This makes the unit cost of a Type 26B2 882 million we need to wait and fi...
by NickC
27 Feb 2024, 12:22
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Italian Armed Forces
Replies: 936
Views: 61020
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Re: Italian Armed Forces

Italian Parliament has authorised two new FREMM Evo frigates which understand will take their fleet to 12 and replace the 2 sold to Egypt. The two FREMM Evo costing €2 billion (~£1.7Bn, £850M each), with upgrades to their CMS, radar and EW well as to the sonar, gun, comms and missile systems. The It...
by NickC
26 Feb 2024, 11:28
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Replies: 19147
Views: 7056413
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Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion

Repulse wrote:- £4.2bn for the 5 batch 2 T26s. That figure is an RN provided figure! https://www.baesystems.com/en-uk/article/bae-systems-awarded-4-2bn-contract-to-build-five-more-type-26-frigates-in-glasgow Will it still be £4.2bn in 2033? We need to remember the on top of the 4.2 billion for the ...
by NickC
25 Feb 2024, 12:55
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Replies: 19147
Views: 7056413
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Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion

Given the first T31 is being launched this year, unless I’ve missed it there seems a lack of recent information on what it will have out of the box, does anyone have any links? All the discussion seems to be based on what people want it to be rather than what it is - how many CAMM will it have (all...
by NickC
25 Feb 2024, 11:48
Forum: Conflicts
Topic: The war in Ukraine
Replies: 1163
Views: 85571
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Re: The war in Ukraine

Its not a small missile you would expect a AEW&C to be able to see a S-200 coming, if it cant see that what chance does it have against an F-22 or F-35 :wtf: I don't think any air force if that incompetent to shot down their own AEW&C :think: I just wonder if we are seeing the true capabili...
by NickC
24 Feb 2024, 18:33
Forum: Conflicts
Topic: The war in Ukraine
Replies: 1163
Views: 85571
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Re: The war in Ukraine

One Ukranian website think believable, beyond the range of a Patriot, earlier did see a Ukranian MOD X post saying they used a S-200, sure if you search Google you will find it, Russia claiming it was shot down by friendly fire and not for the first time when reporting their losses. https://www.prav...
by NickC
24 Feb 2024, 13:12
Forum: Conflicts
Topic: The war in Ukraine
Replies: 1163
Views: 85571
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Re: The war in Ukraine

Reported yesterday a second of Russia's limited number of operational (9?) A-50 AEW&C shot down, said to be 210 km from the front line with a 60 year old Ukrainian Soviet Union S-200.

Makes you wonder about the survivability of AEW&C a/c e.g. E-7 Wedgetail
by NickC
21 Feb 2024, 10:42
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
Replies: 40
Views: 2443
United Kingdom

Re: Directed Energy Weapons

There is an assumption that lasers can defend against a high number of near simultaneous threats and do wonder if its a realistic assumption, surely it will depend on the targets resistance to heat and that will vary and the time the laser beam takes to burn thru, the power of the laser, the operat...
by NickC
20 Feb 2024, 10:42
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
Replies: 40
Views: 2443
United Kingdom

Re: Directed Energy Weapons

There is an assumption that lasers can defend against a high number of near simultaneous threats and do wonder if its a realistic assumption, surely it will depend on the targets resistance to heat and that will vary and the time the laser beam takes to burn thru, the power of the laser, the operat...