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jonas wrote:Parliamentary written questions 21st Jan :-

https://questions-statements.parliament ... -18/138885

Stupid effing question. I think he meant what's the cheapest rate to build them. But that would only attract a smart ass answer just like the one he did get.

Work share is a pretty difficult thing to manage, particularly across widely separated locations. I’d think the best way to manage it would be to either spread the work around on the basis of subsystems (Canadian tracks, Australian steel etc.) but even that is tricky. Maybe simply design it in one ...

jimthelad wrote:If the software for the weapons system is written then surely it is carriage trials only for a Bravo user?

Carriage and firing trials are rather expensive. The most expensive bit of the whole process. I doubt very much if anyone will want to pay for the B. Certainly not the UK.

mr.fred wrote:

Tempest414 wrote:could we pull off a Type 26 style commonwealth program with Rheinmetall at it heart

It’d be about as British as Queen Victoria.

I suspect he meant RBSL which makes it a a tad better.

history going to waste What a joke! Vickers who built Challenger are long gone. Elswick is used for various engineering work by Pearsons. Barnbow is a demolished wasteland. No factories or people to waste. All due to one Paul Drayson, Labour's procurement supremo who declared all UK AFV manufacture...

Timmymagic wrote:US and Norway

Neither are interested in JSM on F-35B's. I don't know any nation that is.

Well that's my lad all packed up and relocated to MOD Caledonia (Rosyth) for the foreseeable future courtesy of National Rail. How he managed to traverse the underground from Waterloo to Kings Cross with all his kit is a miracle! Cannot wait to see him arrive at HMNB Pompey onboard POW sometime thi...

Timmymagic wrote:Basically you're not going to see JSM cleared and on F-35B before 2024 at the earliest

I'm curious as to who is the customer that would pay for this integration?

They will carry 8 Spear 3's plus 2 Meteors internally plus more Spear 3's on underwing pylons if required. Truth is we don't know. Nothing has ever been said about external carriage of Spear. I think a lot will depend on if the US decides to attach BRU-61's on the inner and mid pylons for SDB1, SDB...

Army case the Grey Eagle?) from a 'safe' distance. - this would replicate the 'Normandy' scenario, where it would be difficult for the OpFor to leave their SAM cover, for quick and decisive manoeuvres... without being picked up by stand-off weapons. And as opposed to the old days, night cover for m...

ArmChairCivvy wrote:Here come back to the limited carry of Spears by the F-35.

They will carry 8 Spear 3's plus 2 Meteors internally plus more Spear 3's on underwing pylons if required.

Mercator wrote:new MR6 vid

Fugly.

Looks like the back end to me.

Boxer has already had the 40mm CTA integrated https://twitter.com/nicholadrummond/status/1314558646722981888?s=21 "Integrated" is an elastic term. Also that picture is almost certainly photoshopped. Lockheed mounted their Warrior/Ajax export version turret on a Boxer too. https://assets.r...

Good news

It does look quite tall to fit in a400m/c17. Would say that if it’s acceptable for your air defence system to be fitted on a man truck then it should be acceptable for your long range artillery to be fitted to the same. Beg to disagree! If your artillery is being hit with small arms then things are...

Not quite that old ..

https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2014/05/whatever-happened-emcat/

Can't wait to see these launching from PoW. There's a small British EMCAT that was developed by GE (I think) that would do the trick nicely. https://u0v052dm9wl3gxo0y3lx0u44wz-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/MV-Advanced-linear-machine-during-testing-in-2012-developed-over-230-kN-t...

As an aside, the idea of turning Boxer into a tank as pushed by Nicholas Drummond et al, seems remarkably stupid. Tank Boxer vs any real tank is going to have only one conclusion. Not sure I buy that RCH 155 Boxer either. Looks way too tall and unstable even with the new lower design. I suspect it w...

Read this morning that he'll be back at sea in May.

Looks the business.

Progress ..

https://pemamek.com/news/babcock-orders-three-pema-shipbuilding-automation-lines/

Rationale for mushrooms:

Spotted a couple math errors in the 2nd one