Is the bayraktar and the like certified for civil airspace? Fine that it’s not if your using it only in a conflict zones not so good if your wanting to conduct some of things discussed here.

It feels as though UK decisions just now are being made on what can be done not what should be done; resource-based rather than strategy-led. Is this everything coming home to roost? :( I don’t see why. We have an escort in the Mediterranean now, we have another escort as far away as the bataan is ...

Put this here though not Uk but LEO sat tech. Real time satellite based imaging available to anyone who is willing to pay. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/seattle-built-spy-satellites-deliver-real-time-intelligence/ BlackSky, the offshoot of a Seattle spaceflight company, spie...

The protector air vehicle is not what makes it expensive, the unit price is around your unit price it’s all the things that go around it. All the associated costs need to be lowered, other companies are starting to do it and as they do they will start to gain ever greater market share. GA show no s...

It will not however be cheap a lot of things required to support it. They definitely will not be cheap.….It'll be expensive, and it's worth it. They need to made much less expensive. Even if they cost 10x the cost of a Bayraktar TB2 they would only be £15m to £20m each. They need to be regarded as ...

Mojave is not cheap and expendable. Nor is anything currently operating in the eastern med in a contested airspace. Cheap and expendable UAVs do not need a large flat deck to use. Mojave is just the gateway. The next-generation variants will be cheaper, more capable and therefore more numerous. The...

Further developments in the Middle East https://x.com/cavasships/status/1715090890987798956?s=61&t=-w58-AqEK8dlq02bHexwZA Pentagon just confirmed that today 19 Oct US destroyer CARNEY DDG64 in the Red Sea intercepted and shot down 3 land-attack cruise missiles launched by Houthi forces in Yemen....

It does nothing of the sort, it enforces that the UKs ambition has to fit its budget. Struggling to follow your argument there. The UK has a finite budget and a tiny fleet. Therefore surging assets is the only way to provide both presence and capability at a cost that the budget will withstand. The...

We can fly drones from Cyprus, but again what are they there for? You don’t need an lhd to fly male drones if you have p8 and male drones that can fly from a base right beside the trouble In the context of the Eastern Med we don't need a carrier as we have Aki This point in particular is very inter...

[quote=Poiuytrewq post_id=158786 A few things are clear: OPVs would be virtually useless in this scenario. RN options are severely limited now due to the incessant shrinkage over the last 2 decades. Geopolitically, the CSG is not always the appropriate answer and getting a CVF to act as a LPH will p...

Sweden now also investigating undersea cable damage https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67138269?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_format=link&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_type=web_link&a...

No it doesn’t. Price of oil can be driven dwn particularly by the US if it wants to. This just isn't true. The US is running at capacity, whereas Saudi has the world's largest capacity, and the world's largest spare capacity which they use to manipulate the global price and bend foreign government....

Do u need to replace a bay in the gulf? Is it a priority area? Do we need littoral strike ship/groups are they a priority? It’s a very good point, should Kipion carry on, or should we equip, train and support local allies to do the role? My thoughts are the latter, it will send a possible negative ...

Do u need to replace a bay in the gulf? Is it a priority area? Do we need littoral strike ship/groups are they a priority? It’s a very good point, should Kipion carry on, or should we equip, train and support local allies to do the role? My thoughts are the latter, it will send a possible negative ...

Do u need to replace a bay in the gulf? Is it a priority area? Do we need littoral strike ship/groups are they a priority? It’s a very good point, should Kipion carry on, or should we equip, train and support local allies to do the role? My thoughts are the latter, it will send a possible negative ...

We get very little oil and gas from the Middle East 90-95% of both is from the Atlantic or Mediterranean coasted countries. It doesn't matter where the UK gets it from. Saudi Arabia more or less control the price the UK pays for oil no matter where the UK imports it from. That's why the region is i...

We get very little oil and gas from the Middle East 90-95% of both is from the Atlantic or Mediterranean coasted countries. You can read about it here I am not disagreeing with your point, simply that the ramifications are global in nature and cannot be ignored. If another nation steps in then grea...

I’m suggesting none at all. There’s many areas in the world that produce oil, and many nations that require oil very little of ours comes from gulf most goes east. Lets say oil and gas which it more relevant. If Hormuz closes what happens next? A massive global spike in oil and gas prices. Countrie...

Do u need to replace a bay in the gulf? Are you suggesting a land based alternative? Is it a priority area? It is if you don’t want the global oil price to achieve astronomical levels Do we need littoral strike ship/groups are they a priority? Not until you need them. The rest of the time they are ...

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2023/october/17/231017-trent-completes-african-mission The Royal Navy has helped West African nations counter pirates and smugglers and strengthened ties in the region in efforts to protect valuable trade routes. Patrol ship HMS Trent is dep...

jedibeeftrix wrote: ↑17 Oct 2023, 12:42 are they not two different things?

there is a bay in the guld to support the MCM mission, not as part of the LSG(S).

Yes but do we need to really do either.

Do u need to replace a bay in the gulf? Is it a priority area? Do we need littoral strike ship/groups are they a priority?

https://www.nautilusint.org/en/news-insight/news/rfa-moves-to-shorter-tours-of-duty/ The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) will introduce drastically shorter tours of duty onboard two ships brought in to support Ministry of Defence (MOD) outputs. RFA personnel will deploy on a dual crewing model for appro...

Commitments need to be reduced and a rebalance of the fleet or it will get worse. Nooo. We can't run away from the problem. That is ignoring the personnel crisis which is more unsustainable than any other plan anyone else has had. You are actively saying we should continue with whatever numbers we ...

…Bulwark's crew could be moved to the 3 Bays, which should free up enough RFA crew to bring Fort Victoria and both Waves back into active service. It may only be a temporary solution until the 3*FSS come into service at the end of this decade. Are the Albions coming back? If the answer is no then t...