new guy wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 16:05

I doubt it, it will be kicked into the long grass for the next government to try and figure out how to pay for it....

My guess is the whole thing will be reduced to a rolling lease deal for a minimum number of medium helicopters

Sigh. No reputable source has said the Type 31's will be getting Mk41's with ExLs. Hence it is a figment of imagination. How the Poles and Saudi's configure their ships has fuck all to do with it. Why do you have to be so obnoxious? How the Saudis and Poles configure their ships is very relevant. T...

Maybe that's the tempest demonstration model that base are going to use as test in a couple of years but the GCAP model will be totally different in future IDK to be honest, I thought of that too, but we have already seen the 10m+ inlets for the tempest demonstrator and I don't think those will fit...

Maybe that's the tempest demonstration model that base are going to use as test in a couple of years but the GCAP model will be totally different in future IDK to be honest, I thought of that too, but we have already seen the 10m+ inlets for the tempest demonstrator and I don't think those will fit...

Well if you follow through on his suggestion the outcome would just be sending the extra 2% straight to the states. In many instances this is exactly what is required. • Double the P8 fleet • Double Wedgetail procurement • Double Protector procurement • Add Sea Guardian or similar ideally STOL • Pu...

Maybe that's the tempest demonstration model that base are going to use as test in a couple of years but the GCAP model will be totally different in future IDK to be honest, I thought of that too, but we have already seen the 10m+ inlets for the tempest demonstrator and I don't think those will fit...

You can always rely on Mr Page to contradict himself and miss the point entirely. Perhaps but it’s raises at least one interesting question. If U.K. Defence Spending rises to 4% or 5% of GDP what is the plan to implement such a huge increase in spending. “Britain must rearm”……great but none of the ...

An update on setting up the organisational structure of the GCAP entity https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/gcap-industry-partners-70-through-negotiations-bae-official-says/156682.article I like this bit : We are looking at setting up a single entity that is authorised to act on behalf of the thre...

The fact that South Africa has cozied up to Russia and China is a concern as with the Suez blocked this is the only real alternative way to get goods to Europe in a timely manner. Well, the SA government has gone to hell in a handcart, how they have the nerve to criticise others when rampaging corr...

Have the Huthis attacked anything not connected to the US/UK by the way? Of the 22 ships attacked so far, 5 were warships (US,UK, France), so I'll leave them out The rest are owned by companies, with shareholders from all over. Ascertaining ownership is difficult and likely to come up with small pe...

Lol. How authoritative! Carnegie thinktank of course being literal Washington beltway foreign policy cabal insiders who desperately want to go back to the 1950s but instead see even the status quo slipping away in front of them.. All that's left is the UK hugging the US extra tight and spinning the...

https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1751175348153151947 This decision needs to be reversed, to at least the original out of service date of 2043, otherwise we will have only 13 frigates with a 15+ miles Sea Ceptor missiles, without the necessary radar for longer range missiles and the gap in Typ...

https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/91466 UK-EU Security Cooperation After Ukraine As in most things defence related, the UK led the way in Europe over Ukraine, while the cumbersome and slow EU dithered. The current issue of the Yemen is another example, the EU is slow as molasses to react, w...

I'm Thinking NMH didn't stand for "New Medium Helicopter", it stood for "North Macedonia Helicopter"... We helped them choose :thumbup: The whole of the MoD is FUBAR right now. I can't see any light at the end of this tunnel... :cry: "North Macedonia Helicopter" Hilari...

I notice lots of criticism around the bazars about the weapons outload on RN vessels (lately aboutT45 HMS Diamond), with same commentators staying strangely silent on the lesser outload of allied vessels. https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1749359803112083484 So far only USN and RN have sent sh...

At least some can make a decision... https://twitter.com/GarethJennings3/status/1749781750358692161 I think this particular can is being kicked down the road and left with next government to sort out. It will invariably be delayed again until SDSR2025 has had it's say. So Puma will have to lump on ...

Surely Egypt are not going to object? The houthi attacks are on shipping that use the suez canal, if this effects shipping wont it effect Egypts income? You don’t even need Egypt if it came to it. They can transit Israeli airspace as they have done for the past 3300 days for attacks in Syria and Ir...

The impossible is possible after all. https://twitter.com/alibunkallsky/status/1749559452477411483?s=61&t=-w58-AqEK8dlq02bHexwZA ? everybody knew this was possible. I think he’s responding to my comment that we are at the whim on Egypt / Saudi whether further ops are possible, seems they got aw...

I’m not sure what you mean by additional AAW. Simply that what RN needs is another six T45 as was originally planned. Clearly that’s impossible but 6x T31 with the Iver Huitfeldt upgrades is eminently possible. A mix of CAMM and CAMM MR would give RN a Frigate with perhaps 64x quad packed CAMM and ...

I’m not sure what you mean by additional AAW. Simply that what RN needs is another six T45 as was originally planned. Clearly that’s impossible but 6x T31 with the Iver Huitfeldt upgrades is eminently possible. A mix of CAMM and CAMM MR would give RN a Frigate with perhaps 64x quad packed CAMM and ...

I’m not sure what you mean by additional AAW. Simply that what RN needs is another six T45 as was originally planned. Clearly that’s impossible but 6x T31 with the Iver Huitfeldt upgrades is eminently possible. A mix of CAMM and CAMM MR would give RN a Frigate with perhaps 64x quad packed CAMM and ...

I’m not sure what you mean by additional AAW. Simply that what RN needs is another six T45 as was originally planned. Clearly that’s impossible but 6x T31 with the Iver Huitfeldt upgrades is eminently possible. A mix of CAMM and CAMM MR would give RN a Frigate with perhaps 64x quad packed CAMM and ...

I am not optimistic about KSA placing a follow on order unless price is no barrier. Same thing for another RAF order. Why pay for 4G Typhoon when 5G F-35 is cheaper, especially if F-35A. The peace dividend may be a thing of the past for the UK but that does not mean it is OK to spend extra funding ...

If Type 31 were to come on line with 40 CAMM / CAMM ER and 16 NSM they would be every capable of choke point duties if we then wanted to upgrade them later we could give them Sea Fire radar and fit 16 VLS in place of the forward 40mm for 16 Aster 30 or 64 CAMM Thank god we didn't go with the BAE Sy...

I’m not sure what you mean by additional AAW. Simply that what RN needs is another six T45 as was originally planned. Clearly that’s impossible but 6x T31 with the Iver Huitfeldt upgrades is eminently possible. A mix of CAMM and CAMM MR would give RN a Frigate with perhaps 64x quad packed CAMM and ...