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by Foxbat
26 Sep 2017, 13:30
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Dreadnought Class SSBN
Replies: 706
Views: 278060
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Re: Dreadnought Class SSBN

I'm aware of all the arguments and I'm in favour of the nuke boats. But maybe, just maybe it's time to look at alternatives (God I hate sounding like a Lib Dem). That has already been done back in 2013 and came to the conclusion that the current posture was the sweet spot of cost, capability and cr...
by Foxbat
26 Jun 2017, 14:30
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15444
Views: 4409604
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

It's a good job there's no one else in my office at the moment otherwise I'd be getting grilled over why I'm grinning like an idiot! :D :D :D
by Foxbat
29 Jan 2016, 12:40
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 22 Frigate (Broadsword (I), Boxer (II) and Cornwall (III) Classes) (1979-2011) (RN)
Replies: 17
Views: 10289
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Re: Type 22 Frigate (Broadsword (I), Boxer (II) and Cornwall (III) Classes) (1979-2011) (RN)

The recycling of HMS Cornwall. pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/495996/20160127-Ship_Recycling_Report_Cornwall.pdf (I robbed this off the arrse forum) Very interesting but also very sad. No ship lasts forever but it always seems very sad to see them bein...
by Foxbat
25 Jan 2016, 18:20
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Invincible Class Aircraft Carriers (CVS/LPH) (1980-2014) (RN)
Replies: 94
Views: 42631
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Re: Invincible Class Aircraft Carriers (CVS) (1980-2014) (RN)

SKB wrote:HMS Invincible arrives in Portsmouth for the first time in 1980 under the Red Ensign before official commissioning.
Interesting. I thought RN ships, prior to commissioning, sailed under a version of the Blue Ensign?
by Foxbat
19 Jan 2016, 20:26
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Russian Armed Forces
Replies: 1022
Views: 64196
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Re: Russian Armed Forces

There is a video of the Tu-95 crash here:



Looks really nasty. From what I've heard two killed and five in varying conditions in hospital.
by Foxbat
23 Nov 2015, 20:20
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 5461
Views: 1464877
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Re: UK's Future T26 Frigate.

I think you're potentially reading a bit too literally there. Because the way it's worded could equally mean a modified T26 design not necessarily a brand new from the keel up design.
by Foxbat
23 Nov 2015, 16:51
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
Replies: 1271
Views: 456353
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Re: Boeing P-8 Poseidon (Maritime Patrol Aircraft) (RAF)

xav wrote:What about Harpoon (UK doesn't have AGM-84 anymore) ?
Presumably jump straight to LRASM as surely at some stage the USN is going to integrate it onto their P-8s?
lordroel wrote:What does by the end of the parliament' mean for sombody not living in the UK.
Basically it means before the next election in 2020.
by Foxbat
23 Nov 2015, 16:44
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SDSR 2015 General News & Discussion
Replies: 632
Views: 27651
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Re: SDSR 2015 / "Defence Cuts" General News & Discussion

shark bait wrote:The more I look at the doccument the more questions it throws up.
Isn't that the point of these SDSRs? :lol:

On the whole it seems like there is plenty of good news (and no real bad news) but definitely a lot of detail questions that could do with answers...
by Foxbat
11 Nov 2015, 16:37
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15444
Views: 4409604
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Terrible news, his posts were always excellent and full of information he'll be sorely missed. My thoughts are with his family and friends.
by Foxbat
07 Nov 2015, 21:54
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Replies: 2804
Views: 763846
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Re: Typhoon

Again fleets within fleets, what happens when AMRAAM is no longer available? Or do you suggest another "small" investment in a weapon that only has one user? But surely AMRAAM isn't going to become unavailable until after we could potentially thrash the T1s to death on QRA or similar some...
by Foxbat
10 Oct 2015, 12:38
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Trident
Replies: 113
Views: 41146
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Re: Trident

They also tell us that each Vanguard-class submarine is armed with sixteen warheads... :roll:

I'm struggling to think of a newspaper article more riddled with errors and misunderstandings than this piece of drivel.
by Foxbat
02 Oct 2015, 00:29
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15444
Views: 4409604
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

It wouldnt surprise that after some time the U.S. marines find merit in the ski jump for their own vessels after spending time on the Queen Elizabeth class carriers I'm sure they're already aware of that. I believe whenever Marine pilots deployed on the Invincible's from time to time they always co...
by Foxbat
30 Sep 2015, 20:31
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
Replies: 6067
Views: 1724329
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Re: F-35B Lightning II (RN & RAF)

Our jets should compliment each other very well, one has stealth where the other doesn't, one is fast and hyper manoeuvrable where the other isn't, and I guess many more synergies will be developed once they get use to operating both. I actually think that's one of the more exiting things coming in...
by Foxbat
12 Sep 2015, 19:48
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: CANADA
Replies: 378
Views: 32304
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Re: CANADA

Which ones? The time pressure on tanker programme was from the single hull issue (won't be allowed in many ports), and of course from obsolescence and diminutive capacity relative to what the CVFs will need... with all their escorts "in tow". Have we laid up some, prior to the delivery of...
by Foxbat
24 Aug 2015, 19:47
Forum: Deployments
Topic: Gibraltar
Replies: 364
Views: 76448
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Re: Gibraltar

Sorry it's taken me so long to answer this, I read what you wrote last month but haven't had a chance to reply until now. I don't have much time for a proper response but I think that the publication in this link has some good ideas and recommendations that might work, or at least make a stronger s...
by Foxbat
30 Jul 2015, 22:10
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Replies: 2804
Views: 763846
United Kingdom

Re: Typhoon

Don't know why we have anything to do with the Indians TBH, their chippy, post colonial attitude means they won't buy anything off us. Because they offer us the opportunity to train against Flankers and there's another country out there that also fly Flankers which we're not very friendly with righ...
by Foxbat
10 Jul 2015, 20:16
Forum: Deployments
Topic: British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) - Canada
Replies: 19
Views: 1239
United Kingdom

Re: Exercise Prairie Storm

Do we ever invite the locals (Canadian or US) around for a game? Or is BATUS a strictly UK only training ground?
by Foxbat
10 Jul 2015, 20:14
Forum: Deployments
Topic: Gibraltar
Replies: 364
Views: 76448
United Kingdom

Re: Gibraltar

So, is there anything we can actually do about Spanish incursions (or threatened incursions) in Gibraltar's territorial waters or is summoning various diplomats our best option (though it doesn't appear to do anything)? Perhaps we should expel some Spanish diplomats from the UK? Or perhaps a larger ...
by Foxbat
27 Jun 2015, 14:45
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Stupid Tourists
Replies: 14
Views: 566
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Re: Queen's Guards vs Annoying Tourists

How can so many people be so ignorant and stupid towards a man with a gun. Excellent videos enjoyed watching them. Only thing I can come up with is that they don't realise they're active duty soldiers. I suspect they're under the impression that they're people playing dress up rather than people wh...
by Foxbat
12 Jun 2015, 11:20
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Albion Class Amphibious Assault Ships (LPD) (RN)
Replies: 568
Views: 202072
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Re: Albion Class Amphibious Assault Ship (LPD) (RN)

Gabriele wrote:I hope to fucks that Bulwark isn't just sailing around with non-working Goalkeepers...
Well the Type 42s ended their days without Sea Dart actually being operational so I wouldn't put it past them.
by Foxbat
12 Jun 2015, 10:27
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nuclear Missiles Could be Sited Again on British Soil in New 'Cold War' with Russia
Replies: 15
Views: 619
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Re: Nuclear Missiles Could be Sited Again on British Soil in New 'Cold War' with Russia

He asked about anti-ballistic missiles, not ballistic missiles. :oops: Apologies to all, had a long day :oops: And I don't believe you have any, but I might be wrong. Have a nuclear deterrent is probably enough to stop ICBM attacks. Indeed we don't heck we don't have any long range SAM systems othe...
by Foxbat
11 Jun 2015, 21:39
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nuclear Missiles Could be Sited Again on British Soil in New 'Cold War' with Russia
Replies: 15
Views: 619
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Re: Nuclear Missiles Could be Sited Again on British Soil in New 'Cold War' with Russia

There's also the matter of the INF treaty from the 80s to deal with. Well the Russians appear to have already potentially given up on the INF. The latest versions of the Iskander missile reportedly have a range in excess of the 500km maximum. Does the U.K have anti ballistic missile capabilities th...
by Foxbat
09 Jun 2015, 23:20
Forum: Deployments
Topic: Gibraltar
Replies: 364
Views: 76448
United Kingdom

Re: Gibraltar

They really do sound like Argentina sometimes. I'm sure we all remember similar pronouncements of an 'escalation' when the first Type 45 visited the Falklands. And more to the point it really does start to get tiresome and I can only imagine what it must be like to live in the middle of it! I really...
by Foxbat
08 Jun 2015, 17:01
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: JAPAN / 日本
Replies: 456
Views: 44629
United Kingdom

Re: JAPAN / 日本

Nono I meant why they originally went for E2s (in the 80s/90s I think?) not why they're going for E2s now ;)
by Foxbat
07 Jun 2015, 23:49
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: JAPAN / 日本
Replies: 456
Views: 44629
United Kingdom

Re: JAPAN / 日本

Is there a reason why JASDF chose E2s rather than E3s when they wanted an AWACS? Cost perhaps (either procurement or operational or both even)?