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- 13 Apr 2024, 01:54
- Forum: Conflicts
- Topic: RED SEA - Houthi attacks
- Replies: 63
- Views: 2776
Re: RED SEA - Houthi attacks
Odd that you take an article that basically says that ESSM is a self-defence missile that is finding little use in the Red Sea, as it can't intercept missiles aimed at other ships (so the USN has to use SM2 for that purpose) and use that to criticise CAMM, which IS capable of intercepting crossing ...
- 12 Apr 2024, 22:46
- Forum: Conflicts
- Topic: RED SEA - Houthi attacks
- Replies: 63
- Views: 2776
Re: RED SEA - Houthi attacks
Navy News 8th April talking to RTX (Raytheon) at SAS '24 on minimal reported use of ESSM by USN ships in Red Sea (only know of Dutch Iver Huitfeldt using ESSM, none by USN). ESSM Block 2’s versatility and role have slated it to be deployed on virtually any Navy vessel. Amid recent events in the Red...
- 07 Apr 2024, 10:28
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19400
- Views: 9728276
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Until they are no longer supported, we should think about retaining Phalanx for use on RFAs & STUFT vessels, alondside the DS30Bs
- 07 Apr 2024, 10:09
- Forum: Political Discussions
- Topic: UK - EU cooperation
- Replies: 11
- Views: 557
Re: UK - EU cooperation
How to say language teaching in the UK is crap without blaming the teachers and the Dept for Education
- 06 Apr 2024, 09:41
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19400
- Views: 9728276
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Oh dear - resources are resources, whether they are currently being exploited or not. Russia wishes to take control of Ukrainian resources, largely for the personal enrichment of the kleptocracy currently running Russia. The late John McCain who said about Russia "Russia is a gas station masque...
- 04 Apr 2024, 22:28
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19400
- Views: 9728276
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
But they are still in the ground they aren't preventing access to any one. The shocks to the economy due to Ukraine have been due to a lack of Russian Gas and Oil not Ukrainian. I suggest you read up on the subject a bit more. Putin and the oligarchs are obsessed with acquiring wealth. The oil, gas...
- 04 Apr 2024, 13:23
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19400
- Views: 9728276
- 03 Apr 2024, 19:34
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19400
- Views: 9728276
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Ukraine sits on large oil & gas fields. Its Black Sea EEZ also contains large undeveloped oil & gas deposits (which is why Russia is desperate to capture the entire Black Sea coast). Sufficient that, if exploited, Ukraine could seriously compete with Russia as a major supplier to Europe. It ...
- 03 Apr 2024, 09:46
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19400
- Views: 9728276
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Not going to happen. Too expensive. The US has set aside $60b to restart chip manufacturing in the USA. Even the Tories have started taking stakes in strategic industries - hopefully Labour will continue How much of that industry would survive a lengthy conflict. It's one of the primary strategic t...
- 02 Apr 2024, 21:52
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19400
- Views: 9728276
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
I'm not so sure that the US will just roll over & let China take 60% of the worlds chip-making industry
- 31 Mar 2024, 20:39
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19400
- Views: 9728276
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
As an Easter thought exercise, given five years, no increase in budget, but an opportunity to tweak a few things (changing priorities/selling things to add realistic / modest additions), what’s the view on how to respond and deploy the limited UK maritime forces? 1. Build ammunition stocks (startin...
- 31 Mar 2024, 15:52
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 743
- Views: 199908
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
It's the Lightweight Multirole Missile. The RN calls it Martlet.
So far demonstrated in surface-to-air, air-to-surface, surface-to-surface and air-to-air modes.
All the same missile, using the same laser-beam riding guidance tech as Starstreak. Other guidance methods have been proposed
So far demonstrated in surface-to-air, air-to-surface, surface-to-surface and air-to-air modes.
All the same missile, using the same laser-beam riding guidance tech as Starstreak. Other guidance methods have been proposed
- 29 Mar 2024, 13:09
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153524
Re: The future form of the Army
Pushing the light gun's range out to 22-25km would outrange all current Russian 122mm (based on publicly available specs) and even some 152mm systems (using standard ammunition). Perhaps 40km range could be acheived with specialist (rocket-assisted etc) rounds. For longer ranges, I think we should b...
- 28 Mar 2024, 15:42
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153524
Re: The future form of the Army
AFAIK there are Boxer, Man and Jackal flatbeds available. Pretty sure there was a prototype flatbed Foxhound variant. Stormer had one as well. Maybe something will come out of the FV432 replacement program next year. I would love to see a wheeled/ tracked pair of vehicles using the same modules/ com...
- 28 Mar 2024, 08:58
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153524
Re: The future form of the Army
To my mind, one thing that is missing is a wheeled deep-fires capability to support 1 Division. Initially, keeping the 14 Archer and acquiring (say) 24 HIMARS equivalent (potentially based on a more compact platform, for air-portability) would go some way. Eventually replace the Archers with (say) t...
- 27 Mar 2024, 08:42
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
- Replies: 2811
- Views: 741310
Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
"Nicholas Peterson" isn't British or Australian - neither of those would refer to the "Royal Army". He sounds like a fake "source" to me. Eurasian Times has a long-standing habit of parroting CCP messaging. Relatively low-key - it also often publishes puff pieces for so...
- 27 Mar 2024, 08:01
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
- Replies: 394
- Views: 158570
Re: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
Dropping it actually on the beach?
Not drowning so many people?
Not drowning so many people?
- 25 Mar 2024, 15:44
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Vanguard Class Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN) (RN)
- Replies: 159
- Views: 83895
Re: Vanguard Class Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN) (RN)
I guess this should go here
- 09 Mar 2024, 15:27
- Forum: Conflicts
- Topic: The war in Ukraine
- Replies: 1164
- Views: 96433
Re: The war in Ukraine
There have been rumours that Ukraine has had to push launchers closer to the front, to compensate for lack of other ammunition. Launchers are relatively easy to replace - it's the radar and command facilities that would be a real blow - takes the whole battery out (though they are said to have two s...
- 09 Mar 2024, 15:24
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1936
- Views: 254256
- 03 Mar 2024, 15:34
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 57197
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
. Many in service with the RAF for training, 6 more ordered for Cyprus and Brunei, as well as the 5 H135 the Army are leasing to Australia and the 2 in the Cayman Islands Regiment. The Cayman Islands Regiment doesn't have any helicopters. Probably meant the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, who ...
- 02 Mar 2024, 19:12
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6159
- Views: 1866067
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
One thing that perhaps needs to be considered is an increase in the number of nuclear warheads and tactical nukes. Not an issue currently with the US tightly tied to NATO, but when that changes who is going to fill that gap. Having a credible deterrence against Russia above all else is key. I seem ...
- 25 Feb 2024, 14:57
- Forum: Conflicts
- Topic: The war in Ukraine
- Replies: 1164
- Views: 96433
Re: The war in Ukraine
Reported the A-50 released numerous flares but as the S-200 uses semi-active RF seeker would have had no effect. There are videos circulating on X, showing the A-50 dumping strings of flares. One missile appears to track some of the flares and detonate, with a second detonating a few seconds later,...
- 22 Feb 2024, 19:36
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 223
- Views: 81512
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
So you got your knickers in a twist over this? Russia seems to be producing large numbers of tanks & APCs after leaving them to rust in a field for 50 years. Ukraine also just dug 10,000 maxims out of a warehouse somewhere to convert into anti-UAV systems And responded with this Are you trying t...
- 22 Feb 2024, 15:14
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 223
- Views: 81512
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
And yet you've posted conjecture and twitter as your "facts" Russian & Ukrainian MOD Press releases are "conjecture". OK. I can agree that a lot of Russian statements need to be taken with a pinch of salt, but when they corroborate what is seen by OSINT sources and by Ukrain...