Was it this same thing
"leak in shaft seals discovered"
that impacted QE during the trials?

The thread was started with off-shoring... what's new: The Times investigation of UK billionaires rushing off to tax havens fills pretty much the front page of yesterday's edition (and takes up half of the text on the following page, too). However, rather than biz as usual, this one "Facebook s...

shark bait wrote:a response to hybrid threats

Exactly

Yep. There's been umpteen of those, but I would guess people will listen to Bob Work (known as a no-nonsense guy from his Pentagon days). Two things that I have banging on here (and on TD before that) are highlighted: Army’s new Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (MSHORAD) batteries, ready on-the-move...

A good try :) ... not big enough, Ron :lol: I was going 'Lower' but pegging that to the Operating Concept (do we have one, as of yet?) This is a good (fun) story as in the original Streetfighter Conceptual USN study the Swedish Visby was considered as one of the best alternatives for a forward-based...

seaspear wrote:The article does include

quite a good link to how stern landing ships could work better (6 mins long vid)

Anything (!) to get to the top job... and then let rip The Economist quotes a study: " A new paper finds that China’s statistics on industrial output and investment were consistently embellished by an average of two percentage points every year from 2008 to 2016. This would have exaggerated the...

So the lyrics are more than accurate?
- these relationships are so difficult
- why bother... when we could have our own Empire (some think )

Quite amazing: you don't need to sign on the dotted line first, before being prosecuted: "Testimony from the refugees - in which they describe being shot at, bombed, and tortured - forms a substantial part of the evidence that has been submitted. The first case was filed on Monday by the Guerni...

Lord Jim wrote:Ok swipe left on his smart phone.

Take it away, quick!

Then again: "they" have made the inner circle proof against cyber
- using the good, old IBM 'ball-head' type writers for communications, when not face to face

This is the reason why I keep my eyes on - Singapore (the sun rises from there) - Israel (the recruits are 50/50... I look at the other 50) - and Finland, after all they plan to take out 10 for every one of them (the 11th coming in might turn out to be ' a problem'... but then again: other things ma...

Lord Jim wrote:So what do you think they are referring to when mentioning a 100Km weapon system? Can the GMLRS-ER reach that far?

Army Will Field 100 Km Cannon, 500 Km Missiles: LRPF CFT

Contractor operated would be my bet, like the Points. That's what Prevail are touting too. Keeps the capital cost off the books and places crewing on someone else's shoulders too, although if they're sponsored reserves they will have to be UK merchant seafarers Yep, that is the way it will go. Now,...

In the USN case it looks like the Austal will be by far the lowest displacement contender for the USN frigate contract, the LCS Independence Naval architectural displacement limit is 3,188t, the frigate is not that much larger, the FREMM displacement quoted as 6,900t and with USN specs will be 7,000...

Should be a nice break from Brexit at least :-) Sorry to spoil it, but when the land element of the 'sovereign' & immediate response force (between ourselves and France) was set at 13k and the joint force (supporting air & sea) pushing it up to 50k ... where are we/ will be now, in that sor...

RE: the above, and with a little bit of help from friends "The Three Seas Initiative to date is a thinly-disguised geopolitical attempt to create a counter to the influence of both Russia to the east and of Germany to her west. The twelve central and eastern European states that are members spa...

Ouch! Is it really coming that close to "me"? Millions face 'Friday deadline' to renew passports in case of no-deal, says Which? Up to 3.5 million people risk falling foul of rules for entering countries in the Schengen zone such as France, Spain and Italy. https://news.sky.com/story/brexi...

seen this before in the US Navy in the form of the F-18 Hornet to Super Hornet Yep, from bomb truck to do-it-all-in one - because of budgetary pressure: to preserve the number of platforms, to be able to ramp up later - therefore, do accept "lower, but flexible spec" rather than insist go...

"Jeremy Corbyn has met Conservative MPs to discuss possible alternatives to the PM's deal. The Labour leader held talks with ex-Tory minister Nick Boles and Sir Oliver Letwin, who favour a closer, Norway-style relationship with the EU. He said he had discussed the so-called "Common Market...

So Putting decides on a land grab and then say try to take it back and I will push the big red button. That is exactly the problem. When the reaction to Crimea (grab) came out stronger than what he had expected - most people outside Russia would not know why Catherina became "Great" in th...

now 6,000+t ship whereas LCS had a naval achitectual displacement limit of 3,550t This is a good (fun) story as in the original Streetfighter Conceptual USN study the Swedish Visby was considered as one of the best alternatives for a forward-based littoral ship. Though the thinking then switched to...

Sometimes ideas don't 'fly' with the first try, so let it come to the last 48 hrs... and renaming may also help to make an idea more palatable "Jeremy Corbyn has met Conservative MPs to discuss possible alternatives to the PM's deal. The Labour leader held talks with ex-Tory minister Nick Boles...

Jet engines after medicines... but that is just the high viz thin end of the wedge (keep hammering :D ) "In December, Rolls-Royce announced it was transferring some operations work from Derby to Germany to limit disruption caused by Brexit . The company confirmed in a trading update that it is ...

About time, too:

Jeremy Hunt says the UK will "name and shame" foreign agencies and governments who use cyberspace to undermine democracy.

By Deborah Haynes, foreign affairs editor

Thursday 7 March 2019 03:42, UK, SkyNews