And the article is almost a year old and a lot has happened since then, both good and bad for defence.

It is not that massive compared to other launch systems when comparing deck space, though you would probably only get half as many missiles. But it would give you the ability to launch LRASM from the deck rather then a VLS as was the question. Of course if we had put the Mk41 on the T-31 this wouldn...

Using Para's as a strategic intervention force was not intended to drop them around Murmansk, but rather somewhere with a lower intensity, the sort of thing we used to plan for and what other nations still do. Of coarse follow up forces would be essential and being part of an allied force preferable.

Well if the Review is done properly and the MoD makes a logical case for what it needs to meet the tasks set by the Governments and the threats we face then things may get better. But the Treasury needs to understand that the Defence Budget will be off limits for saving over the next decade at least...

As an aside, I haven't seen any mention of LRASM being incorporated with a box launcher for a while. Anyone know if that is still the plan now that up-arming the LCS is out of favour? There is a version of the Mk41 that is deck mounted at around 45 degrees from the vertical, in the developmental st...

It is about time we started to fully exploit the capabilities of the C-17. Next may be we should look at being able to use its range to drop Airborne troops and equipment over strategic distances as part of out "Global" approach and make the Para's once again a go to first responder force.

Exactly, the "Euro Tank" is a ways off and could possibly be a replacement for the Challenger 3s, but France and Germany are not going to be in any rush to replace their Leopards and Leclercs until the late 2030s early 2040s really.

We could see the Infantry Units within 1st Division being based around a regular cadre with the remainder made up of reserves. Say the HQ, one Company and core of the support units were regular then said unit could still be viable for deployment to either Cyprus or the Falklands with the reserves ro...

Thats exactly what its designed to do. Are you sure. I understood they were controlling UAVs that were to expand their situational awareness rather than supersonic unmanned platforms hence my question. It this is the case then surely a cheaper platform could do the same job. Isn't this going to put...

Luke jones wrote:We have the best part of 1000 UOR vehicles in fleet now. Aren't these already doing whats needed?

Many of which are up for disposal at present. The IR may change this however.

Well the problem will be solved if we adopt the various versions of FCASW that are planned. It will be on Ships, Submarines and Aircraft. SPEAR will do a vary good job in littoral operations though being able to engage numerous targets on land and sea, especially when the EW variant is also availabl...

Makes a lot of sense allowing them to interrogate radar contacts over a wide area, be they Spanish or French.

Just another item to add to our growing "To do" list.

The sooner we get some of our numerous "Light" role Infantry Battalions into vehicles like this the more use we will be able to get out of them, using troops from 1st Division for roles we would currently have to use 3rd Division units for.

But the 3000 m ranged Raytheon laser-guided rocket (mention) must have been unrelated to CG? Nope it is under development for the US Army and Marines. They seem to be intending to use the CG Mk4 as a one stop shop for section direct fire as that is the level they are issuing it at. Add to that the ...

ArmChairCivvy wrote:third of the range of an NLAW.

That surprised me. Does NLAW have a range of between 1200m and 1500m?

We really should be getting some of these for our Infantry to give Sections or Platoons a bit more punch with a flexible lightweight, relatively speaking weapon system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97H7jkLm7rE It covers the latest developments for the Carl Gustav M4. Is it light enough for our Hi...

I wonder, could the Apache E act as a forward controller for "Loyal Wingmen" conducting CAS sorties, have the latter fly into a control zone and then have the Guardians influence/control their actions.

Not the best commentary but an interesting video of Russian fast jets operating in Syria.

The commentary is heavily laced with propaganda and some is very hard to believe but there are a few interesting nuggets.

Having appreciated Xav's reports for some time and having just read his post on the South Korean Navy, I went back over his archives as revisited those from Euronaval 2020 and found some very interesting articles that other might have missed: https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/euronaval-2020/2020/...

Again no "Ski Jump" even though its benefits are well known.

And as in the UK are they willing to provide the resources required.

Well at least his paid advisor(s) gave him an alternative to "Salami Slicing".

Thanks for the info. For some reason I thought the programme started wat before 2018, I must have got my rant streams mixed up with Ajax on that one. I think we are going to get no where near the 600 mark especially of you look at each battalion having 75 vehicles on average that only adds up to aro...

Before we continue down this rabbit hole, can someone remind me what is the timeline for the WCSP, when did it actually begin and when is it due to end, in theory.