https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=C1O6NswL4iA Small snipet on the strike brigades. General Carter expects to project power over some 2000km with strike. He said that they are copying what the Germans did in 1940, in the form of making sure that all of their prime movers (tanks/armo...

Does anyone know why QE has a CIWS and 30mm on three corners, but only a 30mm on the rear right side? From looking at the placement, it seems like a pretty big hole in its 360 coverage. Alot of the starboard stern side looks uncovered. Sorry for the crappy image, just trying to visualize the arcs. R...

I heard the USMC are considering the use of Ospreys for their ships to extend the range of their F35Bs. I am sure that once they have it up and running we will copy them.

At least now whenever I think about the accidents Astute had, I can now say, at least it was not as bad as India's submarine.

"A hatch left open on the INS Arihant lead to saltwater flooding the propulsion area, rendering the $2.9 billion submarine inoperative."

An MOD spokesperson said: “Discussions with Brazil over the long-planned sale of HMS Ocean are at an advanced stage, but no final decisions have been made. HMS Ocean has served admirably with us since 1998 and the revenue she generates will be reinvested in defence as we bolster our Royal Navy with ...

Happy new year. Soon...

Saw this today. Helps explain the situation to all those people constantly complaining how top heavy the army is. "Britain’s army is getting stronger because it has nearly halved the number of generals, the head of the armed forces has said. Responding to criticism that the army is top-heavy, G...

Not sure why I even read the news. A couple delights that I read on a Sun article today. RIP the days of actual journalism. "sister ship Big Lizzie sprang a leak" "was suffering from an embarrassing leak." "200 litres of sea water pour in every hour. It’s feared repairs coul...

ArmChairCivvy wrote:- then nibble at that "new" money, to redistribute it

More like... -100m from navy, -100m from army, -100m from airforce, +300m to cyber.

bobp wrote:Good opportunity to float QE in to fix her seal perhaps.

They are already repairing her seal in Portsmouth as we speak. It does not need to be dry docked.

HMS Prince of Wales has been floated out of dry dock today. Hope she doesn't sink

£500 million for an adapted LHD based on the Mistral £150 million on installing 42 quad packed Sea Ceptor launchers on QE carriers and larger amphibious ships plus 72 strike length VLS launchers on Type 45 destroyers Could you point out what part of the document or source lists these two areas. Hav...

So currently all 6 Type 45s and 12 out of 13 Type 23s are in port, with the exception of St Albions as fleet ready escort. There are apparently 13 RN vessels deployed not including Trident. RFA Cardigan Bay, HMS Bangor, HMS Blyth, HMS Ledbury and HMS Middleton in the gulf as part of the mine counter...

Just look up a few posts and you'll see that the UK is getting the command and control piece from Israel and is not using EMADS. I'm sure the launcher is common but that's just one component out of several. Fair enough on the EMADS. It is hard to understand what is going on sometimes considering th...

I don't think the UK is using EMADS. "Land Ceptor is the launch configuration of the Enhanced Modular Air Defence Solutions (EMADS) stable. EMADS brings together best-of-breed systems and technologies from across MBDA’s European base to save time, development costs and provide a flexible syste...

I am hoping the British army jumps on board with the CAMM-ER missile. It would give us a much needed medium range air-defense capability. http://www.mbda-systems.com/ground-base ... nce/emads/ From the attached downloadable document on that page it states - "Each launcher is scaleable and can c...

Typical UK newspapers, all ways ripping on the MOD. It is clearly stated that the defect with the propeller shaft seal was identified during sea trials and it was not deemed serious enough to stop her been commissioned. They have said that the issue will be fixed in Portsmouth before it starts trial...

Was just taking another look at the "Delivering Carrier Strike" from this year and saw that the MOD was plannning on closing Portsmouth Naval base until it was decided that the carriers would be based there. Pretty shocking that was even an option. "The Department had intended to clos...

What UK needs is South Korean Dokdo-class, not Izumo. When Japanese say that Izumo and Hyuga are ASW helicopter destroyers, they are right. A bit large destroyers, that can have a lot of helicopters, but non the less, ASW helicopter destroyers. I think everyone including the UK military knows we ne...

Just saw it. Give it a 7.5/10.

So considering the type 26 at the moment costs the UK about £1 Billion per ship, most likely heavily pushed up by R&D costs. What do we think it would cost our allies to buy/build it without having to pay the R&D costs, would it be around £800m? (Just a uneducated guess) What about the oppos...

I am a fan of the Venator, hopefully now they have access to the arrowhead they can use parts of it to optimize and improve the Venator and bring the costs down even more. I dont see the Spartan as a contender anymore it is between the Venator and the Leander. It comes in three missile configuration...

im not saying its a small space far from it but looking at the hangar you would have thought it would have been larger to fit 23 f35 in and work around space ,they are not small planes like the harrier ,maybe its just the camera angle and looks a hell of a lot bigger if you in it CATOBAR version bu...

Starting to like the new DS. Better than the spineless Fallon.

I don't believe the CIWS and other weapon systems have been installed yet, but happy to be corrected if I'm wrong. CIWS, 30mms and some of the kit relating to operating the F35 is the last to be installed I believe. It is heading north during the first part of 2018 for rough sea trials and helicopt...