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- 29 Dec 2023, 12:06
- Forum: Deployments
- Topic: Caribbean
- Replies: 94
- Views: 10669
Re: Caribbean
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67836342 Venezuela has ordered the armed forces to hold military exercises in response to the UK's decision to send a warship to support neighbouring Guyana. Military leaders said 5,600 soldiers would take part in "defensive" exercises on Ven...
- 27 Dec 2023, 16:17
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 995118
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
So, Sweden is definitly out?
- 26 Dec 2023, 20:03
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9744354
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
I'd be much happier with a T23GP. Why? If you sent a T23 is would be seen as an escalation and colonial style interference. If you are not intending to start something don’t raise the stakes, by all means have SSNs / CSG in your back pocket if someone else starts something, but this isn’t about the...
- 24 Dec 2023, 13:46
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: German Armed Forces
- Replies: 598
- Views: 48479
Re: German Armed Forces
Who wants strong Germany?
- 15 Dec 2023, 14:52
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15455
- Views: 4464604
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
The craft was launched well before reaching ithe ramp. I am afraid it seems like a lot of talk about nothing to me! :lol: IMHO, not so much talk about nothing. Did you see how fast did it fly up when taking off, with presumably carrier turned its course into the wind. The whole configuration of the...
- 14 Dec 2023, 14:47
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15455
- Views: 4464604
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
How good is Mojave for take off or landing when the sea and wind aren't so calm like in this video?
- 11 Dec 2023, 14:17
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9744354
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
IIRC, French ASW FREMMs use Aster 15, not Aster 30. At least Languedoc is.
- 25 Nov 2023, 13:23
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Australian Defence Force
- Replies: 2630
- Views: 754296
Re: Australian Defence Force
What exactly is the problem with Arafura class?
- 18 Nov 2023, 20:28
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
- Replies: 595
- Views: 188600
Re: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
Equipment is pointless if you can afford to support or sustain it, it just becomes and expensive boondoggle. So, during the last Cold War 1945- 1990, UK was able to have defence spending on average 5-6 percent of the GDP- and surprise, surprise- it didn't bankrupt itself. And today, in the middle o...
- 18 Nov 2023, 20:25
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
- Replies: 595
- Views: 188600
Re: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
That makes no sense. If you don't know, just say so. Oh lighten up..... The point being, the RAF has many thousands of personnel, of course they could fly and mainly 5 aircraft, they obviously wouldn't because probably only 3 would be operational at any one time, with a back up and one in the maint...
- 18 Nov 2023, 20:20
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
- Replies: 595
- Views: 188600
Re: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
Equipment is pointless if you can afford to support or sustain it, it just becomes and expensive boondoggle. So, during the last Cold War 1945- 1990, UK was able to have defence spending on average 5-6 percent of the GDP- and surprise, surprise- it didn't bankrupt itself. And today, in the middle o...
- 17 Nov 2023, 20:32
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
- Replies: 595
- Views: 188600
Re: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
Equipment is pointless if you can afford to support or sustain it, it just becomes and expensive boondoggle. So, during the last Cold War 1945- 1990, UK was able to have defence spending on average 5-6 percent of the GDP- and surprise, surprise- it didn't bankrupt itself. And today, in the middle o...
- 17 Nov 2023, 20:26
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
- Replies: 595
- Views: 188600
Re: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
I wasn't blaming the Americans, just that keeping up with them isn't cheap. Understood, but first tier equipment is absolutely what the RAF should have.... A core aircraft fleet of Poseidon, E7 and Rivet Joint is expensive, but they are at the core of the RAF and each fleet should be available in t...
- 15 Nov 2023, 22:20
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
- Replies: 595
- Views: 188600
Re: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
As the secretary of state told the defence select committee today the cost he has for taking the fleet back up to 5 and supporting them for I assume 10 years is an additional £750m pounds. Do you delete a type 26 to pay for 2 extra aews for example these are the choices that need to be decided. No,...
- 31 Oct 2023, 08:23
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2837
- Views: 782303
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Hmm, can Britain sell their own Typhoons to Saudis and order new ones for themselves? Like the French did? Can Germans block that too?
- 26 Oct 2023, 17:06
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2837
- Views: 782303
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
I'm not 100% convinced Japan really wants to be in the fighter export business from day 1- given the strategic situation a bet their line is flat out supplying the JASDF for the forseeable future. I guess this is part of the industrial discussions now ongoing. And Sweden too might become a new Germ...
- 09 Oct 2023, 19:09
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Australian Defence Force
- Replies: 2630
- Views: 754296
Re: Australian Defence Force
All those Mk41 cells will just be too tempting. All these cells need money to be filled with something other than air. And if you do have the money, and the will, then you just buy 3-4 full Burke class ( not Hobarts ), 9+ Hunters ( not this circus ), 6-7-8 SSNs ( with extra funds- not this circus ).
- 07 Oct 2023, 08:35
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
- Replies: 394
- Views: 159677
Re: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
Certainly the RAF appears to have so far treated the A400s a bit like an unwanted step-child.. If you compare the progress of operationalizing it's full capabilities and general activity to France and Germany, the UK has been quite a bit slower in getting stuff like parachuting and air drop task li...
- 07 Oct 2023, 08:32
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Australian Defence Force
- Replies: 2630
- Views: 754296
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
I wonder, the often mentioned 45 bln. cost for Hunter class, thats for whole life or just construction costs?
- 06 Oct 2023, 13:38
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Australian Defence Force
- Replies: 2630
- Views: 754296
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
If built in Australia, then multiply that by 2 or 3.Tempest414 wrote: ↑06 Oct 2023, 12:39 I think the RAN could build 10 x AH-140 fitted with Australian CMS and radar plus 127mm , 2 x 40mm , 16 Mk-41 and 8 x NSM for about £350 to 400K
- 06 Oct 2023, 13:31
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Australian Defence Force
- Replies: 2630
- Views: 754296
Re: Australian Defence Force
But they also keep saying the strategic environment has worse since the late 1930’s. But they don't want to pay for that. I mean, AUKUS deal for Australia is allmost like a Manhattan Project was back then for the US. Something huge, terribly complex with allmost 0 as starting point. That has to cos...
- 06 Oct 2023, 07:24
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Australian Defence Force
- Replies: 2630
- Views: 754296
- 06 Oct 2023, 06:59
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Australian Defence Force
- Replies: 2630
- Views: 754296
- 06 Oct 2023, 06:46
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Australian Defence Force
- Replies: 2630
- Views: 754296
Re: Australian Defence Force
Lots of strategic bumbling in Australia IMHO. They don't know what they want, and they want it now.
- 16 Aug 2023, 12:13
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Argentina
- Replies: 256
- Views: 16950
Re: Argentina
So, will the UK allow sale of Danish F-16 to Argentina? We will have no choice if the US say so I bet we are now wishing we let the FA-50 offer run the question is what weapons package we can knock them down to I wonder, does the anybody else build damn ejecing seats? Or just Martin Baker? ( outsid...