How The Cromwell Reinvented Britains Approach To Tanks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxNqEiiaixA (War Stories) 23rd February 2024 After inventing the tank in WW1, Britain failed to capitalize on this emerging technology. Germany did however and the full effects of this were seen in the unstoppabl...

PoW doesn't have Phalanx fitted, all three were removed during her repair stay in Rosyth. https://www.overtdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hms-prince-of-wales-february-12-2024-departure-round-tower-1024x684.jpg ^ 12th February 2024 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GHMssKzXkAEtZPi?format=jpg&na...

Eight fixed-wing aircraft on a 65,000+ tonne and 284m long "supercarrier" is still embarrassing, even if it is "just" an exercise. Surely we have more than eight qualified pilots in the services?

Reminder. The American-made Trident missile failed, not the British made submarine that launched it.

Italian aircraft carrier Giusppei Garibaldi is currently berthed at Victory Jetty in Portsmouth.

Italian aircraft carrier Giusppei Garibaldi visits Portsmouth

(ShipSpotting UK) 14th February 2024


(Cobra Emergency) 14th February 2024

Italian aircraft carrier Giusppei Garibaldi visits Portsmouth

(ShipSpotting UK) 14th February 2024


(Cobra Emergency) 14th February 2024

(Navy Lookout/Portsmouth Proud/Royal Navy) 13th February 2024

I just noticed... PoW sailed without any of her Phalanx CIWS again.

PoW has sailed. A different lead tug named Phenix stood in for SD Tempest, which is currently at Faslane.

(Whisper Transport) 12th February 2024

No sailing for PoW today!
https://www.forces.net/services/navy/hm ... se-delayed

^ Dragonfire trialled at the MOD's Hebrides Range.

Uranus and Neptune's true colours revealed. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/D1D9/production/_132212735_uranus_and_neptune_images_640-2x-nc.png.webp Images from the Voyager 2 probe in the 1980s showed Neptune to be a rich blue and Uranus green. But a study has discovered that the two ice...

Happy New Year 2024!
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Edinburgh:

King Charles' second Christmas broadcast.

Merry Christmas all!

^ @ 6m:32s Vertical take-offs too? I don't recall that being done before.

(Sky News) 16th December 2023

A Royal Navy warship has shot down an attack drone suspected of targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea as Sky's Alistair Bunkall reports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy5j6WYWMvg (Forces News) 11th December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pPtinz8Qbo (CobraEmergency) 11th December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yc_1H8y5lQ (Navy Lookout) 11th December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IA5b9AEZWc (Picture Exclusive) 1...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8u3Ils2C0Y (Forces News) 11th December 2023 The rebirth of the unit comes 82 years after the squadron was first stood up in 1941, since when it has operated the likes of the Fulmar, Sea Venom, Harrier and Buccaneer. 809 NAS becomes the first Royal Navy unit to fly th...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8u3Ils2C0Y (Forces News) 11th December 2023 The rebirth of the unit comes 82 years after the squadron was first stood up in 1941, since when it has operated the likes of the Fulmar, Sea Venom, Harrier and Buccaneer. 809 NAS becomes the first Royal Navy unit to fly th...

809 NAS Officially Recommissioned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMoM8TS5lSk (Military Aviation TV) 8th December 2023 A second frontline F-35B Lightning stealth fighter squadron has been stood up at RAF Marham. 809 Naval Air Squadron, known as the Immortals, has a long and distinguished history an...

809 NAS Officially Recommissioned! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMoM8TS5lSk (Military Aviation TV) 8th December 2023 A second frontline F-35B Lightning stealth fighter squadron has been stood up at RAF Marham. 809 Naval Air Squadron, known as the Immortals, has a long and distinguished history a...

Can you do this in the German thread please? This thread is for the RAF Typhoon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvFSo70Ipt0 (Forces News) 20th November 2023 The Land Rover has been a vital part of the force since it first came into service in 1949. Simple, dependable and a workhorse of the British military, it's a vehicle that still has a key role to play after all these years.