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by malcrf
08 Mar 2018, 13:23
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Replies: 19147
Views: 7056363
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Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion

Halidon wrote:
dmereifield wrote:Any thoughts bout T31 names? I'd like them to go with something geographical again
Still holding out for the "unpronounceable class."
Indefatigable
Ossory
Belliqueux
Ranelagh
Pendennis
Can I add Foudroyant and Temeraire? Might also annoy our neighbours a little!
by malcrf
05 Jul 2017, 13:01
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8469
Views: 2142449
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Re: Type 31 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]

I do like the look of these. A new Leander class perhaps. If only we could get 10+ of these........................order 1 a year and just keep building (like the US with the Arleigh Burkes).
by malcrf
28 Mar 2017, 06:30
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950489
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft General Discussion

What's wrong with incremental development of the Typhoon?

It seems a pretty good platform, and surely has potential for further development.
by malcrf
26 Oct 2016, 06:37
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your National Naval Requirement
Replies: 73
Views: 3396
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Re: Your National Naval Requirement

shark bait wrote:defiantly needs
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by malcrf
01 Feb 2016, 12:52
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 5461
Views: 1464672
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Re: UK's Future T26 Frigate.

jonas wrote:Though if she hadn't been overwhelmed by the weather, she would have instead been sunk by ourselves. She was a gutted burned out wreck.
To say that she was 'put out of the fight' makes it sound as though she could have lived to fight another day, not so.
Spot-on!
by malcrf
23 Dec 2015, 04:37
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8469
Views: 2142449
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Re: Future Light Frigate

Type 23 is probably the best example of a platform that's kept it's edge over many years of hard service. Precisely because it's big enough to accommodate new systems and grow over time. But the Type 23 is not that big, and neither was the Type 22 (another decent ship I think), so why can't an FLF ...
by malcrf
16 Dec 2015, 04:28
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8469
Views: 2142449
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Re: Future Light Frigate

isc75 wrote:I don't know if anybody's seen the latest update to BMTs Venator 110! It now feature's a 5 inch gun, 8 SSM, a 24 cell caam launcher and what appears to be an artisan radar. I wonder if this the basis for the future light frigate?
I like the cut of her jib!
by malcrf
29 Nov 2015, 05:15
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8469
Views: 2142449
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Re: Future Light Frigate

I think all major surface combatants should have a VLS. The MK41 gives flexibility and future proofs the platform. With MK41 you have a massive growth margin, with a wide choice of weapons ready to fit under an UOR. Because it is relatively simple to use them to add new capabilities, through life u...
by malcrf
27 Nov 2015, 16:48
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 5461
Views: 1464672
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Re: UK's Future T26 Frigate.

Perhaps the survivability of the crew is the first consideration ,which ship and its defensive systems would be likely to survive an attack ,even the types of steel can vary as per USS Cole which would of had more significant damage if not for its ballistic steel Don't get me wrong, I want the crew...
by malcrf
27 Nov 2015, 16:45
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 5461
Views: 1464672
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Re: UK's Future T26 Frigate.

you're obviously a huge fan (or Danish). I just struggle with the size of our current armed forces and firmly believe that we get the balance between quantity and qualiity wrong. I'm just not convinced that always having small numbers of the gilt edged solution works for us, particularly when we th...
by malcrf
27 Nov 2015, 13:23
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 5461
Views: 1464672
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Re: UK's Future T26 Frigate.

The exocet did not sink HMS Sheffield. She was hit on 4th May 1982 and remained afloat until 10th May 1982 (6 days), when under tow from HMS Yarmouth on a course heading to South Georgia, she flooded in high seas and sank. As a consequence of her sinking, HMS Sheffield became a war grave and is des...
by malcrf
27 Nov 2015, 08:25
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8469
Views: 2142449
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Re: Future Light Frigate

Ron5 wrote:I also can't help wonder if the "lighter" frigate is unspoken challenge to Bae i.e. get your build costs down on the 8 and we'll buy more than an additional 5. Or maybe that's (my) wishful thinking :-)
I do hope you're right. I'd far rather have 13 (or 19 please) T26s
by malcrf
26 Nov 2015, 08:48
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 5461
Views: 1464672
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Re: UK's Future T26 Frigate.

HMS Sheffield (D80) sank because of a slow leak while she was being towed to South Georgia by HMS Yarmouth (F101). The exocet did not sink her. A quick Google yields "On May 4, Sheffield was detected by Argentine Super Etendard which launched its Exocet missile, hitting the ship above the wate...
by malcrf
26 Nov 2015, 06:09
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 5461
Views: 1464672
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Re: UK's Future T26 Frigate.

I ask this because I don't know, but is the concept of survivability a bit flawed? After all Exocets and unguided bombs seemed perfectly capable of sinking our T42s and T21s. They didn't limp home for repairs. They weren't capable of continuing the fight. They sank. The T21 may have been a flawed de...
by malcrf
26 Nov 2015, 05:48
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8469
Views: 2142449
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Re: Future Light Frigate

1st Sea Lord said "credible" frigates. So no Venator, Rolls-Royce PB's, or Danish rip offs need to apply So you don't think the Iver Huidveldts are credible? You seem to be advocating for a................................................T26! I thought the idea behind a light frigate was s...
by malcrf
25 Nov 2015, 09:31
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8469
Views: 2142449
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Re: Future Light Frigate

For me either the Absalon or the Iver Huidveldts would be great, if not the RR Miecznik.
by malcrf
24 Nov 2015, 07:58
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8469
Views: 2142449
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Re: Future Light Frigate

As long as we get 13 T26 I wouldn't mind a few of these:

http://www.defence24.com/260172,dsei-20 ... nik-design

Perhaps built at non BAE yards like Cammell Laird
by malcrf
23 Nov 2015, 06:24
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: Future UK Maritime Patrol Options
Replies: 1217
Views: 456908
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Re: Future UK Maritime Patrol Options

Gabriele wrote:If any aircraft that is not P-8 has good answers to these problems, it is welcome.

But for what i can see, no other candidate checks all the boxes.
P1?
by malcrf
23 Nov 2015, 06:22
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: Future UK Maritime Patrol Options
Replies: 1217
Views: 456908
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Re: Future UK Maritime Patrol Options

If you settle for a "frankenstein" C-130 solution you are alone every step of the way onwards. That's where the Nimrod nightmare comes in. Or the Challenger 2 rifled, 2-piece ammo nightmare. Choose the one you like the most. I thought the Nimrod nightmare was the hand manufactured airfram...
by malcrf
23 Nov 2015, 06:20
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: Future UK Maritime Patrol Options
Replies: 1217
Views: 456908
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Re: Future UK Maritime Patrol Options

jonas wrote:At least they won't have to keep sending their aircraft to the UK, every time we get a scare over some foreign boat in our waters
I thought it was a French Atlantique that's currently helping us look for a Russian sub?
by malcrf
22 Nov 2015, 12:17
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: Future UK Maritime Patrol Options
Replies: 1217
Views: 456908
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Re: Future UK Maritime Patrol Options

I notice that unfortunately this article seems to corroborate the previously reported stuff about P-8 not being a done deal. Fortunately. Much as I want an MPA asap, just buying the P8 for, well what reason? Because our trans-atlantic cousins build it? I think we have to recognise the financial cir...
by malcrf
19 Nov 2015, 08:37
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SDSR 2015 General News & Discussion
Replies: 632
Views: 27651
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Re: SDSR 2015 / "Defence Cuts" General News & Discussion

The Armchair Soldier wrote:
From the Defence Editor of The Times.
Follow the UK Defence Forum on Twitter: @UKDefenceForum

Let's hope so..................
by malcrf
17 Nov 2015, 17:34
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SDSR 2015 General News & Discussion
Replies: 632
Views: 27651
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Re: SDSR 2015 / "Defence Cuts" General News & Discussion

Lugzy wrote: multi roll asset
Surely not a great attribute for a ship?!
by malcrf
08 Nov 2015, 10:27
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Replies: 2804
Views: 763637
United Kingdom

Re: Typhoon

My feeling is that if the squadrons are kept until then, it'll be easier to try and get the Treasury to allow further F-35s purchases. If the number of squadrons really drops to 6 right away, it'll be much harder to ever rebuild from that number. Exactly! something is needed in the interim before w...
by malcrf
06 Nov 2015, 13:51
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Replies: 2804
Views: 763637
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Re: Typhoon

Tinman wrote:I would rather see a extra Sqn of tranche 3 bought.
Because that would cost less than keeping the T1s?