You might want to try reading the article rather than just the headline.SKB wrote:No, of course it isn't. (!)
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- 01 May 2021, 00:08
- Forum: Political Discussions
- Topic: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal
- Replies: 4600
- Views: 123292
Re: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal
- 01 May 2021, 00:06
- Forum: Political Discussions
- Topic: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal
- Replies: 4600
- Views: 123292
Re: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal
And the funny thing is that as the article explains quite clearly if you care to read beyond the headline, it's entirely due to the consumer demand that was pent-up by the pandemic being released and absolutely nothing to do with Brexit.SKB wrote:"UK heading for biggest economic boom since 1948
- 23 Apr 2021, 23:32
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
- Replies: 5492
- Views: 1566366
Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)
My bet is still on an Absalon-esque T31 variant geared toward acting as a control hub for unmanned systems. Essentially something that allows the T26's to be tasked to carrier escort duties and other high-risk duties and is more or less reliant on land-based air support for much more than self prote...
- 21 Apr 2021, 08:32
- Forum: Political Discussions
- Topic: UK Politics - General News & Discussion
- Replies: 412
- Views: 20763
Re: UK Politics - General News & Discussion
https://twitter.com/JohnnyMercerUK/status/1384572401179144193 Defence minister sacked. Judging by the first sentence of the letter he resigned, which he had announced his intention to do earlier in the day. His resignation was prompted by Johnson failing to keep his leadership campaign promise to e...
- 19 Apr 2021, 22:18
- Forum: Political Discussions
- Topic: Labour Party
- Replies: 312
- Views: 22991
Re: Labour Party
Someone ended up looking like a prick there and I don't think that it was Keir Starmer.Caribbean wrote:Particularly odd as it was an arranged visit (organised by the joint owner)
- 16 Apr 2021, 18:46
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: RN anti-ship missiles
- Replies: 1030
- Views: 252846
Re: RN anti-ship missiles
I agree 90% there as you say build a box to put it in and we are there . Maybe it is the radar on the River B2's at we should look to upgrade to something like SAAB sea giraffe If you put it in a box, you can't fire it. If you cut holes in the box to fire it, all that nasty salt water comes in. Not...
- 11 Apr 2021, 22:05
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: USA Armed Forces
- Replies: 2092
- Views: 113101
Re: USA Armed Forces
Why not make the EX designation mean something and call it the Eagle Xtreme!
- 09 Apr 2021, 20:13
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Royal News
- Replies: 149
- Views: 17532
Re: Royal News
If the government are looking to provide a legacy for the Duke of Edinburgh beyond kind words then I think that expanding the eponymous award scheme by providing incentives to schools to encourage participation would be a splendid idea.
- 09 Apr 2021, 11:03
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 324
- Views: 177355
Re: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]
I think when you are looking at a proposed ship as capable, complex and expensive as the T83 seems likely to be, the options for economising will inevitably be looked at. For this you either look at capability gaps (eg no BMD) compromises (eg smaller without the ability to carry two helos and a UAV...
- 08 Apr 2021, 21:59
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 324
- Views: 177355
Re: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]
I'm thinking along the same lines as yourself but with 48 cells for CAAM and then 24 tactical length and 24 strike length Mark 41-style cells. That would give the ship the ability to operate as an AAW escort by filling the those cells with Aster-30 or as a multipurpose escort with the tactical cell...
- 08 Apr 2021, 20:24
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 324
- Views: 177355
Re: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]
Thinking about what the T83 might look like presumably has to take into account the additional capabilities the RN likely wants from it. This may end up looking quite similar to the original capability for the T45, which is primarily designed for area air defence but with capability to attack surfa...
- 07 Apr 2021, 07:58
- Forum: Political Discussions
- Topic: If Biden wins
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5789
Re: If Biden wins
I might be wrong, but I think that it was the Johnson government that "borrowed" the slogan from the Biden presidential campaign.ArmChairCivvy wrote:Looks like he did not just borrow the slogan
"build back better"
but also that Easter (take or add a few days)
is the new Christmas
- 04 Apr 2021, 22:33
- Forum: Political Discussions
- Topic: Labour Party
- Replies: 312
- Views: 22991
Re: Labour Party
I don't know if that's going to be all that successful in the short-term leading up to the election It's now or never that there is disillusionment among former SNP voters and their votes are up for grabs I don't see that. I think that if Salmond's new vehicle sticks around and he ends up in the Sc...
- 04 Apr 2021, 09:01
- Forum: Political Discussions
- Topic: Labour Party
- Replies: 312
- Views: 22991
Re: Labour Party
Well, a month to go and not that much campaigning seen from either side? From keeping the country together: " there’s a feeling that the rot may finally be stopped in an area that has hamstrung Labour leaders since Ed Miliband. One senior ally says that the significance of the move has yet to ...
- 02 Apr 2021, 01:33
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Puma Helicopter (RAF)
- Replies: 380
- Views: 98458
Re: Puma Helicopter (RAF)
My only requirement is that we get the best Helicopter for the money available, above all other considerations. If the Government and Treasury want to make more funding available to allow Leonardo to match the price of any of the other bids then fine, we can build the Puma replacement in the UK. Bu...
- 31 Mar 2021, 09:01
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Brazil
- Replies: 84
- Views: 8279
Re: Brazil
Trump-like carousel at the top of administration is not new in Bolsanaro's Brazil (gone thru 4 health ministers and a couple of justice ministers), but now foreign & defence ministers were abruptly changed - is the fact that all three commanders (army/navy/ AF) left their posts a sign of primin...
- 29 Mar 2021, 21:22
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: BAE Hawk (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 149
- Views: 74595
Re: BAE Hawk (RAF & RN)
I'll tell you what I reckon could be seriously impressive, a LANCA/Mosquito display team. Without having a bag of mostly water inside them that it has to keep in one piece they could be capable of some seriously high-g manoeuvres.Ron5 wrote:I'm sure the Red Arrows are front of the line for Tempests.
- 28 Mar 2021, 16:58
- Forum: Political Discussions
- Topic: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal
- Replies: 4600
- Views: 123292
Re: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal
I fundamentally disagree with your notion that the appointment of Frost is 2 steps backwards. You of course, have your opnion, how ever that may be... It is Frosty who will help bring this to a conclusion and ensures it will progress, rather than turning it into a long running committee of "sh...
- 26 Mar 2021, 07:34
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 324
- Views: 177355
Re: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]
I would really like to see a super dooper all singing all dancing T83 AAW with 100+ vls etc attached to the carrier group, but i was thinking if we can only afford a max of 3 with only 1 per CVBG and something happens to its ability to do its mission - even just a electrical glitch... i think 4 wou...
- 23 Mar 2021, 19:04
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 324
- Views: 177355
Re: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]
What do we think is the significance of Type 83 vs Type 46?? It sounds to me like it's likely to be a single class of thirteen multirole destroyers intended to replace both the Type 45 and Type 26. But it's nothing more than a paper ship, I'm treating it more or less as the Type 26 at the Future Su...
- 18 Mar 2021, 21:15
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Taiwan
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2168
Re: Taiwan
So Taiwan is finally getting the capability to produce SSKs, it is about time. I do wonder however how many "Silent" partners they have in the programme? Put it this way, I don't think that you'd have to spend much time in Taipei before you bump in to a "retired" Mitsubishi or K...
- 13 Mar 2021, 17:53
- Forum: Political Discussions
- Topic: Donald Trump
- Replies: 828
- Views: 40110
Re: Donald Trump
the fact he asked for 11,780 specifically is what does him in IMHO... it shows that the phone call's intention was to have the other guy commit election fraud... and in doing so, Trump committed it himself. It's a slam dunk IMHO.... but only if the Georgia justice system actually does it job Yes, i...
- 13 Mar 2021, 16:39
- Forum: Political Discussions
- Topic: Donald Trump
- Replies: 828
- Views: 40110
Re: Donald Trump
Wasn't Trump asking for a very specific amount of votes to be found... not just 11k, but a specific number between in the 11k region Yeah, but I couldn't remember the exact number so I wrote a ~11,000 to indicate that the number was around that figure. I remember it being exactly enough to win by o...
- 13 Mar 2021, 15:39
- Forum: Political Discussions
- Topic: Donald Trump
- Replies: 828
- Views: 40110
Re: Donald Trump
i suspect the Georgia stuff is an easier case to make... so that could be the one to get him first I love the idea that he might have had a defence if he'd asked Raffensperger to find him the ~400,000 ballots that he claimed on the call that he'd won the state by because he could say that he honest...
- 12 Mar 2021, 21:04
- Forum: Political Discussions
- Topic: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal
- Replies: 4600
- Views: 123292
Re: Brexit - The UK's EU Referendum & Withdrawal
I think we will need to wait at least 12 months from now to see any sort of realistic comparison either way. July-September comparisons might give earliest comparisons. It'll obviously take a while before we can determine whether this is a blip or a trend but I don't think that it'll take as long a...