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by ArmChairCivvy
05 Sep 2019, 06:05
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: German Armed Forces
Replies: 593
Views: 42358
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Re: German Armed Forces

Germany's main role could become simply the transportation and logistics centre It is naturally in that position, and makes sense to recognise that in any planning. as the US for example moves its forces east Yes, the Poland move makes sense. But look at any major reorg's in Europe over the past de...
by ArmChairCivvy
05 Sep 2019, 05:57
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Finland (Suomi)
Replies: 204
Views: 16639
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Re: Finland (Suomi)

xav wrote:Finland is loaning Torped 45 parts from the SwAF until the delivery of the new Torped 47 system from Saab Dynamics.
Lord Jim wrote:Finland is loaning Torped 45 parts from the SwAF until the delivery of the new Torped 47 system from Saab Dynamics.
True, but in this case it is just a filler, for the training gap.
by ArmChairCivvy
05 Sep 2019, 05:54
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Argentina
Replies: 254
Views: 15788
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Re: Argentina

BTW, Argentina's peso is a good indicator for how many of these prgrms will come to pass - though R4 news of yesterday had picked up from options market that for the next two months the implied uncertainty about the currency is surpassed by the good ol' £ :o (you know: used to be :idea: a reserve cc...
by ArmChairCivvy
05 Sep 2019, 05:50
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Argentina
Replies: 254
Views: 15788
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Re: Argentina

Lord Jim wrote:Has it already been mentioned on here that Brazil are giving Argentina two of their 206 type Submarines?
What's the source for this? Does it mention, by any chance, the two countries joint prgrm for a nuclear sub?
by ArmChairCivvy
05 Sep 2019, 05:45
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal
Replies: 4600
Views: 117502
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Re: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal

the bluster - was infused by a plan... and that plan has not run out, as of yet. (...) AND (the worst part is) not caring about breaking the Union :( this lot seriously the best this country can come up with at this rate I think HM should take over and sack the lot. Interesting question; let's cont...
by ArmChairCivvy
04 Sep 2019, 21:25
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15444
Views: 4409331
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

certain behaviour patterns that annoy me at times, too much fantasy fleet stuff, and endless re tweeting from other sites with no commentary added or links to original stories. Agree: - the first one is difficult (as everything is relative) - the latter is illegal... why does the site expose itself...
by ArmChairCivvy
04 Sep 2019, 21:16
Forum: British Army
Topic: Warrior Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
Replies: 1041
Views: 318527
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Re: Warrior Armoured Vehicle Variants (British Army)

Now " cancelling the £1.6bn project after numerous setbacks. Last year, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority said that “successful delivery of the project appears to be unachievable”. The MoD is reported to therefore be considering buying new hulls instead of upgrading the 30-year-old vehi...
by ArmChairCivvy
04 Sep 2019, 21:01
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Swedish Armed Forces
Replies: 238
Views: 22225
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Re: Swedish Armed Forces

[the] final NH90 helicopter for the Swedish Armed Forces was handed over by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) in July Quite a long-winded (" a long and winding road") process, that one: "In September 2001, the NH90 was chosen as the common helicopter for the Nordic st...
by ArmChairCivvy
04 Sep 2019, 19:47
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal
Replies: 4600
Views: 117502
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Re: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal

You might say that, but what you call cowardice Custer wasn't a coward, right? Too much bluster in our politics, right now. But it - the bluster -was infused by a plan... and that plan has not run out, as of yet. - I have spent so many year worrying about the Irish, and then the Scottish, nationali...
by ArmChairCivvy
03 Sep 2019, 06:04
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Replies: 19147
Views: 7056639
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Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion

The US did with seawolf and dialled it back to get a Virginia class which it built in numbers Indeed, but times have changed and all Seawolfs are now "facing" China. it is a ship that has potential to operate against a simultaneous multi domain threat a tier 1 vessel. Quite. It is likely ...
by ArmChairCivvy
03 Sep 2019, 05:56
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Conservative party
Replies: 432
Views: 19458
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Re: Conservative party

I'm sure that none of the disaster capitalists that backed Brexit and sold it to the British electorate would be in a position to do that. There is no other market where shorting is easier. And regardless of what "they" say, make no mistake about "them" going short (when the tim...
by ArmChairCivvy
03 Sep 2019, 05:47
Forum: British Army
Topic: Warrior Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
Replies: 1041
Views: 318527
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Re: Warrior Armoured Vehicle Variants (British Army)

" ability to meet the missions required of it by the MoD [...] as part of the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Reliability Growth Tests" The reporter has taken word by word what he has been told (which is not much as he had to repeat it to get an article together). Reliability is the key w...
by ArmChairCivvy
02 Sep 2019, 18:49
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: JAPAN / 日本
Replies: 456
Views: 44623
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Re: JAPAN / 日本

Timmymagic wrote:Faced with a choice of buying 1 x SM-3 or 40 odd TLAM I suspect the RN will go for TLAM.
I agree: we prefer to level mud huts, and shy away from (=use diplomacy) to deal with the hard/ existential threats.
by ArmChairCivvy
02 Sep 2019, 18:47
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Conservative party
Replies: 432
Views: 19458
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Re: Conservative party

The UK has it's own individual membership (as do all the EU nations), but assigned authority to the EU (which has it's own membership) while the UK was part of the EU. When we leave, the UK's membership will still be valid and the EU will lose it's authority to speak for the UK And how does the &qu...
by ArmChairCivvy
02 Sep 2019, 18:40
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
Replies: 1842
Views: 184009
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Re: General UK Defence Discussion

The £14 billion headroom the chancellor intends to spend has already been reduced to around £4 billion by changes to the fiscal and economic outlook.
Just wait a minute, and... :o
by ArmChairCivvy
01 Sep 2019, 06:08
Forum: British Army
Topic: Section Infantry Weapons
Replies: 1476
Views: 431814
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Re: Section infantry weapons

three 81mm tubes for every 120mm tube, plus three 81mm bombs for every 120mm bomb. As long as we consider mortars as suppression weapons (US Army/ USMC have adopted guidance sets, mainly for use in MOUTS) the above is a point, and beyond man-handled mobility: - there is twice as much fragmentation ...
by ArmChairCivvy
01 Sep 2019, 05:48
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal
Replies: 4600
Views: 117502
United Kingdom

Re: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal

What's new after the April Fool's turned out to be exactly that? This time this number Up to 3.5 million people risk falling foul of rules for entering countries in the Schengen zone is not about Brits unable to travel to the EU, but about EU citizens threatened to be thrown out of the country (minu...
by ArmChairCivvy
31 Aug 2019, 14:30
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Conservative party
Replies: 432
Views: 19458
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Re: Conservative party

ArmChairCivvy wrote: First we had Mrs May behaving like Henry VIII and now Boris has taken the manual by Elisabeth I into use. Boris is just reinforcing his Leave credentials with Brexit Party voters before calling a General Election. With the threat of deselection for any Tory MP's that vote again...
by ArmChairCivvy
31 Aug 2019, 06:34
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Conservative party
Replies: 432
Views: 19458
United Kingdom

Re: Conservative party

What exactly is it that those who voted to leave the EU voted for? Did they vote for an EFTA-like option, a Switzerland-like option, no deal or something else? Maybe we need another referendum to find out what relationship people actually want with the EU rather than you trying to justify the most ...
by ArmChairCivvy
31 Aug 2019, 06:24
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Australian Defence Force
Replies: 2617
Views: 479938
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Re: Australian Defence Force

Nice footage, above. Now they can ;) start to lay the keel for the next one (ours?).
by ArmChairCivvy
31 Aug 2019, 06:21
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: RN anti-ship missiles
Replies: 1030
Views: 242158
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Re: RN anti-ship missiles

Pseudo wrote: the INF treaty is a bilateral treaty between the US and Russia and doesn't restrict the development of intermediate-range nuclear missiles by either the UK or France.
Nor China, so LJ's comment is accurate (and all of this is the real reason for why there was no real effort for salvaging the INF).
by ArmChairCivvy
31 Aug 2019, 06:16
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: JAPAN / 日本
Replies: 456
Views: 44623
United Kingdom

Re: JAPAN / 日本

missiles are likely intended to be fitted on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Aegis destroyers such as the four Kongo-class, the two Atago-class or the future two Maya-class of destroyers. Looks like the next Battle of Tsusima https://imgr.cliqz.com/pQgfBbLx-MFxeva9Ef_GO6_SRFMv6mKaGqcW...
by ArmChairCivvy
31 Aug 2019, 06:11
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 828
Views: 35509
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Re: Donald Trump

Save for China, Trump's trade wars are with allies: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/768/cpsprodpb/15013/production/_106853068_world_tariffs-nc.png Except for pandering to his core "Red Neck" support, is this "economic nationalism" just a smoke screen for the intended(?) permanent ...
by ArmChairCivvy
30 Aug 2019, 09:51
Forum: Personnel and Units
Topic: RAF Marham (RAF)
Replies: 33
Views: 2753
United Kingdom

Re: RAF Marham (RAF)

Looking at the size of those girders behind the workmen, especially the cross braces, that's going to be a strong building. If its going to be also cyber proof then It will need to be a Faraday Cage, so that no EM emissions can penetrate the walls and for that matter escape. Perhaps the room that c...
by ArmChairCivvy
30 Aug 2019, 08:38
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Russian Armed Forces
Replies: 1022
Views: 64188
United Kingdom

Re: Russian Armed Forces

Why NATO still exists, there is no more Warsaw Pact, the United States would accept new members from the former Soviet Union such as Ukraine, Georgia, to reach the border of Russia. Why, who is provocative in this story While it is good to pose questions and seek "a balance", perhaps viol...