Same deployment?

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/300- ... ng-mission

https://questions-statements.parliament ... -30/122596

On current plans, the Type 45 destroyers will leave service between 2035 and 2038.

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So HMS Daring has ~15 years of life left.

If not post before https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-30/122600 I have interpreted the right hon. Member's question as referring to the Anglo-French Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) programme. The UK has committed to buying three sets of equipment under ...

It's not a discussion that is often brought up in forums and I don't know if there are female members here, but leaving the link here anyway

https://committees.parliament.uk/work/8 ... lian-life/

easton wrote:Excellent listing but Senior Army Commanders listed twice and senior Air Command officers left out. Hope this will be remedied soon

easton wrote:Excellent listing but Senior Army Commanders listed twice and senior Air Command officers left out. Hope this will be remedied soon

I'll fix it when I can.

If you are interested

https://britisharmedforcesreview.wordpr ... personnel/

Certain names withheld.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/24-billion-munitions-deal-secures-thousands-of-uk-jobs The Next Generation Munitions Solution (NGMS) will see BAE Systems manufacture 39 different munitions for the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force and Strategic Command to use on the front line, including small ar...

French SNN Émeraude at Guam as part of a long-term deployment.

£ 2.3 bn to get two Strike bdes stood up (of course many other things will be required, in addition to kit in existence). The point being that what monies will be needed to keep two other (AI) bdes in shape thru Ch3 + Warrior will need to be compared to this expenditure... and of course come in bel...

Direct Boxer news releases https://www.wfel.com/news/wfel-to-manufacture-boxer-miv-for-uk-mod/1022 Under the recently signed £2.3 billion contract between UK MoD and ARTEC - the Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall consortium - a significant portion of the manufacture of the 500 Boxer Armoure...

RBSL awarded Boxer production contract at its plant in Telford creating jobs.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-55046013 Excellent news!! What the UK needs next is JLTV assembly with some local component manufacture. Not a full fan of JLTV but if that's the MRV-P Package 1 choice, i...

The Armchair Soldier wrote:https://rbsl.com/capabilities/tracked-v ... hallenger2

Often mention in oral evidence by Tobias Ellwood, Chair Defence Select Committee.

(BDSSU), at Sembawang Naval Wharf Getting ready for the thirsty carrier & company to sail in :) I don't think HMS Queen Elizabeth can fit into the wharf. It likely will dock in or near Changi Naval Base, built for USN aircraft carriers. Sembawang Naval Wharf can handle up to destroyer maybe LPH...

Were are these vital U.K. Far East trading lanes, what’s in them coming to the U.K. and going from the U.K. and what counties are sending/receiving them. If this trade is coming from/to China then worrying about it being under threat from China in these lanes seems rather mute. Not just China and a...

https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:574098-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0 II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Fuels, diesel fuel, supply of bulk marine and marine aviation fuels, for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), to be Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) to the British Defence Sing...

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-20/118587 Under current planning models, the required workforce numbers for the future capability changes fit within the current limits, therefore no increase in personnel will be required. Work on the new platforms and prog...

Well this is making a strong case for FCASW to be integrated with the F-35B to give it substantial stand off range against top tier GBAD threats. Yes.still makes it un steathly and sucks up fuel That will likely be too large for the internal bay. Does that matter if "substantial stand off rang...

Lord Jim wrote:Well this is making a strong case for FCASW to be integrated with the F-35B to give it substantial stand off range against top tier GBAD threats.

That will likely be too large for the internal bay.

SofS Defence says wait for the IR to find out what the Type 32 is.

Where do people think that funds that provided the 0.7% of GDP came from in the first place? They came, from cuts to other Departments (principally Defence) by a government that was abrogating it’s first duty ........ DEFENCE! If, in order to salve their consciences Politicians had wanted to give 0...

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/changes-to-the-uks-aid-budget-in-the-spending-review I'm sure many anti-ODA or commonly known as foreign aid people love this. 0.7% is actually an outdated and useless target see https://philvernon.net/2020/11/24/should-the-uk-government-cut-overseas-aid-now/ and h...

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-17/116526 The current agreed F35-B Lightning procurement profile will see the UK reach 48 aircraft in Quarter four 2025. This delivery schedule has been developed to support the F35-B Lightning force generation build profile...

How cheap can the Type 32 be wrt Type 31 costs? If we turn it into a pleasure yacht could probably get it for 200m GBP. Not sure we want pleasure yachts though - what kind of specification were you thinking? Type 31 was planned to be 250 million pounds-ish. That wasn't possible initially I believe....

we cannot afford to go ordering extra Ships which is where this discrepancy in statements between 6 or 8 of T26s gets interesting - 6 of ASW specialists deemed [?] to be enough, in the over all mix - and the T-32s will be... what? Unless there are a load of sailors or these future frigates will req...