The problem is the source codes, is it Washington will accept that London has the source codes of the Tempest Anglo-American, or American-British, while this is not the case for the F-35, although the UK is the only first level partner of the program. It's a real problem.

abc123 wrote:But yes, I agree that's one of their mistakes, not buying Globemaster.

I agree. We rent Ukrainian Antonovs instead of buying C-17s or even C-5s, it's a big mistake, we're dependent of an unstable country and I'm not talking about Russia.

would have done that ( and they know the best, the Freanch are stooopid ), because who needs that damn Harriers and carriers? RAF surely doesn't. I'm not sure we should be taking any lessons from the French on carrier aviation....look at the situation over the last 40-50 years, or hell even over 10...

benny14 wrote:Here is a more complete 1st Division orbat.

Thanks a lot Benny14

Thank you for your clarification Lord Jim and Benny14, I did not understand very well the role of the 1st Division

Our ideas are actually quite close. The three Brigades in 3rd Division will be able to operate across a brad range of conflict intensities from High to low and woul d be able to provide packages that are appropriate. The three Brigades in 1st Division can both supplement 3rd Division or operate on ...

I do not want to be rude but, I do not understand your plannification of purchase of vehicles, for what units and for what use. In France it's pretty clear, the French option for the wheel via our 8x8 VBCI, and the rest via our VAB and AMC10RC replaced by the Griffon, Serval and Jaguar while keeping...

For compete in the French market, a foreign manufacturer must be associated with a French manufacturer. Even for 30 vehicles, for show his skills, if later it was asked to build 400 vehicles, it must show that it can face. There is another program of 2333 vehicles for the French army where Hawkei is...

https://www.armyrecognition.com/july_2018_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/british_company_jankel_to_deliver_lrpvs_fox_long_range_patrol_vehicles_to_french_mod.html British vehicles for French special forces, it must be produced 30 copies, perhaps more if Arquus is unable to produce a veh...

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/07/25/france-takes-delivery-of-its-5th-fremm/ 5th FREMM for the French Navy :D We could have had 17 FREMM for the price of 8 :cry: Otherwise the Ministry of the Armed Forces has announced that the MICA NG air-to-air or ground-to-air missile will replace the MI...

That's what I've always wanted for the British Army and a little bit to help us in places where 40 tonnes vehicles can not go.

The article in French speaks of a first batch of vehicles being delivered between 2021 and 2023. According to the article, the specialist Nicholas Drummond imagines that they will be heavily armed: a gun of 30mm of the type of the Apache helicopter, mounted on a teleoperated turret and a Javelin ant...

From French sources the MoD could buy 1,500 Boxer over 24 years for an amount of about 13 billion euros, I do not know if this information is true but the site is serious. http://forcesoperations.com/la-defense-britannique-pourrait-allonger-les-milliards-pour-ses-boxer/ And I have a link on a beginn...

Keeps French industry in the game at the level of high end ATGMs of that sort. Thats as valuable as any in theatre capability. I'm agree with you, but although expensive, the Brimstone is already fully developed and has an impressive range of about 20 km since a helicopter. The missile remains rela...

I do not know if I can say a word about it, but the MoD invests in the most expensive projects, I do not know why, and then realizes that it can not all finance them, the MoD does not long-term views, upgrade the Challenger 2, buy Patria AMV in all the useful versions, buy light and medium vehicles ...

Last January, London announced the dispatch of three Chinook helicopters from the Royal Air Force to Mali, to strengthen the logistics of the French force Barkhane in Mali. However, these helicopters will not have to participate in combat operations. Such reinforcement is all the more appreciable s...

Timmymagic wrote:It appears that the Spike is in the mix as well.

Thanks for the information

MLP long range ATGM This sounds like a missile that is 10 years too late. It doesn't seem to offer any benefit over Hellfire. Certainly it sounds inferior to JAGM. And from the specs mentioned it 's massively inferior to Brimstone 2. The mid-life renovation of the helicopter Tigre, will improve its...

https://www.defensenews.com/global/euro ... mobilized/

I do not know if you remember but our helicopters were not flying a year ago, they still do not fly

We can make a war at a distance on both sides of the Russian border, there will be no war against Russia, they could be not hold in a long-term conflict because it is a relatively underdeveloped country, we have nuclear weapons on both sides, they have for them the immensity of their territory, it i...

Thank you SKB for your congratulations, and it is true that we have been very lucky Abc123, and congratulations for your semi-final , I really liked Trippier, Kane, Sterling, Lingard, Maguire and Pickford. You have a very good team for the future

http://www.janes.com/article/80961/eurosatory-2018-mbda-milrem-robotics-to-develop-anti-tank-ugv Eurosatory 2018: MBDA, Milrem Robotics to develop anti-tank UGV IHS Jane's Defence Weekly 14 June 2018 David Donald, Paris MBDA has teamed with Estonian unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) specialist Milrem R...

https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/eurosatory/2018/06/12/the-french-army-could-have-its-first-unmanned-vehicle-by-2025/ The French Army could have its first unmanned vehicle by 2025 PARIS ― The French Army and government procurement office will begin talks this summer for the acquisit...

Unlike the Model F1 gun of the same caliber as the AMX-30, the F2 gun is specifically designed for use on wheeled vehicles under 30 tonnes. Indeed, it weighs only 720 kg because of the use of a more refined tube combined with shallow scratches. Its lighter design forces it to use less powerful, shor...

Jaguar order has been increased to 300. How many brigades does that provide recce for? - as we have two, taking all of the Ajax order (ok, some fire support tasking as "medium tanks" swelling the numbers) The Jaguars are not reconnaissance vehicles, armoured cavalry regiments equipped wit...