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- 18 Apr 2024, 21:55
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6095
- Views: 1751669
Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
Interesting exchange in congress
- 18 Apr 2024, 13:02
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9643763
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Just out of curiosity did you read Ryan ramsey and Tom sharpes telegraph article on hunting Russia SSNs ? It was behind a paywall, but found a way to get to it. Interesting, but nothing new - you need a multitude of top tier assets to hunt subs; frigates, MPAs, underwater sensors and SSNs - it’s a ...
- 17 Apr 2024, 23:03
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9643763
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
This isn't the topic to discuss the Type 31. Posts deleted. Fair enough, though it was in the context of T26 numbers, and a desire from some to fill in any gap to sell to Norway with cheap T31s. I guess I will have to wait once more for someone to explain what is the priority requirement for GP fri...
- 17 Apr 2024, 17:52
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6095
- Views: 1751669
Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
They knew they needed a new engine in 2006 for power management reasons, uk risk mitigation was the f136 power plant and 18 years later they are getting round to it.
- 17 Apr 2024, 17:13
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 223
- Views: 79790
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
I wonder if you could attach it to a skidoo
- 17 Apr 2024, 16:39
- Forum: Deployments
- Topic: Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory)
- Replies: 241
- Views: 30568
Re: Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory)
Argentina finally have there jets
- 17 Apr 2024, 16:34
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: RBSL Challenger 3 (Future) Main Battle Tank (British Army)
- Replies: 357
- Views: 74591
Re: RBSL Challenger 3 (Future) Main Battle Tank (British Army)
An interesting graphic
- 17 Apr 2024, 15:57
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9643763
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
You will simply dismiss them as you don’t wish to do them and so the argument will go around in a circle. As an effort to move the debate on. Simple question for anyone that feels like answering. What could a T26 with 48x CAMM in mushrooms and 24x MK41 Strike cells do better than a T31 with 32x Mk4...
- 17 Apr 2024, 15:42
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2828
- Views: 769685
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Airbus are selling quite a significant number of airliners to India at present with considerable high level contact. It can all be part of the same conversation Not Government to Government sales of airliners though.... I'm not sure if the sales teams from Airbus' civilian side would want Airbus Mi...
- 17 Apr 2024, 14:53
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 223
- Views: 79790
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
Skis on a light gun
- 17 Apr 2024, 10:46
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2828
- Views: 769685
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Airbus are selling quite a significant number of airliners to India at present with considerable high level contact. It can all be part of the same conversation
- 17 Apr 2024, 10:02
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9643763
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
This isn't the topic to discuss the Type 31. Posts deleted. Fair enough, though it was in the context of T26 numbers, and a desire from some to fill in any gap to sell to Norway with cheap T31s. I guess I will have to wait once more for someone to explain what is the priority requirement for GP fri...
- 15 Apr 2024, 22:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 86
- Views: 690
Re: Labour's likely defence policy
For defence it all boils down to the same thing regardless of which party is in power. It needs to formulate its plans and live within its means. That’s being at a min 2% of gdp because both will maintain the nato target. It will float somewhere between that and 2.5% which it has for sometime now. H...
- 15 Apr 2024, 22:06
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6128
- Views: 1850789
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
You would need to overlook where the linage of commandos come from in 41 formed for the raids on the Norwegian and French coasts. Why start the clock in 1941? The commando raids and the invasion of Norway was all Britain could achieve at the time and Churchill wanted “action this day”. RM needs to ...
- 15 Apr 2024, 20:15
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5663
- Views: 1481570
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Will the Norwegians really want to replace 4 (+ scrapped Helge Ingstad) GP frigates with 5 ASW? They, more than many, appreciate the Russian threat but is that enough to so radically change their approach to fleet composition? It's not as if they currently have a mix of frigate types. The cynic in ...
- 15 Apr 2024, 20:05
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5663
- Views: 1481570
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
We will have a smaller fleet of specialists and potiential a larger group of all rounders in the middle. No sure that’s adequate. If funding remains roughly static a more balanced approach is the likely outcome IMO. - 8x T45/T83 - 8x T26 - 8x T31/T32 The cruiser idea for makes little sense for mult...
- 15 Apr 2024, 19:26
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6128
- Views: 1850789
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
You would need to overlook where the linage of commandos come from in 41 formed for the raids on the Norwegian and French coasts. Why start the clock in 1941? The commando raids and the invasion of Norway was all Britain could achieve at the time and Churchill wanted “action this day”. RM needs to ...
- 15 Apr 2024, 19:21
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5663
- Views: 1481570
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
We will have a smaller fleet of specialists and potiential a larger group of all rounders in the middle.
They aren’t and I don’t think Australia will buy corvettes either.
- 15 Apr 2024, 18:21
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5663
- Views: 1481570
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/04/15/bae-pushes-to-delay-royal-navy-frigate-to-prioritise-norway/ BAE pushes to delay Royal Navy frigate to prioritise Norway deal Bid to sell submarine-hunting warships to Norway hinges on Royal Navy accepting delays This is completely impossible the T23 ...
- 15 Apr 2024, 18:15
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6128
- Views: 1850789
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
They have been the UKs leads artic and mountain warfare specialists since the war. Apologise to be nit picky but the RM post-war were a sort of East of Suez reserve and only took on the NATO ‘Northern Flank’ following the withdrawal of EoS. My less than honourable opinion with the Army looking like...
- 15 Apr 2024, 10:57
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5663
- Views: 1481570
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Bloody hell, what a choice to make. Nice to see the UK government ham fisted approach to the Type 26 coming back to kick us in the ass again. That positive note I had yesterday lasted less than 24 hours. A British bid to sell submarine-hunting warships to Norway cannot go ahead unless the Royal Nav...
- 15 Apr 2024, 10:15
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5663
- Views: 1481570
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
It’s how the likes of the French operate to keep yards open and expand user base. If we are serious about exports and the industrial base it’s what we need to do as well.
- 15 Apr 2024, 09:25
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5663
- Views: 1481570
- 14 Apr 2024, 20:36
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5663
- Views: 1481570
- 14 Apr 2024, 20:09
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5663
- Views: 1481570
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
It did have an asw focus but then the Soviet navy was significantly orders of magnitude bigger and more competent than russias today. It was also being done by ships much more like a type 31/FDI type configuration than a type 26 or even a type 23. The majority of the Cold War ASW frigates were the ...