Everybody repeat after me.......... UK will acquire the P8 UK will acquire the P8 UK will acquire the P8 UK will acquire the P8 UK will acquire the P8 UK will acquire the P8 UK will acquire the P8 Of course I don't mind other options being discussed :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: So your saying 7 ai...

Agreed. It is very refreshing to see us being dragged along by someone with infinitely more drive for defence investment than ourselves. Tying ourselves to American programmes, be it the 35 or the Rivet Joint, has seemingly stopped up from dragging our heels over matters of capability in a number o...

If there was a third option, stay but trade only, which I believe was the original vote back in the 70's. I'd be fine with that, it's the extra stuff that was added without a vote, that I'm not happy with.

We need to build stuff that the world wants don't we? There's no point sending billions on R&D and then focusing on one (small) customer, that's what fooked-up the UK civil aero.

marktigger wrote:SNP are in total confusion....still if they don't want it put the money into Plymouth

If they did that, can you imagine how much whining there'd be from SNP about not caring about Scottish jobs, etc...

Oh OK, thanks for getting me up to speed...

SKB wrote:Peter Cushing is be be 'digitally recreated' for Rogue One!

Didn't he get blown to pieces with the Death Star?

SDL wrote: (but calmly) escorted to the land border.

And let through after cueing for a few hours....

marktigger wrote:

Little J wrote:Yeovilton

isn't it busy with MerlinHC, Wildcat CHF and AAC

Culdrose? be colocated with the other major ASW platform.......suspect it's going to be waddington when its sorted

As long as they hurry up and order some soon, I don't really care where they're based, tbh...

Yeovilton

Its double trouble really, firstly, they're doing all these op's (overstretch). Secondly, with all the troop cuts, the pool to choose from must be shrinking as well...

raven111 wrote:So does anyone have any idea what's going to happen to the Mistrals that aren't going to Russia any more?

Ocean replacement, for a big discount of course (it is second hand after all)

marktigger wrote:how many pylons has the F35B and with tanks, bomb/missiles can it afford to give a pylon up to a podded gun?

I believe the gun position is exclusive, no other weapons would use it.

A380 has it as a weight/cost saver, I can only imagine that the P-1 is the same.

Why's it not getting RAPTOR? Budget or is there something new on the horizon that I've missed?

marktigger wrote:is p8 fly by light?

Don't know for certain, but seeing as the 737 isn't I can't see the USN paying for the development.

The YF.23 just looked right. I can't recall where but there were internet rumours of this type being developed into a strategic recon asset. Maybe / Maybe not? Aurora, remember reading AirForces Monthly back in the 90's, an article speculating that one had made an emergency landing at Boscombe. Int...

raven111 wrote: ...Maybe we should look at getting some to fill the SAR Support gap Nimrod left. >.>

Can't we just get them coz they're cool.

And think up a good reason after...

A report on The Firearms Blog about MoD buying the new 40mm for SV and warrior:

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015 ... d-afv-gun/

raven111 wrote: Damn, Fairford's a bit too much of a trek from here.

Want to go just for vulcan (and now these p1's), two hours drive plus two to three hours traffic jam for a parking space (going by my last three visits) is just to much though...

Can anyone advise what happens if we ever need the 5 which are leased out to thecommerical sector? How soon can we get them back and does that mean we would fly them to Afghanistan (or wherever) in Thomas Cook colours? What about the military kit - comms, DAS, which presumably aren't fitted while t...

marktigger wrote:internationally they are still in production and service.

Yes the SMLE was as controversial when it entered service. But for the right reasons and it did prove to be a world stopper unlike the SA80.

The SA80 was a world stopper... Everyone in the world stopped and asked "really?"

This would qualify as a "foreign military sales" wouldn't it? So maybe the septic's could massage the price, like they do to the Israelis...

And the sooner the better, really.

If P-8 was acquired but AAs was not exportable, maybe the Sentinel's radar could be modified to a similar configuration? With Raytheon making both I'm sure they would be able to help (for the right price).

I've read rumours of an L86 A3, with DD rails etc.

Does it exist or is it another load of 'net botox?