As mentioned elsewhere, AIM-120D is an unexpected and excellent surprise to see the F-35B will be using in the meantime. The 'D' variant is a very good upgrade, with a very good range and two-way datalink connectivity. Meteor may be more appreciated for the RAF in the long term, but the AIM-120D is...

Of all three services the Army has suffered by far the most with chaotic programmes to procure new AFVs This and Watchkeeper are exactly the reason why nobody wants to give them even more money. They have managed to waste fantastic amounts for very little returns, often literally zero. And when the...

Well if you accept that a marine battalion ( if even that ) is now the maximum of UK amphibious capability, then yes... Time to stop looking at the olden glory days. The new structure is fit for purpose. Before the change, we had one battalion doing standing tasks, one training and one operational....

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/armed-forces-pay-review-body Finally out, 2% plus 0.9% bonus. The report doesn't make for great reading. In particular have a look at the report on the attitude survey, some scores such as morale have never been lower . Gee, I wonder why? Who would have e...

Here is what 42 Commandos new structure looks like. Juliet Company - Maritime assault (Boarding) Kilo Company - Support, Augment, Liaise and Train (SALT) Lima Company - Joint Personnel Recovery Mike Company - Force Protection Support Coy (Mortar/Recce/Sigs/Int) Logistic Coy They still maintain orga...

benny14 wrote: 4th Inf now has supports. Here we need three battalions worth of vehicles.

Don't agree. What you need is supports for additional two brigades- 7th and 51st, not SIG and 11th Brigade.

I wonder, what could be done for 8 Type 26 with 1,25 bln. pounds? That's about 1,6 bln. USD. Buy ASMs and ASROCs? Say 10-12 NSMs per ship, and 2 mil. USD per missile, that's 200 mil. USD total. Also 10-12 ASROCs per ship, say 3 mil. USD per missile, that's 300 mil. USD. Adding CEC for 14 escorts, s...

I wonder, what could be done for 8 Type 26 with 1,25 bln. pounds? That's about 1,6 bln. USD. Buy ASMs and ASROCs? Say 10-12 NSMs per ship, and 2 mil. USD per missile, that's 200 mil. USD total. Also 10-12 ASROCs per ship, say 3 mil. USD per missile, that's 300 mil. USD. Adding CEC for 14 escorts, sa...

SKB wrote:1)
2) Three are cheaper and more efficient than four.
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Ok, I understand cheaper argument, but why more efficient?
Isn't the more, the merrier? Especially because of no CAMM launchers on carriers...

Why would we need more than two? We currently have over two thirds of our infantry in "Light" role battalions that have little or no war fighting capabilities. These formations were fine when we ere garrisoning the Empire, but now they are a drain on resources especially has personnel cos...

Can anybody explain, what's the purpose of Specialised Infantry Group?

I would go even further and drop things down to a maximum of two "Light" role Brigades but convert them to Motorised using the 6x6 variant of the planned MRV(P), in the same way the French currently use the VAB. That would give us six Brigades plus the RM. up to 50% of the Motorised units...

https://twitter.com/haynesdeborah/status/1022007495475322881?s=21 Hands up who voted in the poll that the Type 31 would get cancelled? We may be right after all :crazy: I have to say that I voted for "A number of heavy OPVs spun as "frigates"" and for "Less than 5 hulls&quo...

Type 31e Frigate programme suspended The Ministry of Defence has been forced to delay the Type 31e Frigate programme. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/type-31e-frigate-programme-suspended/ Yeah, probably first stealth cuts and gaps of new MDP. :-( My personal prediction is 6 Type 26 and 6 Type 45 as...

SKB wrote:Three. the other stern quarter sponson

Why not four? On that stern quarter sponson?

As usual the so called Defence expert at he Daily Mail got his facts messed up, but the story is important. We are paying way over the odds for he Voyagers, and are limited in what we can and cannot do with them. What the RAAF got was a far better platform for less money. We couldn't even fit cargo...

Nice plans Lord Jim. What would I like to see is transformation of 7 infantry brigades without enablers into say 3-4 light brigades with enablers. That should be the first step IMHO.

"To be honest, I really don't think that the most of people that voted for Brexit really knew the consequences and were ready to pay them..." - You can say exactly the same for those who voted for membership of the Common Market. For transformation of Common Market into the EU- the guilt ...

"To be honest, I really don't think that the most of people that voted for Brexit really knew the consequences and were ready to pay them..." - You can say exactly the same for those who voted for membership of the Common Market. I think that is really the core argument. We voted to join ...

inch wrote: saying people didnt know what people voted for

To be honest, I really don't think that the most of people that voted for Brexit really knew the consequences and were ready to pay them...

Yep, about Portuguese, will they have any F-16 left?

Timmymagic wrote:

Dahedd wrote:robably a million reasons why its not practical but I thought I'd ask.

The support costs for Typhoon would cripple them, I'm afraid to say second hand F-16 would be their best bet.

Agreed. They can't afford Typhoons. And they allready have decided to buy second hand Israeli F-16s anyway.

a) EU is guilty forevereything b) there's nothing good about the EU membership c) BREXIT will solve everything A good list there :wtf: a) both Putin and Trump are doing their utmost to break up the EU b) so why does everyone (else) seem to want it? c) if only someone could tell me what it is (not t...

Boris Johnson's Resignation Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q97jk7FaGNg Fabulous speech worthy of a Prime Minister. I agreed with every single word said. :clap: If your opinion is: a) EU is guilty forevereything b) there's nothing good about the EU membership c) BREXIT will solve everything ...