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It would be of interest to know if there is a commitment to a realistic stockpile of missiles for all scenarios, or even on what are the guidelines for ships to carry a full missile loadout, and serious conflict with a peer may be on the likelihood of how long a supply of munitions may last and be p...

The radar sensor ranges would certainly be speculative

This article suggests it will be armed and not just electronic warfare
https://www.defensenews.com/global/euro ... bat-drone/

Before then it would still be cheaper to provide the major upgrades to her that would increase the capacity and capability of this ship than a new build

There was previously the possibility of South Korea and Poland developing a tank https://www.defence24.com/could-poland-build-a-future-main-battle-tank-with-the-south-korea-analysis https://www.defence24.com/k2pl-a-polish-korean-future-main-battle-tank-proposal-with-support This article suggests Pol...

Is there any possibility of getting into a partnership with South Korea or Japan they seem to have the capital for development and a commitment to building such especially South Korea ?

Is there any suggestion of the types of missiles carried by U.A.V.s accompanying aircraft ?

This is an earlier article on Spear 11 and Spear e.w working in tandem
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/2 ... -huge-deal
interesting if used by helicopters forces

Would a weapon that targets instead the radar systems like the AARGM-ER be also of use https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/us-navys-aargm-er-completes-critical-design-review/138900.article#:~:text=The%20US%20Navy%20(USN)%20recently,enemy%20radar%20and%20communications%20systems.&text=The%20w...

This earlier article suggests a diving depth of six thousand metres for a submarine not attached to the navy but under orders from intelligence services
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/201 ... ecret-sub/

It was not though designed just for a unique nuclear strike capability but also for interference with undersea cables , This article suggests that though there may be conventions against the severing of cables there dont appear to be against the hacking of such , as to what lengths nations should go...

Its interesting that one of these special weapons or abilities is the ability to deploy a small nuclear-powered sensor array on the sea bed this article suggests that Russia has invested heavily in the capability to disrupt internet cables https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/08/19/how-russian...

There is more on this special submarine that indicates it will deploy in 2021 with special abilities for spying very deep there is certainly the suggestion that undersea communications are very vulnerable to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtE7ciLS-24&feature=emb_rel_end&ab_channel=SubB...

This is a guestimate of it

I have included from Warzone an article about the U.S army work on masking thermal signature with 'paint' it does show a picture of a soviet-era vehicle in infrared would have been of interest seeing if the before and after Challenger update in the same https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27088/ar...

So low observable tanks, not stealth tanks lol would of been interesting if there was data on thermal reduction signature as u.a.v,s can have infrared cameras

Interesting read but it would seem to be a stretch to suggest that it is effective without trials involving a submarine , especially considering the technology built into the type 26

Would the type 26 benefit from these as well for their operations

Would the sm-3 block11a meet this aim https://www.google.com/search?q=sm-3+missile+block+iia&rlz=1C1CAFA_enAU647AU648&oq=sm-3+missile&aqs=chrome.5.69i57j0l6.11129j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 This article provides some then differences between classes of the missiles https://whi...

Because of the discussion in the R.N on the anti-shipping missiles ,I thought it might of interest to speculate if the R.A.F could benefit by the inclusion of the L.R.A.S.M being carried by its Poseidon https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-is-getting-the-long-range-missiles-needed-for-a-conte...

This is also an interesting article https://allthingsnuclear.org/ctracy/the-accuracy-of-hypersonic-weapons-media-claims-miss-the-mark#:~:text=Existing%20ballistic%20missiles%20accomplish%20this,lower%20altitudes%2C%20through%20the%20atmosphere.&text=The% This second paper by Wenxing Fu is a bit ...

this is an example of what the P.L.A.N is doing https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/09/03/chinese-navy-cruisers-may-be-first-to-get-ballistic-missiles/?sh=75fb13fb372a https://missiledefenseadvocacy.org/missile-threat-and-proliferation/todays-missile-threat/china/dong-feng-21d-df-21d/ It may ...

When Brahmos is mentioned its worth noting that a Brahmos 11 is close to being exported to the Philippines and Vietnam
https://www.defenseworld.net/news/27721 ... 9yCxNgzaUk
Perhaps the R.N should consider its purchase

This article provides more detail to the block v Tomahawk https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/12/14/the-us-navy-has-an-upgraded-tomahawk-heres-5-things-you-should-know/ This article provides arguments for a balanced approach in the design and acquisition of missiles and the role definitions they ...

satellite or f35b perhaps