First point fully agreed; the second one would have acknowledged that the decision to go away from Surface Combatant 1, 2,3 plan was a mistake. The mistake was forced on the RN as they only went away from it to get any FSC1s!Pseudo wrote:that would have gone completely against the entire ethos of the 2010 SDSR [...]
commencing a detailed design programme on a light frigate would have.
- so on this one the politicians (Brown, Cameron and Osborne in the same camp!) and the admirals were in cahoots
No comment on how many of each, but generically a very good point!Tempest414 wrote:6 x type 45s = core crew 195
10 x type 26s all full fat ASW = 130 core crew room 210
10 x Venari 95 Multi- mission ships = 50 core crew + room for 50 extra off board systems crew
10 x low level PSV = core crew 30 per + room for 50 extra off board systems crew
Just too true: the biggest threat to the UK defence capabilities is the ability to pay!Poiuytrewq wrote:The post Brexit spending review will probably have the biggest influence on what comes after
- next biggest is holding (or not ) alliances together and cohesive (takes two - or more -to tango!)
- and only third is what the OpFor is plotting (as long as they can be deterred)
This is what I meant by my comment (on some other thread) that the defence planning staff/ politicians interface is not quite as good as it should be... for a better defence strategy
- you can always review one that is wanting - and propose incremental enhancements!