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Somehow I don't think it will be one of these ..

Tempest414 wrote:Maybe the Army should get rid of its Wildcats & Gazelles and replace them with 50 UH-72's would make a nice round number

Or actually go with new technology instead of just more of the same decades old designs.

https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1242847914818506756 I'm guessing the German Mission Bay Handling System was part of Rolls Royce Commercial Marine, sold to Kongsberg in Apr 2019 for ~£350 million to help RR fund rectification of tech problems on their Trent engines, BBC reported RR incurred £...

They could probably be built at Cammell Lairds in Merseyside quite easily, the problem is money - the funding gap in the equipment plan plus C19 impact. I think I read CL would need a modest investment to accommodate the longer length of the FSS. The only issue might be their less than stellar reco...

abc123 wrote:next 15 T26

Good thinking.

They could probably be built at Cammell Lairds in Merseyside quite easily, the problem is money - the funding gap in the equipment plan plus C19 impact. I think I read CL would need a modest investment to accommodate the longer length of the FSS. The only issue might be their less than stellar reco...

Any ex-Marine Ospreys will be knackered and would need mucho dineros to get fit for RAF/RN service.

But a nice idea in theory for the QE's for long range insertion/SAR.

A German split buy sounds a silly idea. Bet it don't happen.

Looks like the Japanese are going on their own... Not all bad news though, they may be looking to co-operate on lots of the systems inside, which is pretty much what Tempest is about. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-japan-defence-fighter-exclusive/exclusive-japan-favours-home-grown-design-for-nex...

QRA requires supersonic performance no if no buts no maybes. The aircraft being intercepted will be at height and possibly moving away from intercepting a/c’s launch point. Subsonic a/c would never catch up. Point defence may not require supersonic performance because you know we’re the enemy is he...

You mentioned that the bullpup could use some refinement up. What do you mean by that? TIA.

[quote="ArmChairCivvy".... the French, who put everyting into the first wave.[/quote]

In theory. In practice, they stay home.

Have a look at this 6:30 on the video.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yFd8lx7vQI And another from 1:56 on the next one... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDXonrsMMR8&t=98s That's not an SRVL either. At no time were any of the Russian aircraft relying on partial wing borne lift. They were j...

Touch and go's are not landings.

Trivial question here but a diversion from the end of the world news. Whenever I see a photo of a Type 45 there always seems to be more of the black hull paint showing under the forecastle than further aft. Is there any particular reason for this? My uneducated brain thought it might be because the...

A proposal for future games:

Old news. Watch the TV to see the ships conducting operations.

But by all means keep bashing the Royal Navy and the equipment it operates.

This is why the whole shipbuilding 'strategy' is fundamentally flawed. Parker was asked by the Treasury to come up with a cover for breaking the Bae monopoly. Didn't have to actually make sense just be believable enough. And it didn't (make sense). Surprised he hasn't got his lordship yet to say th...

jonas wrote:... we will continue to ensure that UKaid is deployed in a way that maximises value for money for development and the UK taxpayer.

Uh huh.

Whatever happened in the past, we have ended up with a dog's dinner of a programme. As mentioned in the article, upgrades are supposed to be quicker and cheaper than replacement yet we end up with programmes costs almost the same and taking longer, Warrior is a case in point. I'm not sure that the ...

Something Scottish and scary?

Lovely sight, great video. But who swiped the Phalanx?

PS all Type 45's should have a bow decal like Dragon.

I'd say the M777 portee was a good one to miss on.