Throwing some light on the use of saltwater resistant aluminium alloy and its problems it caused. In 1983 saw some photographs of one of the Landing ship Tanks post Buff cove. it showed how the internal aluminium bulkhead had failed. They were not used for watertight integrity but surprisingly for c...

The problem is that our career politicians have been someone's special adviser, assistant or lobbyist having little experience outside Westminster bubble. Therefore defence is a low priority. Our political masters priority it to get re-elected this means N.H.S pensions education. The 1922 committee ...

When talking to Ex Sheffield crew members sent to stone frigate in Gibraltar shortly after. There complains about cost cutting in the build Multiple cables passing through bulkheads with poor packing Use of plastic pipes . The use of saltwater resistant alloys for internal construction as well as th...

Hopefully the SDDR will be not treasury driven as per 2010. That the review is driven by need balanced by the risk. The review is though measured and financed. The finances left for head room, reserves and underspend on a contracts in the year end but committed to a longer contracts .be retained by ...

The question is how much of the P8 mission equipment was common to Nimrod. If salvaged and kept from the T.S.R.2 style public destruction of the Nimrod airframes. Can salvaged new equipment be used on the P8? That may explain the order less then the published price. Should the order be twelve as quo...

The ships will be brought into service now. Its Air wing that needs built up. So by the mid to late 2020s they will be effective carriers

The purchase of the Maritime Patrol Aircraft would be feasible with little change from U.S. Navy aircraft as per the Rivet Joint Aircraft imbedded in U. S. maintenance program. But the lack of air to air refuelling would have to be addressed Some of the two point Voyager aircraft would need to be ou...

If possible D.F.I.D could purchase three of the five tailless C17 for the R.A.F this would speed up aid response time and not have to wait for commercial lift spots as at present Then the Helicopters would have been lifted to Nepal in days!

The M.P.A requirement should follow the C17 procurement path with 8 to 12 aircraft. With an initial buy of 4 aircraft. Then aircraft bought 1 or 2 at a time as the Seadcorn personnel are expanded. This would allow the M. P. A. fleet to be affordable in a very tight defence budget