UK Defence Forum

Well just to spice things up President Trump has suggested pulling back from manufacturing parts outside the U.S


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-15/ ... a/12252384

Would there be value in acquiring c.e.c for the carriers and escorts in the co-ordination of defences espiacially with other navies that have such

H.M.S Kent has been deployed to the Barents sea with the US. navy in a freedom of sea navigation excercise ,Russia was given prior knowledge of this to prevent misunderstanding ,Im not sure of the last occassion a R.N ship entered these waters certainly they were more welcome during the second world...

Or perhaps name them after the WW2 Castle class ,plenty of castles to name them after .

What is the testing for the Covid 19 virus for the R.N is it the nasal swab or just temperatue test?

This is an old article discussing developments of building Eurofighter with SEADS capabilities it may have been posted before but I had not seen this configuration of the fighter with those antenna at the front I was wondering if this is the type of Eurofighter Germany could build or has this been c...

I understand some of the main differences that are obvious is the the Global eye directs received information to ground based operators which is different to the Wedgetail and other AWACS aircraft which have their operators onboard ,certainly a question is why isnt everyone else doing this ,and was ...

I dont doubt that the SAAB ERIEYE is a very capable aircraft but if comparing to an aircraft like Wedgetail SAAB would have to come up with a very good argument why it is superior and which I cant find any statement from SAAB of this

I appreciate the reply but when you state the Wedgetail has a range over some point and cant state the why the SAAB can exceed this its hard to understand your claimed advantage certainly also the Wedgetail,s L band is steerable so in one direction as required it can sweep further out but the full c...

In respect of the SAAB radar can you provide any information as to any of the advantages it has over the Wedgetail ,
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/the-e-7 ... he-sentry/

My apologies if this article has already been placed here but it seems to cover many of the points of discussion e.g. the U.Ks contribution as a tier1 partner ,the incremental pace of introduction of block 4 upgrades etc.
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL30563.pdf

This article suggests that early ifnot present engines of the F35B will not reach expected service life by more than half ,I can understand the need for numbers of these aircraft to be delivered but would suggest waiting for the more mature versions with more efficient engines https://www.thedrive.c...

Seems like the Queen Elizabeth class dodged a massive bullet not going to catobar with the help of the U.S.N ,makes some people look like geniuses

Among some of the deficiencies noted for the f35 was the issue of limited radar in sea search mode https://www.defensenews.com/smr/hidden-troubles-f35/2020/04/24/the-pentagon-has-cut-the-number-of-serious-f-35-technical-flaws-in-half/ This may not be such an issue for the U.S.N which has other aircr...

An interesting article claiming that Passive radar tracked two F35s at the Berlin airdhow last year and that Germany is looking to further develop this . https://www.businessinsider.com/german-radar-maker-hensoldt-says-it-tracked-f35-in-2018-2019-9?r=AU&IR=T I raise this because Russian sensors ...

Nice picture probaby the aftermath of the spray which would also be another good picture

Thanks S.K.B the film footage of the demonstration of fire fighting was interesting ,the footage of the Prewetting with fine mist spray on the Illustrious was what I meant , this had some measure of signature reduction providing a slight cloud over some of the ship how this would go though if had to...

Is there any information on the "Prewetting "system used on the Queen Elizabeth carriers , this is a system that was originally used to wash off nuclear and chemical weapon residue but later found to be useful to assist in masking the infrared red signature http://www.leongalle.com/Documen...

There have been reported strains on the defence budget causing it is claimed to be unsustainable as such it would only be prudent to allocate those funds to meet the greatest need ,there would be a number of programs that need further resources that would present a greater priority than the filling ...

Excactly mutually beneficial

The carriers themselves are fairly flexible ships and designed as per the report to the commons to provide a high sortie rate ,interoperability with the U.S.N ,The flexibility I refer to is the ability to perform other roles not as a strike carrier loaded up with the F35B but with the ability to put...

The operations of the carriers are likely to be in roles previously held by U.S carriers in the Med and Atlantic though not exclusively previously it was reported there would be more movement of U.S carriers to the Pacifichaving the U.S.M.C operate from the Queen Elizabeth class carriers though sugg...

Active protective systems are being widely introduced to various tanks and armored troop carrying vehicles in a move away from passive armour is there any move in this to the various vehicles using artillery that would be exposed to counter battery fire ?

With the events on other naval carriers concerning the virus is there a testing regime before the crew embarks ?

This is of course an article from last year concerning the U.S.N seeking remote launched U.A.v capable of detecting magnetic anomalys in detection of submarines only the Indian navies Poseidon operate with the magnetic anomay detector boom as per the contract it was thought by other nations that the...