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by Ron5
08 Mar 2020, 15:06
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator
Replies: 161
Views: 62100
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Re: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator

Absalon is a bit slow isn't it? I seem to remember it loses two diesels and maxes out at 24 knots. making it a bit useless as a frigate.

Designed for a rather unique Danish requirement not sure it travels well.

By the way, that stern launch is for calm water use. Next to useless in the NA.
by Ron5
08 Mar 2020, 14:56
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
Replies: 6067
Views: 1723624
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Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)

topman wrote:Talk is cheap, yes of course we will make a strong financial commitment to further purchases in FY 2047/48.
Like you have any say in it :D
by Ron5
07 Mar 2020, 19:37
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
Replies: 6067
Views: 1723624
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Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)

Timmymagic wrote:
Ron5 wrote:Where? By the lads down at the Old Dirty Duck at closing time doesn't count.
https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/defe ... eview-fal/

Behind a paywall..
Same difference, journo chatter.
by Ron5
07 Mar 2020, 19:27
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950077
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

SD67 wrote:With no competition they’d be charging monopoly prices.
You can apply that same comment to Tempest :D
by Ron5
07 Mar 2020, 16:29
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)
Replies: 488
Views: 211178
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Re: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)

Don't think the pintle mounted M3M will fit with the wings attached Is that different with the current weapons carrier? I don't remember ever seeing the gun and the carrier fitted at the same time. I think it's a case of one or the other .. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/...
by Ron5
07 Mar 2020, 15:06
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950077
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

FFS, the pathetic defeatism on display in this thread is just that, pathetic. Tempest is about keeping alive a fully sovereign capability alive in dozens of areas related to high tech military aerospace for decades to come and keeping hold of tens of thousands, proabably hundreds of thousands of jo...
by Ron5
07 Mar 2020, 14:59
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)
Replies: 488
Views: 211178
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Re: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)

Timmymagic wrote:Don't think the pintle mounted M3M will fit with the wings attached
Is that different with the current weapons carrier? I don't remember ever seeing the gun and the carrier fitted at the same time.
by Ron5
07 Mar 2020, 14:54
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
Replies: 6067
Views: 1723624
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Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)

It's being speculated that Combat Air is going to take the biggest hit as part of the 'Integrated' Review... Looks like the MoD is going to finally admit that the 138 figure is unachievable, looks like we may be about to bail on F-35...not sure if it also means the Tranche 1 Typhoon reprieve is rev...
by Ron5
07 Mar 2020, 14:48
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
Replies: 5411
Views: 1419867
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Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)

Is there a picture anywhere of a River batch one next to a batch 2 Not good images to compare their size difference, but for example I can find... https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/data/511/medium/Forth_Tyne.jpg Note the width of the hull is the same among the two (the reason they are called B...
by Ron5
06 Mar 2020, 22:32
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator
Replies: 161
Views: 62100
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Re: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator

Or is he willing to say scrap the Albions to find the necessary funding. Or the T31e programme. Scrapping the Albions (which are amongst the most flexible ships in the fleet) is madness. Complete blue sky, but illustrates a point - what if the Albions were modified to have a permanent hangar for 3-...
by Ron5
06 Mar 2020, 22:31
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator
Replies: 161
Views: 62100
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Re: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator

And the Chief of the Air Staff still states the RAF is to get 130+ F-35s. Until a production contract is signed and the purchase fully funded all the faith in the world means very little. It maybe more accurate to say the RN aspires to putting an number 30m UUVs with a 3000km range into service. Or...
by Ron5
06 Mar 2020, 19:11
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8469
Views: 2142236
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Re: Type 31 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]

Yes. Integration is a risk. But if you have the stuff, in the backroom, and the accountants are valueing it up every couple of years (cost of carry; though going interest rates are close to negative territory) - which is the bigger risk? Junking the stuff? Or integrating it? Integrating it because ...
by Ron5
06 Mar 2020, 16:35
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8469
Views: 2142236
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Re: Type 31 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]

ArmChairCivvy wrote:
NickC wrote:Babcock would need specification locked down before signing FP contract
Could explain the 'minimalism'.

GFE was a 'Big Thing' to keep the T26 cost down... not happening
- -why could it not happen with T31... which ever Build Batch?
Little T31 GFE to keep MoD risk down. New approach.
by Ron5
06 Mar 2020, 15:28
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15441
Views: 4408505
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Excellent picture posted by Phil:

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by Ron5
06 Mar 2020, 15:24
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8469
Views: 2142236
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Re: Type 31 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]

The only source for the CAMM being GFE is Richard Scott, I hope he is correct and not misleading us. Not seen that mentioned anyplace else. Though the mushrooms are a pretty big clue.
by Ron5
06 Mar 2020, 15:20
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator
Replies: 161
Views: 62100
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Re: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator

First Sea Lord says the RN is getting 30m UUV with 3,000 km range. So little faith. Go stand in the corner with Jim..
by Ron5
06 Mar 2020, 15:16
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)
Replies: 488
Views: 211178
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Re: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)

Nah, these are Martlets:

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by Ron5
05 Mar 2020, 22:01
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator
Replies: 161
Views: 62100
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Re: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator

ArmChairCivvy wrote:Unmanned... with a window :)
It's manned when its being tested :D
by Ron5
05 Mar 2020, 22:00
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)
Replies: 488
Views: 211178
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Re: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)

Answered here, a very precise 360kg of lift per side. Must be a maximum. Nice photo. It does look good. Can't help but be a little disappointed that there isn't a mounting point at the end of the wing for a Stinger/Starstreak style missile. Or more usefully a fixed forward firing machine gun. A pai...
by Ron5
05 Mar 2020, 18:40
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator
Replies: 161
Views: 62100
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Re: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator

I wouldn't call it Major news at the moment. Yes a £1m contract has been let but that is barely seed money. For anything to actually be delivered is going to cost substantially more and we already know how many MoD procurement programmes have zero funding even though that are listed as being a prio...
by Ron5
05 Mar 2020, 17:33
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator
Replies: 161
Views: 62100
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Re: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator

I wondered what was taking folks so long. Major news in my opinion .
by Ron5
05 Mar 2020, 17:30
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator
Replies: 161
Views: 62100
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Re: NavyX - the Royal Navy’s new Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator

This is more like it, better than those overgrown dinghies: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/royal-navy-awards-contract-for-large-autonomous-submarine/ https://ukdj.imgix.net/6b65ba5deb32add4e942ac2e1744a4fd_/moray2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-1.2.1&s=dab0f3cc7307e80493782cca7c24d4a9
by Ron5
05 Mar 2020, 17:24
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)
Replies: 488
Views: 211178
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Re: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)

I cannot see wings of that size generating that much additional lift to be honest, some but not a lot. They are more outrigger that wing. These are far different from those proposed for the US Army's new platforms or what were fitted to the Russian Mi-6 back in the day to maximise its left potentia...
by Ron5
04 Mar 2020, 16:28
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Replies: 19147
Views: 7055570
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Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion

Third in my series of Troll spotting is on Top Trumps equivalency. The equivalency states that if two things are named the same then they are the same and have the same capabilities. For example: Ford makes a vehicle with 5 seats, a trunk, 4 wheels and an enclosed body that will safely transport peo...