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by Jensy
26 Mar 2024, 23:39
Forum: British Army
Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Replies: 2802
Views: 714601
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Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)

It's the Eurasian Times, whatever agenda that article serves it's certainly not aligned with that of the UK... To put it very mildly.

The phrase "Royal Army" should probably rule it out from being taken seriously too.
by Jensy
26 Mar 2024, 22:59
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]
Replies: 13
Views: 336
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Re: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]

This book maybe of interest on transport aircraft topics https://www.crecy.co.uk/on-atlas-shoulder On Atlas' Shoulders: RAF Transport Aircraft Projects Since 1945 The coanda effect is used to aid lift by inservice aircraft today namely c17. An excellent book with some very unexpected aircraft that ...
by Jensy
26 Mar 2024, 17:41
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]
Replies: 13
Views: 336
United Kingdom

Re: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]

Re the AW681, I seem to recall that Lockheed offered a Hercules based project, with a UK designed STOL wing and RR Tyne engines. It would have given C130J levels of performance 30 years earlier. Lockeed understood the UK's excellence in Wing design even then, a really doable trans Atlantic project ...
by Jensy
25 Mar 2024, 17:58
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]
Replies: 13
Views: 336
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Re: Post-War British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]

On the subject of TSR-2 the RAeS had a fantastic series of lectures on the topic about eight months ago (July 2023): https://www.youtube.com/@Aerosociety/videos
by Jensy
25 Mar 2024, 17:51
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]
Replies: 13
Views: 336
United Kingdom

Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]

So, rather than polluting other threads with misty eyed dreams about lost or cancelled projects and 'missed opportunities', I thought I'd go ahead and create a thread... [mods - hope this is OK?] Do you dream of gigantic, angular, variable geometry triangles from Barnes Wallis; rocket powered interc...
by Jensy
25 Mar 2024, 16:01
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950220
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Not to piss everyone off... I'd have probably favoured a UK spec Mirage IV-B, with a British powerplant and lots more buccaneers. In 20/20 hindsight, a transonic or supersonic Buccaneer variant (as outlined in Ray Boot's wonderful autobiography) would have been the best answer. Would have tagged mo...
by Jensy
25 Mar 2024, 14:31
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950220
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

True enough, but at the time we were also building a new class of very expensive SSBN.... oh wait.... :D How much did the tosser waste by ordering F-111's and then cancelling the order? Wilson's mob was dazzled by supposed Yankee technical superiority. Too dumb to realize it was actually superior Y...
by Jensy
25 Mar 2024, 14:15
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950220
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

I think Labour's union connections, and the value of thousands of highly skilled jobs Didn't stop the tosser Healey from cancelling TSR2. True enough, but at the time we were also building a new class of very expensive SSBN.... oh wait.... :D In all seriousness, along with P.1154 and HS.681 the RAF...
by Jensy
24 Mar 2024, 23:33
Forum: British Army
Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Replies: 2802
Views: 714601
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Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)

Breaking news out of Germany. The Bundeswehr has finaly decided (they took their time for so long) to acquire 123 of the Australian Boxer CRV block 2 for their needs. This mean the manned Lance turret with Spike Atgm missiles. https://x.com/Jeff21461/status/1770476323447644525?s=20 At c.€15.5m per ...
by Jensy
24 Mar 2024, 23:25
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950220
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

I share your interests in both TSR2 ( having collected just about everything ever written on the subject over the last 30 years) and also P1154, the same thoughts have crossed my mind too. F35B is effectively a modern take on P1154 the Admiralty wanted 60 years ago. GCAP shares a lot of the same de...
by Jensy
24 Mar 2024, 16:45
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950220
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

The question that people are really asking is do you want the political construct that goes with such a joint program. It really has little to do with the airframe requirement that’s just a smokescreen. A useful smokescreen in my opinion. Making GCAP carrier capable is very alluring, were it not fo...
by Jensy
23 Mar 2024, 16:48
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950220
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Just flapping his arms in hope of a bigger work share. One line had me scratching my head: If participating nations just want a next-gen platform, he said, that “already exists — it is called F-35 and can be modified easily.” Was always going to be inevitable on the European side of GCAP. We don't ...
by Jensy
14 Mar 2024, 15:36
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Dassault Falcon 900LX
Replies: 14
Views: 2483
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Re: Dassault Falcon 900LX

https://twitter.com/larisamlbrown/status/1768277531751329955?t=vxUoMRUUcbfz3imklRi3tA&s=19 The GPS signal was interfered with for about 30 minutes while the jet flew close to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea. Mobile phones could no longer connect to the internet and the air...
by Jensy
14 Mar 2024, 15:08
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5974
Views: 1499975
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Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/03/singapore-cuts-steel-on-its-first-multirole-combat-vessel-mrcv/ Interesting concept. Not quite an amphib, not quite an escort. At 8,000t it's a fair bit bigger than the Absalon Class too. - Leonardo’s 76mm naval gun in the STRALES variant; - MBDA’s VL MIC...
by Jensy
13 Mar 2024, 22:33
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950220
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

mrclark303 wrote: 13 Mar 2024, 10:31 GCAP is shaping up to be a far larger aircraft.
It certainly is:

by Jensy
13 Mar 2024, 15:00
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950220
United Kingdom

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

But a Global Hawk is in no way comparable in size to a 737. The GH and the Triton both have a span of 39.9m versus c.36m for a Boeing 737 NG or MAX. I doubt he meant anything more specific than that. It's a quick way to give the committee a reference point for the size of an MQ-4C, rather than an i...
by Jensy
13 Mar 2024, 00:30
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950220
United Kingdom

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

They brought Bronk back to Parliament.... :? He seems to have taken an issue with Japan and their more exquisite capability requirements... International Relations and Defence Committee: The Global Combat Air Programme Video: https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/c7fc2a65-ab60-4dd5-a63b-58eb11de014b...
by Jensy
12 Mar 2024, 19:32
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950220
United Kingdom

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Also, I don't think BAE (BAe or BAC) has shown such backbone in its entire corporate existence. If they had, we might have avoided a number of ridiculous failed programmes and the billions of taxpayer quid they've pissed away on them. Regardless, no one would want to mess up the four-way revolving d...
by Jensy
12 Mar 2024, 14:41
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950220
United Kingdom

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Oh sweet jesus no! Please, for the love of god, keep the squabbling twosome, French and Germany out of GCAP! An attempt to meld the two will utterly compromise the design, as the French will insist on something a third smaller for carrier compatibilities sake.... The Japanese, British ( to a lesser...
by Jensy
11 Mar 2024, 21:18
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950220
United Kingdom

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Open call from the CEO of Airbus to merge GCAP with SCAF... https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/11/airbus-chief-warns-europe-war-russia-second-trump-presidency Faury said: “We need to cooperate between European countries, including the UK, because we are in businesses where scale matters. ...
by Jensy
04 Mar 2024, 18:32
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15441
Views: 4408695
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Historical problems faced by QE carriers.... https://www.forces.net/qe-class-aircraft-carriers/teething-troubles-problems-faced-crews-royal-navys-two-carriers QE sailing delayed https://www.forces.net/services/navy/hms-queen-elizabeth-due-depart-portsmouth-monday-repairs Two very good adverts for b...
by Jensy
02 Mar 2024, 15:27
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
Replies: 479
Views: 49344
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Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)

Let's hope NMH doesn't end up as the second worse. Blackhawk is the only contender that's been designed for battle rather than being a civvy painted green. Should be an easy pick. Pity none of the contenders went for a full Union Flag paint scheme... Seems to have worked in the past. Suspect if Bla...
by Jensy
29 Feb 2024, 19:33
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15441
Views: 4408695
United Kingdom

Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

I know its the Daily Mail but... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13138221/Britains-cash-strapped-Navy-forced-sell-aircraft-carrier-HMS-Prince-Wales.html Last night, Mr Wallace said: 'For the last 20 years the UK's Armed Forces have not been able to deliver to Nato what they have claimed. M...
by Jensy
29 Feb 2024, 18:01
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15441
Views: 4408695
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

I know its the Daily Mail but... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13138221/Britains-cash-strapped-Navy-forced-sell-aircraft-carrier-HMS-Prince-Wales.html Last night, Mr Wallace said: 'For the last 20 years the UK's Armed Forces have not been able to deliver to Nato what they have claimed. M...
by Jensy
29 Feb 2024, 14:59
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
Replies: 479
Views: 49344
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Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)

PS Thatcher was correct, Westlands should have gone to Sikorsky and Puma should have stayed French. Can blame the perfidious dog murderer, Heseltine for that.... Not to delve too deeply into alt-history, but feel Sikorsky would have been a far better long-time partner for Westland. Lots of success ...