Ukraine, one of Russians only true friends in this world, got invaded and had portion of their land annexed. 90% of Ukraines had a positive opinion of Russia before this. The inverse is now true. Russia will stab anyone in the back regardless if the situation calls for it. So why do people think Rus...

Lord Jim wrote:I wonder if the RN is going to have to wait until the 2030s as well for a replacement for Harpoon?

I don't know anything in this specific incidence, but based on my limited experience and attempts to learn more about British procurement the answer is a resounding yes.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/12/donald-trump-nato-costly-white-elephant-russia Attempts to set up a European joint force, of which there have been half a dozen since the 1950s, have been fiascos. Britain and France should end their meaningless nuclear deterrents. Their submarin...

yo that's over 50 times the operational stock of Germany's current typhoon a2a missiles.

Is is so hard to ask for some balance between Hitler and Dali Lama?

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1581497-australian-deal-with-bae-could-bode-well-for-canada bae systems has to be the heavy weight favourite in the canadian competition. they already rejected the checky FREM class offer earlier. so a total of 24 international type 26's and 8 uk ones for a to...

onto the Canadian competition! 15 more ships.

while i'm glad for all this success, it's tragic how the type 26 wasn't able to compete in the us frigate contest

feels good man, haven't seen the uk export their ships in a while.

I hopin UK can squeeze out another 2 T26's if it wins both the Aus and Cad deal. I know savings will go to the budget gap, but it's still nice to dream about.

The PR coup if by some miracle that was the actual name of it lmao.

yeah I'm preparing to be massively disappointed. This is some half ass coupled shit for sure.

still it would be nice if the UK recognized the urgency of the situation.

japan.

japan.

japan.

pls pls pls

He's gotta learn to play both sides of the stick. Can't be kicking doors down all the time.

in theory.

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2018/0 ... ight-demo/

Move the Turkish stuff to European countries I guess.

I guess that engine maintenance line won't last long. "UK BILLION DOLLAR ENGINES SERVICED IN ERDOGAN'S ISLAMIC TURKEY."

Anyways guys, all these upgrades are the point of concurrency. Upgrade while you go.

man, the amount of drama over upgrades is insane. I cannot imagine the F-16 program surviving in the modern day environment. You think the F-35 production has been a fiesta. The F-16 was worse

high five for mi5 and mi6

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/97438 ... ce-uk-news

Also, an excerpt from the latest Israeli F-35 front. http://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/iran-news/khamenei-fires-air-force-chief-over-israeli-f-35-deep-penetration-of-irans-sky/2018/06/09/ "According to the newspaper’s investigation, the IAF F-35 “Adir” planes penetrated Iran’s airspac...

When is it going through the mach loop?

albedo wrote:Anyone know how many F35's left the US. Web rumours are that 5 left and one turned back but I'm guessing this is potentially BS or seriously fake news - call it what you will. BICBW.

The official plan for a long while now has been 4.

pretty much the only time they're going to be flying internationally without these reflectors are in a war scenario.

should be within an hour or so at this point.

gentlemen it's been a pleasure. lets gooooo f-35 on uk soil.

exciting times. can't wait for carrier trials.

isn't it landing today?

Man Israel is such an awesome ally for testing stuff. First F-15 kill as well.

Tier one to Tier "get the fuck out of here, you thief (of workshare)". Our tier 1 status was not based upon number of orders. As for not believing it as ever you have no grasp of politics. It's a multitude of things. It's contribution from initial funding, tech contribution, # of orders a...