Poiuytrewq wrote: ↑17 Nov 2023, 10:51

shark bait wrote: ↑17 Nov 2023, 10:17 Should sell them and get extra Tide on order.

Should crew them and use them.

Crew them with?

Why do you and other persist with this Boris nonsense. As testified by the now CDS the RN were going to pitch for some extra T31 during the IR process and decided T31 B2 was too boring so renamed the pitch T32 and sexed it up with some adaptability and autonomous mothership glitter. The first menti...

Well, if there were around £2.5b available (which seems to be a fairly common estimate of what might be available as a budget for T32) could we squeeze 2 x T26 and 3 x T31 (perhaps without Mk41) out of that? That would be a pretty straightforward path to 24 escorts (it would also give us 10 C1 &...

new guy wrote: ↑29 Oct 2023, 17:48 Never said on a major escort.

This is the Current & Future Escorts Thread.

Could the Nemo 120mm mortar be used for NGFS in the future? Seems fairly cheap and would have commonality with the army if they adopt it onto boxer. Already proven with the Swedish navy. Can come containerised aswell, great for naval PODS. Compare the cost of 5 inch naval gun and magazine (£60m) to...

Yay, they’ve put three Merlin on RFA Argus. Game on!

A change of government will far more likely result in yet another defence review and no orders at all whilst it takes place. Also when in the past 70 years has an incoming Labour Govt resulted in increased military spending ? [/quote] Common consensus is that the 98 SDR was the best of the bunch, a...

Jensy wrote: ↑10 Sep 2023, 15:42 As I said on the future amphib thread, if the Navy don't demonstrate the value and future relevance of heavy ship-to-shore then it will simply be deleted before any comparable replacement is considered.

I'm not sure there is any relevance. The RM is now a light raiding force.

It is not the job of the MOD to keep specific institutions employed. While the MOD should aim to keep a strong productive domestic industry, it should not be by directly managing suppliers, but rather a consistent commitment to buy British kit. The budget is for RN, not for the shipyard. Most of th...

Still all sounds a bit woolly to me. "Can be fitted" in a later capability insertion period. Can or will? How many will get them (and how many will they get and what will go in them?)? When will they get them? Thats the way I read it too. How hard is for the RN press office to say the T31...

Confirmation that RN regards Wildcat/Martlet as a credible air-to-air combo.

https://www.navylookout.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/HMS-Venturer-under-construction-in-Rosyth-1.jpg https://www.navylookout.com/first-members-of-ships-company-join-hms-venturer/ “Once accepted from Babcock, all five ships will undergo a period of capability upgrades under the MoD and demonstrati...

More details from the same visit to Warton...apparently there is some embargoed big news for next week as well... BAE bought aeralis as "Next Gen Hawk", and are 'in discussions' with HMG to purchase said aircraft to replace the existing Hawk trainer fleet...? Don't think that's true. Do y...

Babcock's initial punt at Type 32 (for which there's still no money). https://www.navylookout.com/babcock-showcases-stretched-arrowhead-140-multi-role-naval-platform-concept-with-view-to-type-32-frigate-competition/ https://www.navylookout.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Arrowhead-140-adaptable-friga...

Poiuytrewq wrote: ↑24 Jun 2023, 09:30
The RB2’s may have proven successful but they could have been more successful. RN can and most likely, will, learn from that.

Echoing the previous post, successful at what? Being better than nothing.

No other public service is asked to put their lives at risk fighting for the country and be away from home for prolonged periods - it’s has to be seem and acknowledged as exceptional. Understand your comment on keeping experience. You really don’t need to convince me on the first point. On the issu...

How would you like to see the figures presented to make them easier to understand? One idea would to make it relate to outcomes - e.g. x% of the escort fleet, y% of helicopters are crewed etc. I know it dumbing it down and but as we all know a shortage of even one specialist role means a ship canno...

Excellent article by former RN captain Tome Sharpe. https://twitter.com/tomsharpe134/status/1670462571474833409?s=61&t=v3p-ar2-83ikQMvwFZgTCA He’s analysed the comments. Key: https://twitter.com/tomsharpe134/status/1670463121700315137?s=61&t=v3p-ar2-83ikQMvwFZgTCA https://twitter.com/tomshar...

BTW pay and conditions count. They count everywhere and it’s a highly competitive market.

But “easily” and “rapidly”?

Vapid nonsense.

I would love it if the Waves could be reactivated, even if just Wave Knight, but I can't see how possible without additional funding. How can the RFA crew them? Its simply a question of priorities. The RFA headcount issue is easily resolvable with improved pay and conditions. If the will is there i...

It’s better than scrapping them, but what happens in 2028? No replacement in sight With escort numbers dropping continuously until around 2030 RN needs to maintain presence in multiple locations without spending big by building more stopgaps. Modest conversions to make them Joint Logistics Vessels ...

Poiuytrewq wrote: ↑17 Jun 2023, 11:22 Good news!

Now time to make the case to get them reactivated and forward based EoS.

There are no people to freaking well crew them. Why is that so difficult to understand?

Poiuytrewq wrote: ↑08 Jun 2023, 19:45 Can we agree on this?

- One T83 equals two T26

You have no blind clue what a T83 equals. Absolutely none.

And there's no certainty it will even happen.

The perfect companion for RFA Argus would actually be RFA Fort Victoria as it would cover now only refuelling but also solid supply including ammo. It isn’t going to happen however, but something we should think about in the future fleet mix as it’s a powerful (but low key) in situ enabler for larg...

Ron5 wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 14:27 Fills me with complete confidence that an army colonel is heading this up.

Nearly as bad as having a land based RAF in charge of the ship's major weapon system

Only in the UK, sigh.

Royal Marine former FA2 pilot you daft clot.