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Doesnt matter either way if it detonates. The thermobaric effect would be catastrophic unless you have Krupps cemented steel. Even then most modern ASM have a binary shaped charge.

Pipes leak!! The UK seems very good at washing it's dirty laundry in public and navel gazing. Most other nations don't tend to do this- we like to make ourselves look bad to prove a political point. Looking at allies issues then QEC have been a roaring success: CdG, GRF, LCS, F125, Navantia FF, Adel...

All launchers would have to be on the islands, the throw height of the gas piston is 30m. Either that or you would have to have the CMS programmed for separate engagement arcs for each launcher. TBH RAM and the 30mm mounts fitted with Martlet might be a better option.

tent over the port for'ard phalanx mount.

Good find!

This time around the carriers would host the F35 in a Herrick style operation. Far more secure than a fixed desert airbase.

"Divestment of three heavy helicopter squadrons Based on analysis by our aviation subject-matter-experts, five squadrons provide sufficient capacity to satisfy our requirements as well as our future force as described in approved naval concepts. Divestment of three medium-lift tiltrotor squadro...

No, it would attract too much action. Who wouldn't tire slapping/shooting at that?!

Futures names to include 'The Red Beastie', 'The Mosset', 'Joannas', 'The Thunderton' in no particular order other than the last must be Jo's (everyone eventually ends up there if for no other reason than a Good bar fight). Good god man not Joannas, are you totally mad. Might as well call it a 'Fly...

Futures names to include 'The Red Beastie', 'The Mosset', 'Joannas', 'The Thunderton' in no particular order other than the last must be Jo's (everyone eventually ends up there if for no other reason than a Good bar fight).

I think they are referring to the EJ2000 engine with the Sabre precooler trial. That could in theory reach M3+.

the latest versions are likely to be significantly longer legged I am led to believe.

The Iskander is more of a threat based in Kalingrad.

ACC i was referring to the opposition with regard to degradation of fire support using OTH ATGM. The only advantage of facing up to heavy units with a strong WarPac based doctrine is that they rely very heavily on artillery and not CAS. Disrupt the close support elements and you can induce a wobble ...

There is no way we can match/overmatch the Russian or Chinese orbat. They have brigade sized artillery units supporting the old Soviet style 2 Mech Brgd divisions with an independent tank regiment of 2 battalions and a cavalry screen. That is the entire British armoured force there. The Russians hav...

The CR2 CAN take a shaped charge up to and including the Kornet and Bill-2 (the 2 largest warheads in manpacked ATGM) in the side panels. I am aware about the differences in KEP vs plasma jet warheads having spent a bit of time in the game and having had to do it for real. I do still keep current so...

I would like to point out that there has not been an operational loss of the CR2- ever. The US lost several M1's in 2003-2009, some to IED, some to ATGM (including 2 to Milan in Karbala 2003). As a former Milan ATGM Pltn Cdr, we respected the T72/80M variants, the Leo 2 was impressive in the frontal...

Not a fan of funny looking tomato plants. LJ is perfectly correct, it was tactics , skill, bravery, and innovation which allowed the F3 to perform well. It was used in a role never envisaged against technically superior aircraft but surprised those detractors. As for the US light Bird, if he wishes ...

Actually a retired USAF Lt Col and F15 driver. It caused such problems that they had to conduct low level visual and radar searches using F16's. This worked for the first few sorties (the radar being in look up mode )until the F3 crews went even lower. As for superlatives, I believe the US corners t...

Plenty of Awacs crews and F15 drivers would disagree. The last few red flags had F3 achieving the highest kill ratios. hard to track something doing M0.9at 100 feet with JTIDS cueing the Amraam (the only western fighter until F35 to do this) and radar silent. Most kills on the opposition air were fr...

The F3 caused a lot of upsets at Red Flag in it's last iteration. Death in the valley became it's unofficial nickname .

Good article by Gab on his site re MIV

Who is the greater fool; the fool, or the fool who follows? By all means be interogative about action reports but do not dismiss the first hand accounts of those who were there. The captain of the Gloucester was in JHQ with my father in the late 90's, he seemed to have a very clear account of what w...

Ron, saying things such as that I find offensive. Usually such banality is uttered by those who haven't served. Speaking for most veterans I would say elasticity would be a blessing. Most of us have the events in contact seared into our conscious as or more clearly than even the faces of friends and...

No Western army can match the Sov Bloc doctrine of Russia, PRC, or PRNoK with firepower overmatch and numbers I'm afraid. Even if we built the platforms and funded them, the manpower uplift would bankrupt any western power. Instead we need to deny them the target sets by mobility and concentration (...