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- 24 Apr 2024, 10:41
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9741370
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
For me, this is the direction the T32 needs to go. I was under the impression that that was pretty much what was intended for the T32 "frigate". It could even be a license-built version of the Vard NG OPV (possibly higher damage control measures) or something very similar. Also assume you...
- 24 Apr 2024, 09:27
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1937
- Views: 255342
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
Where is the money coming from to pay for increased defence spending after cutting National Insurance by 4 percent. Also is the money for Ukraine coming from the defence budget or foreign aid. I confess I haven't been keeping up over the last week or so, but aren't they trying to take money from be...
- 21 Apr 2024, 12:46
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 743
- Views: 202380
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
We are supposed to be part of the European Sky Sheild initiative, based on Medium range: primarily IRIS-T SLM Long range: MIM-104 Patriot Very long range (exoatmospheric): Arrow 3 Though presumably, we might opt for SAMP-T (Aster 30) or CAMM-MR in place of Patriot and CAMM/CAMM-ER in place of IRIS-T...
- 19 Apr 2024, 20:20
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9741370
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
What would the point of a towed array on the RB2s be? T31 can either carry weapons it self or an armed helicopter to prosecute the sub, what is a River meant to do? Scare it way just by pinging away on its sonar? A valid tactic I suppose. If they were back home in the UK I suppose they can call in ...
- 18 Apr 2024, 22:03
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 101
- Views: 1479
Re: Labour's likely defence policy
Oops - and there it is - his inner toddler surfaces once moreRunningStrong wrote: ↑18 Apr 2024, 21:53 And you dislike the NHS because your prostate exam took too long
- 18 Apr 2024, 15:02
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9741370
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
I guess this is OK to go here, since its relevant to the general discussion on escorts
- 18 Apr 2024, 00:44
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 223
- Views: 82669
- 17 Apr 2024, 17:00
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 223
- Views: 82669
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
LOL - just had visions of Harry Secombe meeting Spike Milligan for the first time, after the recoil made his gun jump out of it's firing pit & go for a downhill trundle in the dark. Spike set off to find it. He saw a radio truck, and stuck his head through the curtain Spike: "Anybody seen a...
- 17 Apr 2024, 16:42
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 101
- Views: 1479
Re: Labour's likely defence policy
Yes - people get caught - that was my point. Many don't, as they know how to play the game
NB - not a doctor or surgeon
NB - not a doctor or surgeon
- 17 Apr 2024, 16:40
- Forum: Deployments
- Topic: Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory)
- Replies: 245
- Views: 31719
Re: Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory)
Now do the same deal for Ukraine!
- 17 Apr 2024, 16:37
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9741370
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
So you are going to have two ships there when only one is needed? If you want sufficient depth of magazine, and the appropriate technology, it's essential. The USN are already having to re-assess their tactics, because they are having to resort to using SM-2, which is rather overqualified (and expe...
- 17 Apr 2024, 16:15
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 101
- Views: 1479
Re: Labour's likely defence policy
The NHS is one of the most highly audited organisations in the UK Now you are just being ridiculous. Since it seems to miss so much, it can't be that good. As for the substance of what I said, how do you think these cases were known? People in a position to know did blow the whistle. People did get...
- 17 Apr 2024, 14:04
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9741370
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
However, the presence of vessels using lower-spec missiles against drones & cruise missiles means that the more capable & expensive missiles can be saved for use against ballistic missiles
- 17 Apr 2024, 11:29
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9741370
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
I would have thought the Falkland & West Indies Guard ships do an important job, replacing escorts in both APT(N) & APT(S). Arguably, there should have been one based in Gib for many years, to perform a similar task in the Med and along the West African coast, again a job that doesn't need a...
- 17 Apr 2024, 11:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 101
- Views: 1479
Re: Labour's likely defence policy
pre-pandemic the system was running as lean and as efficient as it could. You are having a laugh, aren't you? My wife used to work in Medical Staffing for our local hospital. They could have halved the staff & not noticed. One refused to answer the phone "because it wasn't in his job descr...
- 16 Apr 2024, 10:00
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5693
- Views: 1494250
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
IIRC, it was originally £11.4 billion, then Cameron took £1b out of the budget and the whole plan fell apart, leaving us with £8.4b for eight T26 and £2b for the five T31
- 15 Apr 2024, 23:28
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 101
- Views: 1479
Re: Labour's likely defence policy
To put it in terms that we are familair with, the NHS consumes 12% of GDP.
For the avoidance of doubt, I have no problems with the NHS, I have been a frequent customer over the lastr few years, but I know I live in one of the rare, well-run, NHS regions (and it still has organisational problems)
For the avoidance of doubt, I have no problems with the NHS, I have been a frequent customer over the lastr few years, but I know I live in one of the rare, well-run, NHS regions (and it still has organisational problems)
- 15 Apr 2024, 14:18
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5693
- Views: 1494250
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
I thought the problem was that they couldn't be built long enough in that location due to some historically valuable buildings behind. Apologies - I'm not explaining very well. I'm not suggesting extending the original sheds (red outline), but covering the area (yellow outline) currently used for o...
- 15 Apr 2024, 11:31
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5693
- Views: 1494250
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Well, as soon as the "frigate factory" is complete & build moved into that, BAE could build a simple "warehouse" style shed to cover the area where the frigates are currently being assembled & the adjacent disused slipway - that should provide capacity for at least one, a...
- 15 Apr 2024, 08:31
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5693
- Views: 1494250
- 14 Apr 2024, 19:43
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5693
- Views: 1494250
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
It’s a world away from what people get excited about for a cheap T31 pointless class. I think it's more a case that many of us realised the potential and believed that there was more to be got from the platform. If the current plans come to fruition, then the T31 will be an extremely potent surface...
- 14 Apr 2024, 18:45
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1937
- Views: 255342
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
We do have air defence assets and a fully integrated network. There is anti drone stuf, starstreak, camm, and aster. The real question is how much of it are you prepared to say is to be kept to be deployed around the uk or sent overseas or do we need more of it. We have 6 type 45s are we to say 3 w...
- 14 Apr 2024, 13:51
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1937
- Views: 255342
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
IIRC We ordered a new air-defence radar & computer system for around £800m c. 2 years ago. Seems pointless to know what's coming when you have no method of stopping it. I know that we are joining the European ABM system, but that project appears to be moving with glacial slowness. Perhaps the su...
- 13 Apr 2024, 12:29
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: French Armed Forces
- Replies: 1878
- Views: 144345
Re: French Armed Forces
New Aster 15 EC in 2030, with twice range of the current Aster 15 at 60+km. https://meta-defense.fr/en/2024/04/11/missile-aster-15-ec-mbda-pour-2030/ In-service date 2030 or after Probably a similar time-frame to CAMM-MR (100km+), with CAMM-ER (45km+) in service with Italy in the relatively near fu...
- 13 Apr 2024, 12:28
- Forum: Conflicts
- Topic: RED SEA - Houthi attacks
- Replies: 63
- Views: 3119
Re: RED SEA - Houthi attacks
A range of 25km means that CAAMM is capable of defending any ship inside a 2000km2 area around the ship. What is the effective range of a missile is a moving feast as it depends on the target, one extreme short range scenario is the kinetic energy needed to pull 40 Gs (which falls off quickly after...