Will France join pillar 2 also ?

Just can't see USA letting more nuclear technology elsewhere after the Australian kick off ,I'm more inclined to think that Canada will buy a french sub design that Australia was going to buy ,but never say never on a nuclear submarine I guess ,but don't think that going to fly with the cost for Can...

Personally I'm thinking the next government if labour will definitely throw GCAP under the buss and try and hash a french plane , personally if I was BAE, I would turn around to the next government and say,we have a perfectly good plane and team up in gcap and if you want to throw it all under the b...

So is Sweden going to announce griphen fighters for Ukraine now ?

Unfortunately the British MOD and equipment are getting a constant slating ATM from all directions,foes and Allies alike, just not helpful and good for the moral of the forces people,the problem is bad news always travels faster than good ,hope the government and MOD gets to grips with things sooner...

UK RN should build some T26 / hunter class destroyer AAW with Australia to flush out the royal navy destroyer force to at least 8 ships, t45 / t26 hunter variant

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 in...

Think that's just a convenient government plan to get out of hunt spending anymore on defence in the next budget after all the warnings and building criticism from all quarters, typical smoke and mirrors plan by the civil service ,i can't believe how utter crap the mod management and political class...

Let's just hope all's well with a quick sailing as soon as,and theres no more announcements with breakdowns.at least until this deployment if finished and possibly red sea , don't think it would go down well that both carriers we out of action ,would be a complete humiliation laughing stock tbh ,and...

I'm just hoping if they do build that it could possibly fill out the carriers ,if that's the y they decided to go aswell, I'm starting to think rightly or wrongly that the uk must start building it's own capabilities somewhat,or should I say as much as it can,the GCAP if realized would go somewhere ...

How about a true comparison of oranges to oranges, with Cameron/Osbourne sticking nuclear deterrent and pensions to defence budget,we not even spending 2% truth be known, no matter how many times the keep ranting on we spending 2% now , smoke and mirrors and bull ,if they just give that amount back ...

Will Saudi Arabia take this weeks show to announce a typhoon order ,that's the question?

Maybe that's the tempest demonstration model that base are going to use as test in a couple of years but the GCAP model will be totally different in future

How many can France deploy on their single carrier deployment, shouldn't we be able to match them at least with our 2 carriers ? Just asking

Id argue that UK could afford it ,it's just wanting to afford it ,and leadership TELLING the population we needed to invest and increase the defence budget at these dangerous times at the cost of popular other important departments, or say happen not spend billions on giving tax cuts in next budget ...

Could we interest you in some type26 Norway?,tick alot of boxes i think, should be up and running by the time you make a choice to evaluate,whether UK ASW version or an AUSTRALIAN or CANADIAN version

The warnings might be coming thick and fast but does anyone REALLY think on here that whichever government gets in is ACTUALLY going to do anything about it in reality,the MPs are too invested in their own interests,ie giving more money to the NHS or the other side TAX cuts,I'm afraid my friends NOT...

What' gets me is they know the dangers coming around the corner and yet STILL they don't increase defence budget and make immediate changes to try negate the impact it's ,UNBELIEVABLE and criminal , personally if a government knowingly puts the country in danger or danger is going to happen and know...

Well I think we might be needing extra missile load out on HMS diamond and wildcats, wishing as I said they had have have gotten the 24 CAMM fitted,36 would have been better,and let's hope the wildcats new missile racks do there business, fingers crossed for the brave lads and lasses onboard and the...

Does anyone think that Germany's change of heart on allowing UK exports of typhoon to Saudi is not just about pressure on German future jobs of typhoons but also trying to get a better position with the French on the future FCAS/SCAF fighter program? knowing if they mess France around, France would ...

Could have done with the CAMM fitted aswell, at least it's only one missile for each target, where's the American's fire 2 missiles at each target I'm lead to believe?,but yes if it all kicks off low numbers of stock and low numbers of VT tubes could come back to haunt penny pinching planner's ,and ...

Not this government though, hasn't they just said that they want to reduce tax and reduce cash to departments,so can't see a further order of typhoons for RAF tbh

I'm not putting a damp Squibb on it but does KSA even want typhoon now ?,has Germany played a good game knowing that KSA will not buy typhoon now so are safe in saying ok we will allow the sales , wouldn't put it past them ,also my personal view is there's no chance of Germany wanting or buying into...

You've got to remember that once cut it's just going one way,they never do adequate replacements or numbers of replacements , sorry but I blame not just the government and MOD civil service but the admiralty also for bad decisions,one day and one day soon I think this countries armed forces are goin...

No crews or soldiers,for Albion class or t23 or army easy solution bring back national conscription,that will solve the issue,and put a bit of backbone into the wimpy generation, starting with politicians who are forgetting what freedom takes and it's sometimes saying not nice things that get votes ...