Ha I get you now, Adolf and his Aryan race, comes to mind. Explains the numpties like Cameron and co very nicely, never done a honest days work in their lives. But that being the case who was our last great leader.

Brave men.

Wow nice to see Bae are still in the design business.

Well if any of the above is true then God help us if trouble brews.

Was thinking cluster munitions now very much out of favour.

marktigger wrote:if so how much more useful would 26 Buccaneer

Just one Buccaneer 50ft off the deck with full load of bombs would have closed the runway.

Roberto wrote:Catapult being installed???

Would be nice for a UAV.

Looking at the picture the tent is to the right of the ramp so not likely thermion coating, stuck elevators or the like. Probably not for a party as the Hangar is plenty big enough for that. So could it just be storage for contractors doing work on deck.

One of the reasons early Radomes were white was to keep the temperature within cool. More modern electronics does not generate so much heat and radomes can come in a variety of colours. Metal based paint acts as an attenuator to high frequency radio waves, it is less of a problem at lower frequencie...

The sale of a few f35b to Japan and Korea would be good for the UK , possibly opening up opportunities for them to be flown of the QE class in exercises, in addition to the benefits in producing parts here in the UK.

Merry Christmas folks enjoy the festivities.

SDL wrote:Who bloody cares what colour the passport is?

Not me but since the wording on the Passport has to altered....

Belgian Defence invests in Airbus A330-MRTT Multi-Role Tanker/Transport plane I see that from the quoted article these planes are joining the NATO pool. Interesting that they have booms fitted and we don't. A missed opportunity as we have several planes in our fleet that need to be refuelled in tha...

benny14 wrote:HMS Prince of Wales has been floated out of dry dock today. Hope she doesn't sink

Good opportunity to float QE in to fix her seal perhaps.

NickC wrote:The House of Commons Defence Committee report on F-35 published 19th December ~40 pp

Some interesting comments on data linking between Typhoon and F35b and also the Carrier bandwidth. The issue with costs trying to determine the cost of each Airframe still going on.

While obviously a problem 200 litres an hour will easily be handled by the ships pumps. And as the article suggests will be fixed in port.

maybe its just the camera angle and looks a hell of a lot bigger if you in it It is a lot bigger than it appears in these pictures. In addition there are works areas for engines, avionics, and general workshops and stores not shown in these pictures. I would imagine not all the aircraft will be in ...

As I understand it Bae will still lose 2000 jobs around the country. This order will just keep the Typhoon line ticking over if it happens.

Excellent video worth watching.

Nice picture of QE in harbour SKB I notice the brown deck patches appear to have gone. She is looking shipshape.

Thank you for sharing the fantastic pictures of QE and the Queen. I notice Land Rovers getting in on the act are they sponsoring the Captains Runabout or something.

SDL wrote:bloody good shot.

Makes a nice wallpaper.

Some good pictures there SKB

Issue all crew members with Laser pens to dazzle enemy pilots

With Qinetic ready to start the testing of "Dragonfire" Dragonfire is a long long way from going into production. It only exists as a design and a model. Individual testing of the various sub-systems has yet to take place and I would imagine take time. Ideally if it all works then we shou...