Joint Harrier was a disaster. Invincibles usually just deployed with helo's at that time.
One of the many "benefits" of Naval Aviation being owned by the RAF.
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- 30 Mar 2024, 15:07
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6102
- Views: 1777182
- 30 Mar 2024, 15:05
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9756982
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
20-25 year service life should be a pretty standard goal. They shouldn’t be doing mid life upgrades either. They should be big enough and simple enough with an open architecture command system to have relatively straight fwd capability insertion periodically at relatively short dry docking periods ...
- 30 Mar 2024, 15:03
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9756982
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
there is the fact that the T31's are not intended to have a long service life (in the RN). A) is that a fact B) is that realistic ? A good life plan would be 20 years with a mid life upgrade at 10 years pretty much written into the NSS - that the purpose of the type31 is to reduce service life to g...
- 30 Mar 2024, 14:51
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 743
- Views: 206373
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
The missile in service with France in the MANPADS role is Mistral, which is heat-seeking. Startreak (and Martlet) are command to line of sight guided and as such somewhat more capable against drones. So possibly that? Martlet is a Navy air to ground missile. I think you mean LMM. Very similar missi...
- 30 Mar 2024, 12:35
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6102
- Views: 1777182
- 28 Mar 2024, 13:06
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Project Mosquito / Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA)
- Replies: 128
- Views: 40127
Re: Project Mosquito / Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA)
This I understood: UK RAF Seeking More Advanced Autonomous Collaborative Platforms Tony Osborne March 27, 2024 LONDON–The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is hoping to field an attritable autonomous collaborative platform (ACP) to operate and provide mass to its combat aircraft fleets by 2030, the service’s...
- 28 Mar 2024, 12:39
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: Airlander Airship
- Replies: 73
- Views: 11109
Re: Airlander Airship
Same fkkrs that started this whole CF.
- 28 Mar 2024, 12:36
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15455
- Views: 4473951
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
His initials are SW
- 28 Mar 2024, 12:25
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Project Mosquito / Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA)
- Replies: 128
- Views: 40127
- 27 Mar 2024, 12:52
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: Airlander Airship
- Replies: 73
- Views: 11109
Re: Airlander Airship
Send a big balloon over a war zone. Sounds a good idea (eyes roll).
- 27 Mar 2024, 12:47
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5715
- Views: 1501001
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
It's not like they are getting in the way of the hundreds of workers swarming all over the ship.
- 27 Mar 2024, 12:46
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 1996
- Views: 571686
Re: Type 45 Destroyer (Daring Class) (RN) [News Only]
Not the carriers huh?
And yes, they should get a decent ECM system installed,
And yes, they should get a decent ECM system installed,
- 26 Mar 2024, 13:02
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1876958
- 25 Mar 2024, 16:04
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 1002191
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
If I could have given that comment 10 thumbs up, I would have
- 25 Mar 2024, 15:49
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 1002191
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...
- 25 Mar 2024, 14:30
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1876958
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Russian aggression would likely not take the forms of a traditional invasion of nato countries. Potential disruption could be greater think back to fuel protests of the last decade or so as an example instead disruption to money transfer or payment systems for weeks. Or attacks against infrastructu...
- 25 Mar 2024, 14:26
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 1002191
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...
- 25 Mar 2024, 13:03
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 1002191
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
peaking of cost-effectiveness, assuming the F-35/22 R&D costs were an outlier, and it can be kept reasonable with GCAP, hopefully the unit cost at the very least can be kept well below the F-35 (which recently went up). Not a hope in hell and by the way, F-35 purchase price is cheaper than its ...
- 25 Mar 2024, 12:52
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 1002191
- 25 Mar 2024, 12:51
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 1002191
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Pretty sure the Admiralty wanted the Phantom. I would.mrclark303 wrote: ↑24 Mar 2024, 22:34 F35B is effectively a modern take on P1154 the Admiralty wanted 60 years ago
- 25 Mar 2024, 12:49
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 1002191
- 25 Mar 2024, 12:46
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
- Replies: 2826
- Views: 750478
Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
I'd rather see a turreted mortar (NEMO or AMOS) on a CV90 than anything else. More mobile, better protected. Doesn't reward GD UK for shitty performance on Ajax & Morpheus.
- 24 Mar 2024, 13:02
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6102
- Views: 1777182
Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
I don't think it was ever intended for F-35B to operate just from CV. The original program name was Future Carrier Borne Aircraft (FCBA). The RAF swung into action and stole the program, renaming it to Joint Combat Aircraft. Idiot politicians let them get away with it, more than happy for RAF inter...
- 24 Mar 2024, 12:52
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1876958
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
It’s dumb beyond belief that selling or removing a carrier is actually a discussion, only in the UK Three reasons: RAF, RAF owning Naval Aviation, & Russian trolls (including those on the UK's left wing). I find it amusing that since writing that he didn't want to turn this into an anti-carrier...
- 22 Mar 2024, 13:07
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 1002191
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:
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.”