https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... ar-honours

https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events ... list-2021/

https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/ro ... list-2021/

Technically there's a fifth battalion or sixth, but these are Army Reserve units and I doubt their will be equipped with Warrior or Warrior CSP all the time. 5 Rifles paired with 7 Rifles for eg. Can't remember the exact pairing but this may help: https://britisharmedforcesreview.files.wordpress.com...

ArmChairCivvy wrote:The requirement has not gone away, hence the question 'format'.

Technically 'Armoured Support Vehicle'

Q12 https://committees.parliament.uk/writte ... 12523/pdf/

ArmChairCivvy wrote:Warrior was to be for 6 bns and will be for 4.

There's been talk abt hull inspections, and perhaps so many have been rejected that we only just have enough

But that aside, assume we have c. 100 to play with. To what uses should they be put (ABSV... or)?

ABSV was cancelled 4 years ago

Teal 33 caused havoc of their own, ‘shooting down’ two AH-1V Cobra gunships with the Javelin

Interesting. Shows alternatives to bringing HVM/Starstreak as a SAM to the field.

https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:626952-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0 II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The Secretary of State for Defence intends to award a contract to Viasat UK Ltd for the provision of quantity ten Link 16 Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Mobile Crates, for the T45 ...

Sticking to news only https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:626755-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0 II.1.4) Short description: MOD Defence Digital Deployed Platform Services will be inviting bids for the provision of water-cooled enclosures to house the OpNET Communication and Information System serve...

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2020/december/21/201221-marines-in-the-desert Small teams of Royal Marines were unleashed on the Mojave Desert in California on exercises with the US Marine Corps that helped shape commando tactics of the future. Marines from 40 Commando’s C...

Slightly dated news https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/15/black-applicants-significantly-likely-fail-raf-selection-tests/ Black applicants significantly more likely to fail RAF selection tests than white counterparts Defence chiefs claim the tests have been proven not to be biased, and blamed ...

ArmChairCivvy wrote:Having done such a mint job on army recruitment, now it is the navy's turn:
Capita Wins £1bn Contract To Provide Navy Training Services
- 18th December 2020 -

Mistake or just fine for the Navy?

https://www.forces.net/services/army/mo ... dreds-jobs

MOD Denies Claims UK Army Set To Slash Hundreds Of Jobs - UK Army?!

jimthelad wrote:The Kinloss dispersal sites and HPS/ weapons complex are still serviceable AFAIK.

Serviceable but can they handle the whole squadron or just diversion airfields?

E-7 fleet will be based at RAF Lossiemouth not RAF Waddington as the E-3s are. This will make Lossiemouth really crowded - four squadrons of Typhoons, at least two squadrons of P-8s, and at least a squadron of E-7s. The RAF is still going down the "Super" Flying Station route, which is gr...

Related? Prior Information Notice on C-UAS https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:615841-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0 II.4) Short description of nature and scope of works or nature and quantity or value of supplies or services: The misuse of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) represents a signi...

AndyC wrote:Surely at least one, if not two, of the Typhoon Squadrons should be moved to either Kinloss, Leuchars or Leeming to spread the risk around?

Kinloss and Leuchars are diversionary airfields not RAF bases. Typhoons were temporarily located there before Lossie's runways were expanded and improved.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-no ... d-55351077

E-7 fleet will be based at RAF Lossiemouth not RAF Waddington as the E-3s are. This will make Lossiemouth really crowded - four squadrons of Typhoons, at least two squadrons of P-8s, and at least a squadron of E-7s.

Jdam wrote:In all the talk of an interim solution for the RN Tomahawk never really came up. Is the block V Tomahawk really any good as an anti ship weapon?

Specially the Block Va not sure if the UK has purchased it.

SKB wrote:

BlueD954 wrote:Russia conducted an anti-satellite test and the West is scared.

Well in that fiction, it was a non-state actor capturing state-launched capsules.

Usual warning from FCDO Minister to deescalate tensions in the South China Sea but mention of Royal Navy training in Maritime Security. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-12-09/127690 I expressed our concern at reports of militarisation, coercion and intimidatio...

Russia conducted an anti-satellite test and the West is scared.

https://www.space.com/russia-launches-a ... -test-2020

Twitter debate on possible demise of WCSP and alternatives.

Tempest414 wrote:The AEW Merlin's should have been 10 new aircraft built for AEW only

AEW should in the future be unmanned. The Merlin force -Mk2 and Mk4/4a - will OSD in the 2030s. So there will be a need for new platforms.

Maritime Reserves https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-12-10/128240 The Maritime Reserves is committed to transforming to best support the Royal Navy on future operations, at home and abroad. The Maritime Reserves training capability will be remodelled and integra...

More on E-3 numbers reduction https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-12-10/128242 The Sentry has provided excellent service and intelligence capability to both NATO and the UK since its first operational mission in 1991. The drawdown of Sentry is ongoing. Since 2017...

Updated SRO

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... alker_.pdf