The thing is we’ve already got two land attack cruise missile systems (Tomahawk and Storm Shadow) not to mention Dave B with a Paveway. For me the gap we’re facing is anti ship. I will say this though, the thought of T23/T45 having a land attack capability does appeal though. Especially if we can tr...

And JSM is compatible with the P8 so is Harpoon. Pound for pound surely most of the infrastructure (ship wise) is already in place for the updated Harpoons. It certainly is on the P8. To me it’s a no brainer, unless it’s horrifically expensive to procure.

Some defence hacks are touting the possibility that “Tempest” may have killed off the split buy. Who knows!

I have sent a PM to both mods, but it seems to have “disappeared” so I’ll say it here. We need more mods, because around a half dozen fantasists and a chronic retweeter have ruined this forum. Which at the start was a worthy successor to MP.Net.

It looks like it’s going into the basin backwards (stern first) suppose it makes sense, might not be able to turn it with POW in there.

Right I’m confused! Will this technology be put on a new Fighter bomber or existing aircraft? I thought the RAF were looking for a Tiffy replacement. Also I was thinking about the internal bomb bay, one of the main benefits of the Buccaneer, was that it’s bomb bay could be reconfigured to house an i...

Flood alert sounded yesterday and all civilian contractors were ordered off the ship. It was a burst pipe which is now fixed. You can just see the headline from the Daily Fail now "Britain's £6bn supercarrier nearly sunk by faulty plumbing!" 6 degrees on the down angle, maintain depth of ...

Flood alert sounded yesterday and all civilian contractors were ordered off the ship. It was a burst pipe which is now fixed.

Just seen the updated report on the scrapping of Illustrious, and apparently the bid for her use as a heliport on the Thames was scuppered by BoJo when Mayor of London as it didn’t fit in with his vision for the city.. a shame but hey ho too late now! But something in the picture on page 16 caught ...

Why has my post been edited without notification?

Can somebody stick episode 2 on YouTube. I’m in Spain and can’t watch it. Ps mp.net had a huge following of going for legacy hornets and CATOBAR, myself included. But that was when the B was close to being shelved and we were told only one carrier. For me the Dave B having a similar range to to the ...

The flags say COMMISSIONING 17

And who asked you for your ten pence worth?

Ron5 wrote:Because blinding pilots with lasers was outlawed by international convention.

Not cricket.

I’m talking about developing the laser as a weapon, not developing a blinding pilots program FFS.

Considering there was a poor sod on top of the bridge of HMS Plymouth with a laser, trying to blind Argie pilots in 1982.
It’s certainly not a new concept! I just don’t know why they didn’t continue development over the last 35 years.

I met him on a Friday and he worked for B.A.E!!

You do Ron Ron Ron you do Ron Ron.

Saturday or Monday is what I heard, but who knows now!

PhillyJ wrote:

cockneyjock1974 wrote:She ain't sailing tomorrow.

Nope, she's sailing today Just been announced on local radio that she is sailing out around 15:00 and will go up North for further trials, meeting up with 2 Type 23's, HMS Iron Duke and HMS Sutherland. Unless you know otherwise.

Members of the crew!

She ain't sailing tomorrow.

SKB wrote:Please read the thread title. It says "News Only" on the end ^.

News only please. Discussion/comparisons/fantasy goes here: http://ukdefenceforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=701

Cheers MOD!!!

hovematlot wrote:

Keep your eye on harbour movements... Not long to wait....

Will do cheers, I'm now hearing Wednesday but will wait and see.

Rumour has it she's sailing tomorrow.

Edit: one of the Navy Facebook sites has just apologised for getting the info wrong.

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Ron5 wrote:I bet a million Scottish pounds it will be VL.

And done by an RAF publicity seeking hound.

You seem to have me mistaken for a Jacobite, I as a Royalist British subject, only acknowledge the Pound Sterling, albeit with Scottish denominational equivalence.

I think we should place bets whether the first landing will be SRVL or VL.

I'm hoping it's SRVL for the dramatic bridge that the QE class gap between STOVL and CATOBAR platforms.

Smokey wrote:A photo from inside the wardroom?

You Sir may have just won the internet