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- 26 Apr 2024, 22:08
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1879054
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
And this is my point LCX dose not move the dial they are to small to carry out the tasks you have listed I don’t agree with that but where I do agree is that the size of the replacements shouldn’t be dictated by the dimensions of the LCVP and LCU. Much depends on the Archer replacements and the fut...
- 26 Apr 2024, 15:57
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
- Replies: 8510
- Views: 2207601
Re: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
I also wonder how well a Type 31 would have done in shooting down an incoming ballistic missile (see latest RN news). I also wonder how it has now become acceptable to fire ballistic missiles at commercial vessels and the only thing that is discussed is the success of shooting it down. It’s difficu...
- 26 Apr 2024, 14:02
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6102
- Views: 1779366
Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
New f35 extended range version
- 26 Apr 2024, 10:48
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: USA Armed Forces
- Replies: 2092
- Views: 113303
Re: USA Armed Forces
https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2024/04/24/here-are-the-two-companies-creating-drone-wingmen-for-the-us-air-force/ The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday announced it selected Anduril and General Atomics to keep designing, building and testing its first batch of drone wingmen known as collaborative co...
- 26 Apr 2024, 10:19
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1937
- Views: 258228
- 25 Apr 2024, 22:08
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future ASW
- Replies: 561
- Views: 184381
- 24 Apr 2024, 23:10
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 894
- Views: 328543
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
I find odd we are putting our gun platform on wheels and our missile platform on tracks. You would think it should be either the other way round or all on wheels Yeah it makes zero sense except someone.got cheque book fever when M270A2 entered the chat. And just to complete the set. The air defence...
- 24 Apr 2024, 21:43
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 894
- Views: 328543
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
I find odd we are putting our gun platform on wheels and our missile platform on tracks. You would think it should be either the other way round or all on wheels
- 24 Apr 2024, 18:57
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9760624
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
I was thinking however about any Norway deal and how the RN could win so here is my thinking Norway commit to 5 ships meaning the build plan goes to 10 ships the RN agrees to giving up ships to Norway as long as they get 6 for the price of 5 from a build plan of 14 ships Norway would get ships 3,5,...
- 23 Apr 2024, 21:06
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1937
- Views: 258228
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
Spend whatever the additional is, on people, infrastructure and munitions not equipment.
- 23 Apr 2024, 19:19
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1937
- Views: 258228
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
So a 0.18% uplift of gdp going by those numbers?
- 23 Apr 2024, 17:34
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 743
- Views: 207585
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
The Israeli harop used in armenia and Iranian shahed 136 that Russia are using in Ukraine all have that range and are launched 5 per shipping container I think.
- 23 Apr 2024, 17:18
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2842
- Views: 789123
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
If I were Typhoon Senior I'd be claiming paternity on the basis of that central intake alone! (Plus the tail and bubble canopy are not that dissimilar) Related question - is there any reason the Batch 1s aren't being gathered up and offered to Ukraine for a pound? A very good point and question... ...
- 23 Apr 2024, 16:16
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2842
- Views: 789123
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Not entirely sure the cam wrap suits typhoon I quite like it. Enough Hawker DNA in the Typhoon to make me think of... well the Typhoon! https://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/Hawker-Typhoon/IMAGES/Hawker-Typhoon-Title.jpg Only bad taste is that ZJ913 isn't long for this world before heading to the ...
- 22 Apr 2024, 23:00
- Forum: Deployments
- Topic: Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory)
- Replies: 246
- Views: 32457
Re: Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory)
Exactly how i see it ! nowt to worry about military speaking, just keep the tiffy flight there to deter any possible harasment I would worry less if we had a couple more aircraft deployed there. If tensions were to ever rise then 4 fighters would be way too few to do a 2 man CAP on 24/7 basis. Also...
- 22 Apr 2024, 19:38
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9760624
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Agree 100% with both posts with the exception of last part re FFBNW. FFBNW was acceptable during period of peace. But with Global tensions rising thanks to Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, together with proxy states, we can no longer risk it to the previous extent. Building one additional of bo...
- 22 Apr 2024, 14:09
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2842
- Views: 789123
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Bit of a video from display team.
Not entirely sure the cam wrap suits typhoon
- 21 Apr 2024, 16:51
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9760624
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
In very high end situations why not use type 31 as a missile barge? If they do end up fitting mk41 at some point fill it with sm3. If it’s within a task group a type 45 or a usn destroyer can do the tracking and sensing. Or if it’s around nato/uk territories let the assure systems do the hard bit. ...
- 21 Apr 2024, 16:00
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9760624
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
...Thanks, so your proposal is to make an expensive AAW version of T31. Integrating SeaViper system into TACTICOS CMS will cost a lot. Adding the required CMS analyses power will cost a lot. And, integrating Aster-30 missile into Mk41 VLS will cost (or your proposal is to locate Sylver A50 VLS in p...
- 21 Apr 2024, 12:14
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1937
- Views: 258228
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
We really need to do something about the southern Caribbean in general, Antigua is just a single issue in a larger picture. A strategy to woo Guyana into using some of their oil money to contribute towards UK forces protecting them against Venezuela as they get stinking rich from the oil in peace w...
- 21 Apr 2024, 11:52
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 743
- Views: 207585
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
Does the arrow(missile) and the sensor need to be co-located for ballistic missile defence? No, this is where technologies like CEC come into play. The UK is an island so a base land capability enhanced when needed by a mobile platforms that can also be used in other regions is critical. That’s mor...
- 21 Apr 2024, 10:28
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 743
- Views: 207585
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
Does the arrow(missile) and the sensor need to be co-located for ballistic missile defence? No, this is where technologies like CEC come into play. The UK is an island so a base land capability enhanced when needed by a mobile platforms that can also be used in other regions is critical. That’s mor...
- 21 Apr 2024, 10:10
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 743
- Views: 207585
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
Does the arrow(missile) and the sensor need to be co-located for ballistic missile defence? No, this is where technologies like CEC come into play. The UK is an island so a base land capability enhanced when needed by a mobile platforms that can also be used in other regions is critical. That’s mor...
- 21 Apr 2024, 09:34
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 743
- Views: 207585
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
Does the arrow(missile) and the sensor need to be co-located for ballistic missile defence?
- 21 Apr 2024, 08:59
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Multi-Role Support Ships (MRSS)
- Replies: 112
- Views: 15475
Re: Multi-Role Support Ships (MRSS)
Would be hugely ironic if Brazil bought the Albions and with ex HMS ocean formed an amphibious ready group! 75th anniversary of nato summit in Washington so they will want to announce something! Just look what happened in wales. Pity their last Type 22s are on their way out... Could have formed an ...