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- 17 Apr 2024, 10:46
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 768247
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Airbus are selling quite a significant number of airliners to India at present with considerable high level contact. It can all be part of the same conversation
- 17 Apr 2024, 10:02
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19261
- Views: 9364032
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
This isn't the topic to discuss the Type 31. Posts deleted. Fair enough, though it was in the context of T26 numbers, and a desire from some to fill in any gap to sell to Norway with cheap T31s. I guess I will have to wait once more for someone to explain what is the priority requirement for GP fri...
- 15 Apr 2024, 22:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 60
- Views: 468
Re: Labour's likely defence policy
For defence it all boils down to the same thing regardless of which party is in power. It needs to formulate its plans and live within its means. That’s being at a min 2% of gdp because both will maintain the nato target. It will float somewhere between that and 2.5% which it has for sometime now. H...
- 15 Apr 2024, 22:06
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1812538
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
You would need to overlook where the linage of commandos come from in 41 formed for the raids on the Norwegian and French coasts. Why start the clock in 1941? The commando raids and the invasion of Norway was all Britain could achieve at the time and Churchill wanted “action this day”. RM needs to ...
- 15 Apr 2024, 20:15
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5658
- Views: 1478442
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Will the Norwegians really want to replace 4 (+ scrapped Helge Ingstad) GP frigates with 5 ASW? They, more than many, appreciate the Russian threat but is that enough to so radically change their approach to fleet composition? It's not as if they currently have a mix of frigate types. The cynic in ...
- 15 Apr 2024, 20:05
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5658
- Views: 1478442
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
We will have a smaller fleet of specialists and potiential a larger group of all rounders in the middle. No sure that’s adequate. If funding remains roughly static a more balanced approach is the likely outcome IMO. - 8x T45/T83 - 8x T26 - 8x T31/T32 The cruiser idea for makes little sense for mult...
- 15 Apr 2024, 19:26
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1812538
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
You would need to overlook where the linage of commandos come from in 41 formed for the raids on the Norwegian and French coasts. Why start the clock in 1941? The commando raids and the invasion of Norway was all Britain could achieve at the time and Churchill wanted “action this day”. RM needs to ...
- 15 Apr 2024, 19:21
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5658
- Views: 1478442
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
We will have a smaller fleet of specialists and potiential a larger group of all rounders in the middle.
They aren’t and I don’t think Australia will buy corvettes either.
- 15 Apr 2024, 18:21
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5658
- Views: 1478442
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/04/15/bae-pushes-to-delay-royal-navy-frigate-to-prioritise-norway/ BAE pushes to delay Royal Navy frigate to prioritise Norway deal Bid to sell submarine-hunting warships to Norway hinges on Royal Navy accepting delays This is completely impossible the T23 ...
- 15 Apr 2024, 18:15
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1812538
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
They have been the UKs leads artic and mountain warfare specialists since the war. Apologise to be nit picky but the RM post-war were a sort of East of Suez reserve and only took on the NATO ‘Northern Flank’ following the withdrawal of EoS. My less than honourable opinion with the Army looking like...
- 15 Apr 2024, 10:57
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5658
- Views: 1478442
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Bloody hell, what a choice to make. Nice to see the UK government ham fisted approach to the Type 26 coming back to kick us in the ass again. That positive note I had yesterday lasted less than 24 hours. A British bid to sell submarine-hunting warships to Norway cannot go ahead unless the Royal Nav...
- 15 Apr 2024, 10:15
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5658
- Views: 1478442
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
It’s how the likes of the French operate to keep yards open and expand user base. If we are serious about exports and the industrial base it’s what we need to do as well.
- 15 Apr 2024, 09:25
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5658
- Views: 1478442
- 14 Apr 2024, 20:36
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5658
- Views: 1478442
- 14 Apr 2024, 20:09
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5658
- Views: 1478442
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
It did have an asw focus but then the Soviet navy was significantly orders of magnitude bigger and more competent than russias today. It was also being done by ships much more like a type 31/FDI type configuration than a type 26 or even a type 23. The majority of the Cold War ASW frigates were the ...
- 14 Apr 2024, 19:03
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1889
- Views: 243322
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
We do have air defence assets and a fully integrated network. There is anti drone stuf, starstreak, camm, and aster. The real question is how much of it are you prepared to say is to be kept to be deployed around the uk or sent overseas or do we need more of it. We have 6 type 45s are we to say 3 w...
- 14 Apr 2024, 18:53
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5658
- Views: 1478442
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
No one else is doing ship based asw the way we are, they’re not all wrong nor is how we are doing it the only way or better, thats your bias. Australia has already scaled back Canada will like do so too when production contracts come to pass. ASW counter is increasing going back underwater The RN s...
- 14 Apr 2024, 18:39
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1889
- Views: 243322
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
We do have air defence assets and a fully integrated network. There is anti drone stuf, starstreak, camm, and aster. The real question is how much of it are you prepared to say is to be kept to be deployed around the uk or sent overseas or do we need more of it. We have 6 type 45s are we to say 3 w...
- 14 Apr 2024, 16:56
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5658
- Views: 1478442
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
That’s just your bias coming out, off it must be this because I like it. If your principally fighting Russia the answer at sea it will largely be our submarines and maritime patrol aircraft in the Atlantic. The Russian submarines beyond there ssbns are largely some modern ssks not ssns. Most of it ...
- 14 Apr 2024, 14:40
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1889
- Views: 243322
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
We do have air defence assets and a fully integrated network. There is anti drone stuf, starstreak, camm, and aster. The real question is how much of it are you prepared to say is to be kept to be deployed around the uk or sent overseas or do we need more of it. We have 6 type 45s are we to say 3 wi...
- 14 Apr 2024, 14:26
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5658
- Views: 1478442
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
On the flip side there are people on this forum who think TAS equipped GP frigates or AAW Destroyers add nothing to the ASW picture which is also wrong. I don't think anyone here thinks a GP frigate with a TAS can be as good as a ASW frigate at one on one ops or even 2 on 1 ops but they can add to ...
- 14 Apr 2024, 13:01
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5658
- Views: 1478442
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
On the flip side there are people on this forum who think TAS equipped GP frigates or AAW Destroyers add nothing to the ASW picture which is also wrong. I don't think anyone here thinks a GP frigate with a TAS can be as good as a ASW frigate at one on one ops or even 2 on 1 ops but they can add to ...
- 14 Apr 2024, 12:46
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 768247
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Typhoon actively engaged a number of drones as part of coalition efforts.
- 14 Apr 2024, 11:22
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 768247
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
It’s been more than 4 since 2015.
- 13 Apr 2024, 23:40
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 768247