And where's the 5" gun?

Can’t disagree with that as a choice, my daughter did her MA there

It would certainly seem like a good idea to team up with some academic institutions. There are a lot of good Universities in the North

SW1 wrote: ↑01 Aug 2022, 17:43 No that’s your poor interpretation of what I said.

Then you made your point very poorly indeed and, from your response, clearly misunderstood mine.

But never mind. It's happened before

So, according to you, everything is 100% American. We had no input into the design, aren't a Tier 1 partner, manufacture none of the components and make/ have made absolutely no money out of sales?

try changing or adding something without there say so! Bet u don’t get very far But that wasn't the point - the UK did have quite a role in developing the fundamental technology that was used in the F35. Our "£2 billion investment" in the F35 program, that got us Tier 1 status, was mainly...

Plus other modules like MCM , ASW , mine laying For me, this is where any "wartime" utility would lie, taking on the role of the WW2 Harbour patrol launches. Inshore ASW was one of their primary functions, but that could be expanded considerably with modern technology. Any armaments would...

Not entirely

Sorry - should have specified - those were maximum ballistic range. Effective range is said to be 2.75km for the Oerlikon and 2km for the Bushmaster - the Oerlikon was originally an AA gun, so it can supposedly manage 650rpm vs 200 rpm for the Bushmaster. The Bushmaster is however considered more ef...

Probably something to do with it taking all the space used by the Mk41 VLS

Oh! Errrr........OK!

Though I was being somewhat tongue-in-cheek, it did occur to me that they might be quite useful in the training role. There is plenty to be gained from simply practicing processes and procedures while tied up at the dockside. Presumably the principles of reactor management are similar, regardless of...

Well, at some point both the B1s and the Archers will need replacing in approximately the same time frame, so maybe that is the point at which we rationalise both Home waters patrol and URNU into two better-suited classes. My thoughts were fourteen 15m (or possibly 18m) SEA-class boats with an adapt...

The RN acquired 72 DS30Bs and (so far) 38 DS30Ms, so we have plenty of the former for use on auxiliaries (2 on each existing vessel would be 22 systems, with maybe another 18-20 reserved for future vessels), with some left over for the B1 OPVs (though they probably don't need much more than a single...

Jensy wrote: ↑29 Jul 2022, 17:54 Though my main point was that Italy would appear to be getting serious about their role in the programme.

When they joined the project, Italy committed EUR 2 billion to Tempest - is this genuine new money, or is it moving some of that previous commitment to the left?

I would think that the B1 Rivers/ Echo would get recycled DS30B mounts, rather than the DS30Ms off the T23s - they will likely go to the T26s as they come on line (and maybe the T45s will get some). Presumably the Oerlikon-based Bs will eventually go out of service in favour of the Bushmaster-based ...

I would have said that it is more likely that Trenchant and Talent are commissioned into the Australian Navy, than that Oz goes cap in hand to the French

I thought the GAM-B01 20mm was being removed from RN service?

- Smerch rockets might be a bit ask (who else than Russia and India uses them?) I think India might possibly manufacture them. I found this quote: The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) of the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD), Rosoboronexport, and Splav signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form ...

- Smerch rockets might be a bit ask (who else than Russia and India uses them?) I think India might possibly manufacture them. I found this quote: The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) of the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD), Rosoboronexport, and Splav signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form ...

"Hauser, now a venture capital investor in a series of UK tech companies, sold his shareholding in Arm in 2016 when it was bought by Japan’s SoftBank" so I would say that both the proceeds that went to him as well as his vision are serving the UK well. I'm sure he's a very talented man - ...

If he was so keen to keep ARM in the UK, why did he sell it to Softbank. I would really have liked to keep my ARM shares, but the sale was forced, so I had no option. I made some money, yes, but I would have preferred to have kept my investments long-term.

This all sounds a little bit like the old "Antipodal Bomber" concept!

I remember the Siege (actually the seizure) of Mecca by the self-proclaimed Mahdi and his followers. The Saudi armed forces were quite heroic in the recapture, on one occasion, assaulting the central sanctuary armed only with knives, as they had not yet been given permission to carry firearms by the...

I think the "Future Offensive Surface Weapon" is supposed to go in the Mk 41 - there is no mention of deck launchers for the T26. Presumably the FOSW will end up being whatever FC/ASW turns out as. At the current build rate, we have a while before we need to make any decisions about other ...

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