Meh, way better to pay everything 3x over...tomuk wrote: ↑22 Mar 2024, 08:55Somebody should tell MOD\DE&S about this value for money purchase.sol wrote: ↑20 Mar 2024, 13:31 Sweden purchases 321 6x6 Patria vehicles
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- 22 Mar 2024, 15:51
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Swedish Armed Forces
- Replies: 238
- Views: 22247
Re: Swedish Armed Forces
- 11 Mar 2024, 16:11
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15446
- Views: 4411185
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
What is missing, which is a problem throughout UK defence establishment, is a lack of transparency. Everything is hidden behind all too convenient a veil of operational or worse commercial sensitivity. US senators and reps would be banging on the doors of the Pentagon\White House if a similar lack ...
- 01 Mar 2024, 14:58
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5461
- Views: 1465479
- 28 Feb 2024, 14:33
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Argentina
- Replies: 254
- Views: 15814
Re: Argentina
So will they take the F-16s or what?
- 27 Feb 2024, 15:21
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Italian Armed Forces
- Replies: 936
- Views: 61111
- 27 Feb 2024, 15:17
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15446
- Views: 4411185
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Perhaps you would have preferred for to “sit out” the biggest NATO exercise in years and remain in Portsmouth harbour until such time as her 3 x Phalanx are re-installed? Ark Royal IV, during the Cold War even involved in a collision with a Russian Kotlin Class destroyer, which had crossed under he...
- 26 Feb 2024, 14:06
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15446
- Views: 4411185
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Perhaps you would have preferred for to “sit out” the biggest NATO exercise in years and remain in Portsmouth harbour until such time as her 3 x Phalanx are re-installed? Ark Royal IV, during the Cold War even involved in a collision with a Russian Kotlin Class destroyer, which had crossed under he...
- 26 Feb 2024, 14:05
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15446
- Views: 4411185
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Rather concerning that neither TIDESURGE nor PWLS have Phalanx or any other form of self-protection.....so if something unexpected occurs (history shows that it often does) they are completely undefended against any 'leakers' that might get past the escorts. Even more worryng is the lack of RNs esc...
- 25 Feb 2024, 19:33
- Forum: Conflicts
- Topic: RED SEA - Houthi attacks
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1643
- 21 Feb 2024, 20:27
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Vanguard Class Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN) (RN)
- Replies: 156
- Views: 82277
- 21 Feb 2024, 16:47
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Vanguard Class Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN) (RN)
- Replies: 156
- Views: 82277
Re: Vanguard Class Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN) (RN)
MOD quote however we are confident that the anomaly was event specific, and therefore there are no implications for the reliability of the wider Trident missile systems and stockpile If this is a 2nd failure of the system and given current world events, is this really a good enough response? :eh: T...
- 21 Feb 2024, 13:51
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19151
- Views: 7059221
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
How many times. OPV 80m, River B2 or you unicorn OPV+ do not add meaningful mass. Completely disagree. The non-combatants allow the combatants to focus fully on the areas where they are most required. Anti-narcotics patrols do not require Frigates or Destroyers but they do require a Wildcat with a ...
- 20 Feb 2024, 14:50
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Australian Defence Force
- Replies: 2617
- Views: 480079
- 15 Feb 2024, 17:01
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15446
- Views: 4411185
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
You got to admit it really is embarrassing David Cameron saying anything about UK forces at all ,the main reason for swaging cuts to manpower and equipment ,17k if memory serves me right and 40% tank forces cut , carriers, harriers cut ,etc etc , just crazy , think everyone is going to throw that i...
- 15 Feb 2024, 17:00
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15446
- Views: 4411185
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Any info on how many F-35s are aboard PoW? Hopefully this year’s work ups and next year’s CSG25 will help turn things around and put an end to all this bad press. A few solid deployments can do wonders - see Ford and Charles de Gaulle, which also faced PR nightmares in their early years. Leaving yo...
- 15 Feb 2024, 14:27
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15446
- Views: 4411185
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
I find the absence of Phalanx on PWLS to be humiliating. The sight of such a large, magnificent and expensive ship proudly sailing out of Portsmouth virtually defenceless at a time of rising world tension and risk of conflict is deeply concerning. There is the fact that our carriers are virtually u...
- 14 Feb 2024, 13:59
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
- Replies: 553
- Views: 112771
Re: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
The T31 are not pointless they will provide a lot more utility going forward than another batch of OPVs. They absolutely are if all we are doing is defaulting to a solution without defining the question and ensuring it’s a priority. We cannot afford the crew to forward base the existing T31s, so we...
- 13 Feb 2024, 16:22
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
- Replies: 553
- Views: 112771
Re: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
IMHO, the best option for the RN would be to buy 5-6 MCM motherships like that Dutch/Belgian/French project, and just name it Type 32 frigates... With maybe better range and speed than tipical MCM ship. After all, the Hunts are really long in the teeths... That's what the LSV programme is. Yes, but...
- 13 Feb 2024, 16:21
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Project Crowsnest (RN)
- Replies: 220
- Views: 79176
Re: Project Crowsnest (RN)
jonas wrote: ↑13 Feb 2024, 14:02 Crowsnest OSD 2029 !!
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/crowsne ... vice-2029/
OMFG
- 13 Feb 2024, 16:16
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
- Replies: 553
- Views: 112771
Re: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
IMHO, the best option for the RN would be to buy 5-6 MCM motherships like that Dutch/Belgian/French project, and just name it Type 32 frigates... With maybe better range and speed than tipical MCM ship. After all, the Hunts are really long in the teeths... That's what the LSV programme is. Yes, but...
- 13 Feb 2024, 16:08
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
- Replies: 553
- Views: 112771
Re: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
IMHO, the best option for the RN would be to buy 5-6 MCM motherships like that Dutch/Belgian/French project, and just name it Type 32 frigates... With maybe better range and speed than tipical MCM ship.
After all, the Hunts are really long in the teeths...
After all, the Hunts are really long in the teeths...
- 10 Feb 2024, 11:28
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 1995
- Views: 555452
Re: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
When should that happen?
- 10 Feb 2024, 11:15
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19151
- Views: 7059221
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
FWIW a poster's comment on Artisan caught my eye on a War Zone article " San Antonio Class Looks Very Different After Shedding Its Stealthy Masts", not very complimentary to Artisan due its high beamwidth at longer ranges. Patrick Chase 9 hours ago This seems a little misleading: Even the...
- 05 Feb 2024, 18:24
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 1995
- Views: 555452
Re: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
Good job we only have six of them to update then isn’t it! :lol: Wise and foresightful decision by the HMG. :think: Not often a decision by Gordon Brown is described in such glowing terms ;) Ironymeter needs calibration, huh? It's sarcasm not irony ;) Okay, whatever... :thumbup:
- 04 Feb 2024, 20:37
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 1995
- Views: 555452
Re: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
Ironymeter needs calibration, huh?