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- 10 Apr 2024, 20:36
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 1492133
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
The fact that Norway has increased significantly its budget but still aims for five frigates to me suggests they are aiming for quality, so the T26 should be in pole position. It’s a MINIMUM of 5 Frigates. “A strong maritime package: The Navy will get a minimum of five new frigates with anti-submar...
- 10 Apr 2024, 18:42
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 1492133
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Even with the substantial hike in defence spending, is the Royal Norwegian Navy realistically going to be able to afford 5 x T26? It seems to me that it might be worth them considering either a 2 + 3 or a 3 + 2 mix with T31. Alternatively, 5 x FREMM or similar. What isn’t clear is what would 5x T26...
- 10 Apr 2024, 16:13
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153698
Re: The future form of the Army
I think your scale and mine in each of these brackets is very very different. The top and bottom would be much much smaller than yours and middle similar…. The scale that I propose is in recognition of the possibility of a peer on peer clash and the inevitable attrition that would follow. It would ...
- 10 Apr 2024, 15:03
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
- Replies: 570
- Views: 150181
Re: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
The T32 is a complete distraction from the fundamental priority of adding mass back into the fleet. That is literally the purpose of the programme. To add mass by introducing a third class of Frigate when two classes are currently under construction? When was the last time RN had 3 classes of Friga...
- 10 Apr 2024, 09:21
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
- Replies: 570
- Views: 150181
Re: Type 32 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]
Another waste of money, 4M to be precise. Just build a batch 2 T31. If the T32 budget is around £2.5bn including GFE another 5x T31 isn’t necessarily the right approach. A mixed procurement of 2x T26 @ £875m unit plus 2x (ideally 3x) T31 at £375m unit costs the same amount. The T32 is a complete di...
- 10 Apr 2024, 09:12
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153698
Re: The future form of the Army
They already are doing your first point. The armed forces are regularly exercising in the area and maintaining various commitments in the JEF area. Completely agree but what if the exercise lasted 6 months or one year? It’s easy to frame an exercise around what you know you can achieve. The logisti...
- 09 Apr 2024, 15:24
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AUKUS (in general)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1236
Re: AUKUS (in general)
I wonder if Canada can afford to fit into AUKUS?
- 09 Apr 2024, 15:17
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153698
Re: The future form of the Army
If you’re saying the army has too many unsupported light infantry units yes it does if it’s serious about being a warfighting force against high end opponents. Exactly. What I am suggesting is a structure that works for what the Army can contribute today. The Army is currently planning to rebuild o...
- 08 Apr 2024, 22:36
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: SSN-AUKUS Future Astute Replacement (2030s) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 249
- Views: 92406
Re: SSN-AUKUS Future Astute Replacement (2030s) (RN) [News Only]
Another member? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/08/canada-justin-trudeau/. Canada could join Aukus defence pact as Trudeau considers nuclear sub patrols in Arctic waters…….The Canadian prime minister says he has already held ‘excellent conversations’ with the US, UK and Australia over...
- 08 Apr 2024, 21:22
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153698
Re: The future form of the Army
If this is the lesson we need to heed then surely we should be significantly expanding our current supporting arms just to support the current units we have or make them significantly logistically lighter or both. Considering the amount of light Infantry the British Army has available is it possibl...
- 07 Apr 2024, 17:06
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153698
Re: The future form of the Army
Moved across. For me as said Army can have 3 Divisions with 9 Brigades 1st Division with 3 Light Mech brigades 3rd Division with 2 x Combined armed brigades 6th Division with 16AA , Rangers , 11th SFA , SF brigade The key will be the 3 Light Mech Brigades and what vehicles they have for me one of th...
- 06 Apr 2024, 20:54
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1936
- Views: 254670
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
Lots of sense here. The frustration with a lack of progress is palpable. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/06/britain-is-not-ready-for-war-ministers-defence-mod/. Britain is not ready for war – ministers couldn’t even turn up to the bunker….Defence readiness should be a whole-of-government ex...
- 06 Apr 2024, 20:39
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
- Replies: 5492
- Views: 1556346
Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)
At the risk of being pedantic 'too much and not enough ' seems to be a judgement about perceived value for money rather than compromise. I'm not clear how they're 'compromised'? In my opinion they are too much (over spec’d) for EEZ patrol and not enough for global patrol as there is too much they c...
- 06 Apr 2024, 20:23
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
- Replies: 5492
- Views: 1556346
Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)
They are too much and not enough.new guy wrote: ↑06 Apr 2024, 20:22Compromised how?Poiuytrewq wrote: ↑06 Apr 2024, 18:55
They are a compromised platform for global patrol and always will be unfortunately.
- 06 Apr 2024, 20:16
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
- Replies: 5492
- Views: 1556346
- 06 Apr 2024, 20:13
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6171
- Views: 1868296
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
The war winning assets are other things that we would contribute. You win by ensuring the fighting never starts. Completely agree. More deployable Divisions will help in that endeavour. The Cold War was eventually won by isolating and fragmenting the politics of the communist block and bankrupting ...
- 06 Apr 2024, 19:39
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6171
- Views: 1868296
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
You can fight and win a battle using a division and can still lose the war. Having the ability to fight in a divisional structure is very different to deploying two divisions. What use are British Army Divisions if you can’t deploy them? Providing the Divisional HQ’s for other countries Brigades is...
- 06 Apr 2024, 19:21
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6171
- Views: 1868296
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Really?
When did the U.K. or US ever win against a peer without using the Divisional structure?
- 06 Apr 2024, 19:19
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19402
- Views: 9735725
- 06 Apr 2024, 19:14
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6171
- Views: 1868296
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
I actually see it more of a positive move than that and a damn site more coherent / aligned to what is needed compared to what is being muted. I am not necessarily disagreeing with your proposal but IMO it’s more productive now to illustrate what RN could and should be rather than propose cuts to e...
- 06 Apr 2024, 18:55
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
- Replies: 5492
- Views: 1556346
Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)
My opinion hasn’t changed on this.
Retire the 3x RB2’s back to the U.K. EEZ in 2028 and retain the other 2 in the Falklands and Gibraltar.
They are a compromised platform for global patrol and always will be unfortunately.
Retire the 3x RB2’s back to the U.K. EEZ in 2028 and retain the other 2 in the Falklands and Gibraltar.
They are a compromised platform for global patrol and always will be unfortunately.
- 06 Apr 2024, 18:49
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1936
- Views: 254670
- 06 Apr 2024, 18:47
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6171
- Views: 1868296
- 06 Apr 2024, 18:44
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6171
- Views: 1868296
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
"Think small" option (if the budget do not rise sharply and man-power issue is just kept as is, (not getting worse, but not better either) It will need to be “think smaller” if nothing changes. It’s just more managed decline. Much more proactive to illustrate what 2.5% or 3% could provide...
- 06 Apr 2024, 15:20
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1936
- Views: 254670
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
Investment in frigates, submarines and a reinforcement of the national air defence system to include missile defence sounds like a gd idea to me. It will be interesting to see if the Frigates and Submarines take a decade to build and commission like they do in the U.K. In the same place as they wer...