Any issues the type 45 have are very likely to be addressed sooner than later ,future upgrades are only likely to make them more marketable while they have some significant service life ahead of them .

Earlier comments published were on the the practice of, to paraphrase extending the the serice life of the R.N ships, instead of perhaps selling and replacing earlier ,if type 45 was sold after say twenty years then a program to design its replacement could begin now ,certainly the better return pri...

What is actually known and undisputed as to the actual financial cost to the U.K of leaving the Euro Zone ?
Anything substantial will impact budgetary considerations for all outlays like for example defense projects.

I was referring to the block 4 upgrade that could include the carrying of the JSM , although production costs of the program mean subsequent aircraft are cheaper than the initial runs , extra funds will again need to to be added to bring these first aircraft to to 4f ,the difference in cost of these...

A recent article I read and I apologise for not remember to cite it, suggests increasing the production rate of the F35 will increase the cost of the program with the number of preceding aircraft needing to be upgraded to 4f ,it may be that the U.K is saving substaintionally this way with the delay ...

Designing a better "light frigate " was never a problem getting one for the right price is.

But in the first gulf war amphibious forces of the U.S.M.C were used as decoys to move large amounts of Iraqs armed forces to the coast to defende against this type of landing which of course never took place

In consideration of air to air refueling surely an aircrafts stealth or lack of it would be a consideration , comparing the Super Hornet and it aility to refuel other aircraft it has had design work providing a lower return for radar , a gatling type gun on a V-22 would likely increase further its r...

I dont know if this has been posted earlier ,the question is will all the R.A.F pilots of the F35b have carrier training ,cerainly 607 squadron is to be posted to the carriers but would there be deployment elsewhere of the aircraft and the pilots without this special training

How adaptable are the light designs suggested to being customised to meet various countries requirements, the larger type 26 can be customised to meet sea5000 requirements and meet commonality of that navies resources ,it could be more expensive for a country to purchase a new platform that had no c...

A point also to remember with the f35c s that even the super hornet is not unchallenged by new aircraft being either deployed or built ,the U.S.N would want dominant aircraft on their ships for air to air combat

Is it good policy to announce a ships deployment especially to an area ofpotential risk , I ask this knowing that R.A.N movements could often be marked top secret .

remote controlled vessels of the same being considered by the U.S.N ? I know about the rotorcraft, but what kind of vessels (other than armed harbour patrols that e.g. Singapore already does)? I was refering to a report by Dr William Roper of the Strategic Capabilty office on high tech removable un...

With the discussion on amphibious operations ,is there much known about remote controlled vessels of the same being considered by the U.S.N ?

The Kilo class submarine often uses the type 53 to 65 wake homing torpedo launched from 11.8 miles and is not wire guided , they can cause serious damage to the rear of a carrier , or any ship. A Chinese type Kilo was well within this range of the Kitty hawk when it surfaced some years ago , the ran...

Regardingsuggestions of missile capability for the carriers surely an upgrade to the Daring class possibly overdue would be more effective .

I have not read what the carrier will or not be tasked to do , there are a number of scenarios that could prove very challenging, in different theatres to the Falklands and Sierra Leone .

It should not be impossible to build a class of vessel that has capacity and capability to engage in different roles , not to the same standard of type 45 or 26 but credible none the less

It might be interesting if there is a comparison on downtime for maintenance for these two aircraft certainly running costs would be different

Was there ever a released cost of the physical conversion of the ship to emals ability , I understood there would have to of been enormous redesign beneath the flight deck , I dont believe presently there are plenty of aircraft owned by the R.N S.B that make that the deciding factor of which flight ...

The U.S.N have added towed sonar to a number of the Arleigh Burkes , as previously pointed out something that cannot be added to the Daring class , how effective this is on ships that may not have signficant noise reduction could be a different topic , a question is could in the future unmanned subm...

With regards to the posting of U.S.M.C is there any published MOU

The present deployment of ships can be widespread or moored for lengthy periods , with the requirements of escorts for carriers on deployment would there be singular patrols that may be cut back in this eventuality , is there some expectation that ships and their crews would have more sea time ?

Another question might be if the lifting of sanctions to favour those who would benefit from trade would be outweighed by increased defense spending to match increased Russian defense spending , Hitler made many promises that were not met with the intention of breaking them why should Putin be trust...

It might be that Putin who views the break up of the Soviet union as a tragedy the same way Hitler viewed the the terms of Versailles ,Hitler went all out to regain for Germany lost territority . If there there have been any restriction on some of the Russian defense programs it may be as a result o...