Nothing I've seen hints this is possible. The Canberra and Trieste cost over £1billion each, built in Spain and Italy respectively, which are well known to be lower cost than building in the UK. Thats not remotely realistic, I don’t recall anyone on this forum proposing 6x MRSS based on JC or Tries...

I assume it only for nostalgia that people wish to see harrier on a QE carrier. It doesn’t really compare to the f35 Personally, I'd rather see a Stringbag! Probably got enough room for a landing and take-off, without dragging it back. We're on the verge of having three airworthy examples in the UK...

Just build a couple of mistral if you’re going down this route. 160 crew a helicopter deck a role 3 hospital and a dock.

I assume it only for nostalgia that people wish to see harrier on a QE carrier. It doesn’t really compare to the f35 Not that it’s relevant to the carrier, but I wouldn’t of seen how a metal large wing with those stores would off worked on harrier at that stage it would off been too heavy in the hov...

Its something that's been on my mind for a while, we have all called for more equipment/funding for the armed forces but are we saying (for example) if due to world events we were order another 8 type 26's we wouldn't have the manpower to use them? I read recently and don’t know if it’s true that t...

Its something that's been on my mind for a while, we have all called for more equipment/funding for the armed forces but are we saying (for example) if due to world events we were order another 8 type 26's we wouldn't have the manpower to use them? I read recently and don’t know if it’s true that t...

Its something that's been on my mind for a while, we have all called for more equipment/funding for the armed forces but are we saying (for example) if due to world events we were order another 8 type 26's we wouldn't have the manpower to use them? I read recently and don’t know if it’s true that t...

[ There needs to be some mechanism to force industry to stop estimating or quoting prices that are just to secure the business, to be followed by cost plus, cost plus, cost plus... what makes you think this is the preserve of industry? Plenty in uniform do this to ensure their favourite project get...

Digital design, prototyping and testing techniques and a much closer and more collaborative relationship between the MoD and industry are central pillars of the GCAP plan. Policymakers and the public are regularly assured that these genuinely impressive advantages compared to previous generation ef...

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2023/november/03/231103-dauntless-drugs-bust A Royal Navy warship seized £60m worth of drugs and forced traffickers to scuttle their speedboat in a double-blow to Caribbean drug-runners. Portsmouth-based destroyer HMS Dauntless took her tall...

Any thoughts on the Zaluzhny essay/article in The Economist that concedes that the Ukraine war has apparently reached a deadlock? He seems to hold out little prospect of a material change now from stalemate/deadlock and thinks that, for example, the delivery of F16 is now too late to be offer a dec...

That way you have up to date, well maintained carrier strike available 24/7 360 days a year, with a short break every three years when you swap ships and work up the QE class emerging from refit. This is a very bad take. This is what's been happening with the LPDs, yielding terrible availability an...

The more partners you have you will always have discussions of definition of the program I don’t think there’s much room for discussion on timelines that window is nearly closed things are further on that what’s public. I personally think typhoon and tornado worked out alright. If you said it was u...

I don’t think Germany are as bad as many make out, I think in some areas there stance allows others with similar concerns cover to say not much but in reality they think the same just don’t say it because they know Germany will take the flak. We do share a lot in common with them in world outlook I...

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/germany-may-abandon-100bn-fighter-jet-project-with-france-2n7ffv5g5 What a **** show... Not sure I'd want any part of this. No matter how many Deutschemarks they're willing to chuck in. One senior German official said Scholz saw no point in FCAS competing with Tem...

The 2% of the defence budget you keep quoting is creative accounting to make it sound small. The mod only spends a portion of the defence budget on purchasing new equipment the that’s quite a significant percentage of that. Simply can’t agree here. Allocating only 2% of the defence budget to shipbu...

Over the time period (3-4 years) when those ships are most likely to be built, there is uncommitted budget in excess of £2.5b (thanks to @SB for quantifying exactly how much is available for purchase of new vessels etc). To support BAE Govan/Scotstoun, Babcock Rosyth and H&W Belfast/Appledore a...

If you removed the word frigate and said long term escort force you would have it about right add 6 vessels for the mcm role you would satisfy the c3 requirement too. Yes - I agree - I should have said "escorts". Maybe with a longer term increase from 6 to 8 DD (probably at the cost of re...

Caribbean wrote: ↑01 Nov 2023, 11:05 (it would also give us 10 C1 & 8 C2 frigates, which sounds a bit familiar).

If you removed the word frigate and said long term escort force you would have it about right add 6 vessels for the mcm role you would satisfy the c3 requirement too.

Wishful thinking has not played out well for the MOD. Any uplift will be gobbled up filling existing holes, or headline projects, so the Navy need to plan for the minimum credible amphibious fleet. Good news is this is what they're doing asking for 6 MRSS! If they Navy get super lucky in the future...

An interesting series of statements from shashank joshi and I think I would probably agree with most of them. https://x.com/shashj/status/1719485286034330016?s=61&t=-w58-AqEK8dlq02bHexwZA I’m curious to hear whether people agree or disagree with these four statements about Ukraine: - The war is ...

[quote=mrclark303 post_id=159276 It literally carries half the men a Lynx AH9 could.... I would think if they used the same seating in the wildcat as they’d used in the ah9 it would carry the same amount of people. Maybe a gd thing it doesn’t. Unfortunately not, crashworthy seating means space for ...

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It literally carries half the men a Lynx AH9 could....
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I would think if they used the same seating in the wildcat as they’d used in the ah9 it would carry the same amount of people. Maybe a gd thing it doesn’t.

Rambling, incoherent ramblings from Harry Cole. Though The Sun has a great deal more access to the government than its competitors, so might be a kernel of truth, amidst the nonsense: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/politics/24576681/row-with-germans-cost-defence-jobs/ BRITAIN faces a 6,000 defence j...