So Merthyr Tydfil closes in 2030? Sounds good.
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- 22 Mar 2024, 13:03
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2433
- Views: 542530
- 22 Mar 2024, 13:01
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 894
- Views: 327816
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Merthyr Tydfil is the UK's home for armoured vehicles???
Gimme a break.
Gimme a break.
- 15 Mar 2024, 12:54
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing Chinook (RAF)
- Replies: 310
- Views: 137752
Re: Boeing Chinook (RAF)
These seem rather expensive, is the UK being taken for a ride by Boeing again?
- 13 Mar 2024, 13:46
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6742
Re: Directed Energy Weapons
So not all-weather then. So still carried by every infantryman in every army. Got it
- 13 Mar 2024, 13:37
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 1002185
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Bronk is a big mouthed tit who spreads misinformation like butter on hot crumpets. Totally in the pocket of we Americans and on record as repeatedly recommending Tempest be shit canned in favor of more F-35. Because, obviously, the US can always do it better. Prime misinformation example is the UK r...
- 12 Mar 2024, 13:03
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6742
- 12 Mar 2024, 12:53
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6742
Re: Directed Energy Weapons
Seems crystal clear to me:RunningStrong wrote: ↑11 Mar 2024, 19:17 I'm not sure anyone has a clue what point you're trying to make.
"The point you & others are missing is that lasers, & other EO kit, are not all weather yet have scads of value."
- 12 Mar 2024, 12:50
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6742
Re: Directed Energy Weapons
I'm curious as to your accuracy with a rifle when its pissing down with rain and you can't see the target. Same goes for any armored vehicle guns.RunningStrong wrote: ↑11 Mar 2024, 19:17 Rifle is all weather, from coldest to hottest Def Stan, and every weather in-between.
- 11 Mar 2024, 18:54
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6742
Re: Directed Energy Weapons
For all the laser experts out there, please note that Dragonfire is installed next to a radar guided Phalanx in the CG movie. Also in the picture are very expensive, clear weather only, EO directors on both the Phalanx systems and the ship itself (for the 30 mm guns). Electro-optic sensors work mor...
- 11 Mar 2024, 14:23
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6742
Re: Directed Energy Weapons
For all the laser experts out there, please note that Dragonfire is installed next to a radar guided Phalanx in the CG movie. Also in the picture are very expensive, clear weather only, EO directors on both the Phalanx systems and the ship itself (for the 30 mm guns).
- 11 Mar 2024, 14:13
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15455
- Views: 4473949
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Reportedly a fat fire in the mess galley.bobp wrote: ↑09 Mar 2024, 21:08 Just read the same in the Daily Fail...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -fire.html
More red faces for the top brass...
- 09 Mar 2024, 12:58
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15455
- Views: 4473949
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
One would hope that after the lengthy diving inspections and then onshore assessments that finally came down against QNLZ sailing that a plan of action would already be in place. Rather than a back of the fag packet 'lets stick her into Roysth and take a look at her '. What on earth makes you think...
- 08 Mar 2024, 15:28
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15455
- Views: 4473949
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
I am led to believe there will be some of the naval architects from T31 switching to QE at the very least. To change a corroded shaft coupling? *Potentially corroded. Maybe they're looking at a completely new coupling. Stronger and easier to inspect. Be the smart thing to do. Different to the ones ...
- 07 Mar 2024, 20:20
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6102
- Views: 1777178
Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
Doesn't Blitz mean Lightning?Bring Deeps wrote: ↑07 Mar 2024, 19:53 I have just seen a German twitter account describe F35s as F-35B-Blitzjets. Is it too late to petition the RAF/RN for a name change or is that just going to annoy the Daily Mail readers?
- 07 Mar 2024, 20:15
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15455
- Views: 4473949
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
I am led to believe there will be some of the naval architects from T31 switching to QE at the very least. To change a corroded shaft coupling? *Potentially corroded. Maybe they're looking at a completely new coupling. Stronger and easier to inspect. Be the smart thing to do. Different to the ones ...
- 07 Mar 2024, 12:42
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15455
- Views: 4473949
- 07 Mar 2024, 12:41
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15455
- Views: 4473949
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
*Potentially corroded.
Maybe they're looking at a completely new coupling. Stronger and easier to inspect. Be the smart thing to do.
- 05 Mar 2024, 14:40
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 59104
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
He lost the plot several pages ago, he's been posting contradictory things ever sincemrclark303 wrote: ↑05 Mar 2024, 13:51 You do know your position re the age of the original design is total nonsense I'm sure, you're just having a bit of fun.....
- 04 Mar 2024, 15:22
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1876954
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
It matters who was in chargeGarethDavies1 wrote: ↑04 Mar 2024, 15:05 Not sure that's totally fair given the number of the FRS1 pilots and technicians that were seconded from the RAF!
- 04 Mar 2024, 14:46
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 59104
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
@SW1 forgot to show the last paragraph in the article: That many accidents during a collective 1.7 million flight hours gave a rate of .87 class A mishaps per 100,000 flight hours, lower than the Army’s overall rate of 1.03 and lower than the H-60’s previous five-year rate of 1.04. Flightfax’s revie...
- 04 Mar 2024, 14:38
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1876954
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Ah but they were FAA. Fat chance with crab air running the show.Tempest414 wrote: ↑04 Mar 2024, 12:20 If we really needed to yes we would in the same way we sent 90% of the FRS1 fleet to the Falklands
- 03 Mar 2024, 16:51
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 59104
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
Both leonardo and airbus have offered production lines and full integration in the uk with airbus also offering export from there line Full integration = assembly of kits produced abroad with a smidgen of UK parts. All three offer that with varying amounts of smidgen. No R&D, no design, no prot...
- 03 Mar 2024, 16:45
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 59104
- 03 Mar 2024, 14:47
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 59104
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
It’s a great idea but it might be best just to buy 50x UH-60 and immediately start the process of designing a universal helo design for joint use in the RAF, Army and RN. Already happening with the NATO Next-Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) program. Supposed to produce the Merlin replacement...
- 03 Mar 2024, 13:19
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 59104