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- 06 Jan 2022, 21:52
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
- Replies: 392
- Views: 155439
Re: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
So an unknown quantity of A400 to be purchased sometime in the future, lets hope it is enough to replace the 14 C130j we are to lose. Exactly the sort of detail that makes it an easy cut. Can't get hauled over the coals when nobody knows how many you were going to buy. Personally I expect any order...
- 06 Jan 2022, 21:38
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: South Korea
- Replies: 217
- Views: 15400
Re: South Korea
South Korea grounds F-35A fleet after belly landing https://www.defensenews.com/air/2022/01/06/south-korea-grounds-f-35a-fleet-after-belly-landing/ WASHINGTON — South Korea has grounded its fleet of F-35As after one of the aircraft had to conduct an emergency belly landing Tuesday. Yonhap News Agenc...
- 06 Jan 2022, 21:30
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
- Replies: 392
- Views: 155439
Re: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
Make of it what you will. Would like to see the source myself. Found the source that got left out of the article (same source as the 'big RN projects' article) - Ctrl+F "Additional purchase of A400M" to find the entry. https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/6491/documents/70646/def...
- 06 Jan 2022, 18:54
- Forum: Conflicts
- Topic: Invasion of Taiwan
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1620
Re: Invasion of Taiwan
A UK CSG won't be considered much of a threat until ... We get to the point where we can (and are, at least occasionally) deploying 30+ F-35 at sea FCASW is brought into service and deployed on a meaningful number of ships The Navy acts on its Future Maritime Aviation Force Those 1000+km hypersonic ...
- 06 Jan 2022, 11:46
- Forum: Conflicts
- Topic: Invasion of Taiwan
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1620
Re: Invasion of Taiwan
Jeez I didn’t realise that a day at sea gets more expensive after you transit the Suez canal. I guess we paid 6 billion for a harbour ornament. Small power projection? It was massive. Historians may judge it may even have tipped the power balance calculations in terms of a potential invasion of Tai...
- 06 Jan 2022, 08:54
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
- Replies: 5411
- Views: 1420501
Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)
We should probably move this out of the OPV thread, we're way OT at this point
- 06 Jan 2022, 08:17
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
- Replies: 5411
- Views: 1420501
Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)
Jeez I didn’t realise that a day at sea gets more expensive after you transit the Suez canal. I guess we paid 6 billion for a harbour ornament. Small power projection? It was massive. Historians may judge it may even have tipped the power balance calculations in terms of a potential invasion of Tai...
- 05 Jan 2022, 18:45
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Pakistan
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4487
Re: Pakistan
How good are the new versions of the R-77? I'm not that familiar with newer Russian BVR missiles. My rudimentary understanding is the majority of R-77 variants are still outranged by AMRAAM. That might change with K-77M being developed for Su-57 which has an AESA seeker, cropped fins (binned the ol...
- 05 Jan 2022, 11:16
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
- Replies: 5411
- Views: 1420501
Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)
I doesn’t appear to be the view of government. Indeed. Lots of the talk in the IR is certainly less assertive about China than Russia China: we will do more to adapt to China’s growing impact on many aspects of our lives as it becomes more powerful in the world. We will invest in enhanced China-fac...
- 04 Jan 2022, 16:22
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Pakistan
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4487
Re: Pakistan
A dual pulsed solid-propellant missile like the PL15 does not "outclass" a throttleable ramjet missile like the Meteor. Quite! They might be able to shoot at similar ranges to Meteor but Meteor will have a higher Pk at that extended range compared to PL-15. Competitive? Sure, but 'outclas...
- 04 Jan 2022, 07:00
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4409693
- 04 Jan 2022, 07:00
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4409693
- 03 Jan 2022, 19:52
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4409693
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
tbh the idea is so batshit insane it might just be BS
- 02 Jan 2022, 19:42
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4409693
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
That makes zero sense, lets forget the fact there already is a catapult version of the F-35 which should be able to work on the French carrier, the F-35 is able to operate on America-class, which has no ramp so why cant the F-35B work on the French flat top with out modification !?!? F-35B still ha...
- 26 Dec 2021, 20:14
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1842
- Views: 184045
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
[...] global trend to be "anti-UK"[...] Boggles the mind. The whole world has conspired to pick on the poor UK right? You know.. At some point you need to consider the possibility that the UK is the problem. I mean, come on! Now it's "fog in the channel AND in the atlantic"? Rea...
- 25 Dec 2021, 09:30
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 950891
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
The MBDA setup has developed some very gd programs like aster, meteor, caam, storm shadow we should be encouraging more co operation on such things not less. Very much agree here. MBDA is a useful organisation to pursue both national developments as well as international ones. Does it have some iss...
- 14 Dec 2021, 08:24
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
- Replies: 5411
- Views: 1420501
Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)
If the government strategic direction is to decarbonise and to largely remove the use of fossil fuels over the next 10 years or so the the Middle East is strategically irrelevant for the uk over a similar time period so why would you be planning ship procurement around it? That's a bit hyperbolic. ...
- 10 Dec 2021, 08:41
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1842
- Views: 184045
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
It seems Macron is starting to turn the table onto the UK about the submarine deal Macron said that on defence, Britain had pushed for the Aukus security pact between Britain, Australia and the US that prompted Australia to cancel a contract with France to buy submarines. The cancellation of the su...
- 10 Dec 2021, 08:36
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: MBDA Brimstone Missile (RAF)
- Replies: 175
- Views: 82840
Re: MBDA Brimstone Missile (RAF)
They do, both the JCM and JAGM were designed to be used by Fast Air...JAGM integration on platforms is still in the distant future though. They did, but the USN and USMC abandoned the program in 2012 to pursue SDB II in its place. They only rejoined JAGM after the program was gutted and reorganised...
- 09 Dec 2021, 11:10
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: MBDA Brimstone Missile (RAF)
- Replies: 175
- Views: 82840
Re: MBDA Brimstone Missile (RAF)
I think when most people are talking about the US not purchasing Brimstone its mainly regarding its deployment from Fast Air....something that Hellfire and JAGM still can't do... That only matters if the US has a requirement for a Hellfire-class weapon to be deployed by fast air. SDB II coming onli...
- 09 Dec 2021, 08:32
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: MBDA Brimstone Missile (RAF)
- Replies: 175
- Views: 82840
Re: MBDA Brimstone Missile (RAF)
I thought that's what Brimstone is - a development of Hellfire. Hellfire and Brimstone That's my point. Lockheed developed a brilliant missile they've exported far and wide for years, all of a sudden they're supposed to just roll over and let a European manufacturer become the lead provider to the ...
- 07 Dec 2021, 18:40
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: MBDA Brimstone Missile (RAF)
- Replies: 175
- Views: 82840
Re: MBDA Brimstone Missile (RAF)
And maybe that deal plays into the US rejection of Brimstone e.g. you didn't allow us to complete for that requirement so we're not going to let you compete for ours. Tit for tat. Eh, I can forgive them for that. Considering how many Hellfire have been fired off in the last 40-ish years the US, or ...
- 07 Dec 2021, 11:53
- Forum: Conflicts
- Topic: Invasion of Taiwan
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1620
Re: Invasion of Taiwan
Maybe the PLA might take a further leaf out of Russia's book. Not just in the timing of their assault but bitting off small sections of Taiwanese land first. So the Kinmen Islands being equivalent to Russian occupation of Crimea. The West might not be happy about it once their attention had reverte...
- 06 Dec 2021, 13:22
- Forum: Conflicts
- Topic: Invasion of Taiwan
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1620
Re: Invasion of Taiwan
Ukraine /Poland/Baltic States and Taiwan at the same time is a given at this point. Yay for two front wars. Definitely in future, but not with the current Russian tensions. There's been no buildup and winter is a shit season to cross the Taiwan strait, they commonly see sea state 7 conditions and h...
- 05 Dec 2021, 20:04
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: MBDA Brimstone Missile (RAF)
- Replies: 175
- Views: 82840
Re: MBDA Brimstone Missile (RAF)
Not bad really.