Surprised we haven't donated warriors to them yet tbh if we supposed to be getting rid of them

France not gravy lol,ffs

Just an aside,I wonder what France is thinking ATM about getting into bed with the Germans after this episode ATM on FCAS ,not right thread but more of a should anyone be getting into bed with Germany for military equipment ? Never mind a new french/ German future tank , someone somewhere in gravy m...

I agree about USA future tanks but even Americans can stop UK doing exactly what it want if not in their interest that's why said s Korea , don't think they would have any objections,plus Poland getting loads and to be honest it only really that part of the world we would send tanks too in reality f...

Just had a thought about tanks now Ukraine,you know how Russia managed to get 1000s of troops out of Kherson dressed as civilians and suprised the west ,how do we not know they are doing same in Belarus but in reverse , supplying tanks equipment as we know and people saying they not ready to attack ...

Mmh just had a thought, should we even be having a upgrade tank contact with Germany, somewhere down the line are they going to be pathetic again and stop UK doing whatever they want with the challenger 3 because it's got some German parts ,makes you think what a waste of time they are tbh ,shame we...

How many ch2 do we still actually have ,in storage,active , reserve etc ? Thought there's about 400 with 227 active, could be wrong, someone will tell me I'm sure hopefully,

Yes 148 is just a comical amount for our country's wealth tbh no matter what people say about spending on other things (NHS etc) they sure can easily waste billions down the plug hole on wasteful crap but can't find the protection of the country adequately, just like I'm sure the lefty trouble adver...

Frankly I'm surprised the get rid of everything military government ( all colours) hasn't jumped at the chance to send as many tanks from our limited stocks ,in a yes minister type affair ,ie if we send all the tanks leaving only just 148 left , people can't force us to upgrade more for a sensible a...

I'd laugh if after all the tempest/ SCAF debate contest ,we can't even afford to buy /build tempest for lack of government funds and how cap in hand to the french to buy their plane ,mind you as said before labour would jump at chance to go all eu again,so could definitely see it happening

Think Sweden will have to cut it's cloth just like the rest of us smaller countries and collaborate, even if get a smaller slice of the build pie , everyone would like to start to Finnish build themselves,but hey unless USA budget it ain't going to happen ,so yes would love Sweden to have a slice of...

I suspect when/if T83 comes to pass it will be as per usual under par in weapons load and ability against a real pear ,but with the headlines the most advanced the world bollox like they like to try to con the general public but not telling them we only have a couple and every other county even smal...

Yes it makes you wonder what other countries they are talking too who are genuinely seriously interested in joining project in some form if not wholly ?

Go with the Americans even ,lol

I think we would get shafted if we went with the Americans ,hell the Japanese don't even want to go with the Japanese ,they would take our tech ,not give us full control even over our own aircraft ,think every country that can develop there own fighter will do and the number of countries turning to ...

Ok SW1 take your point but does that mean you think going it alone with french / German major sub systems or Japan/UK sub systems or just tagging in on either program at the beginning?

Wonder if France/Germany have sorted or this just a holding wrecker headline to take the shine of the v soon upcoming Japan/UK/Italy announcement ? Just a quick one but wondering what Sweden going to do ,stay links with tempest/bae or throw lot in with France Germany or third just develop a small gr...

It's in french can't read it ,take your word he unhappy

Maybe not the right place ,but I wonder how the tempest and SCAF projects will differ,I know the SCAF will be carrier capable but i mean in other aspects,what are each sides strengths and weaknesses what are each side looking for ,ie what are they putting most resources into developing and importanc...

Deployment FFS predictive text

With only deploying small numbers on carrier with a lot larger capacity and issues with other carrier could the powers that be and treasury say you don't even use one carrier to its fullest why have 2 ,sell one off ,I could defo see that coming down the line tbh sometime , luckily we only building f...

Deployment even sorry lol

Do we not even have enough available for 12 aircraft onboard for this short department at least , Maybe other commitments or just maintenance issues? Thought they would have done 12 especially showing the flag at least in a ongoing war

You've always got to contend with the facts that just about every MP has about as much care or knowledge about the real status of our defence capability as a blancmange in fact I'd give the blancmange the edge in the matter, if they cared in reality about the country defence I'd argue that they woul...

Just thinking after seeing news and listening to Iran and Russia saying they have knowledge of the drones and upcoming surface to surface missiles from Iran ,and everyone knows they from Iran ,if that's the case why can't USA supply Ukraine with tacams missiles and when Russia complains the US shoul...