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by SW1
16 Apr 2021, 21:47
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The future form of the Army
Replies: 642
Views: 115262
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Re: The future form of the Army

Well of course, but the point being you would withdraw and disengage if a light brigade came across such a force and attempt to fight on your ground not push fwd. Anti tank missiles gives them a limited capability against tanks but if that’s what your expecting or likely to face you send the heavy ...
by SW1
16 Apr 2021, 21:08
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The future form of the Army
Replies: 642
Views: 115262
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Re: The future form of the Army

Would 30mm cannon and or anti tank missiles not be sufficient for the light brigade they’re not expected to be going toe to toe with heavy armour in open country. Who gets a say in what or where an army has to fight? I’m not following your point The enemy gets a say in any engagement, so you cannot...
by SW1
16 Apr 2021, 20:57
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The future form of the Army
Replies: 642
Views: 115262
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Re: The future form of the Army

mr.fred wrote:
SW1 wrote:Would 30mm cannon and or anti tank missiles not be sufficient for the light brigade they’re not expected to be going toe to toe with heavy armour in open country.
Who gets a say in what or where an army has to fight?
I’m not following your point
by SW1
16 Apr 2021, 15:16
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The future form of the Army
Replies: 642
Views: 115262
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Re: The future form of the Army

Would 30mm cannon and or anti tank missiles not be sufficient for the light brigade they’re not expected to be going toe to toe with heavy armour in open country.
by SW1
15 Apr 2021, 19:52
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15445
Views: 4410145
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

This will bring a flood of comments https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14651188/navys-hms-queen-elizabeth-leak/ THE Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier has sprung a leak — just weeks before she sets off on her maiden round-the-world voyage. Thousands of gallons of salt water flooded the 65,000-ton HMS Queen...
by SW1
15 Apr 2021, 13:14
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The future form of the Army
Replies: 642
Views: 115262
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Re: The future form of the Army

That’s certainly stretching the definition of light.
by SW1
13 Apr 2021, 18:42
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Puma Helicopter (RAF)
Replies: 380
Views: 89624
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Re: Puma Helicopter (RAF)

https://www.janes.com/amp/leonardo-to-unveil-uk-new-medium-helicopter-demonstrator/ZnlJK3dHVU9mZ28xajRJVkc5dVI5VFp1cVMwPQ2?__twitter_impression=true Leonardo is to unveil a demonstrator helicopter at its Yeovil plant in Somerset in May to spearhead its bid to win the UK’s recently announced New Medi...
by SW1
11 Apr 2021, 23:06
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: USA Armed Forces
Replies: 2089
Views: 108876
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Re: USA Armed Forces

It may look similar but the F15ex has significant structural and system changes.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3 ... agle-sales
by SW1
11 Apr 2021, 16:44
Forum: Deployments
Topic: Caribbean
Replies: 94
Views: 9873
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Re: Caribbean

Are we offering any assistance looks pretty grim https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-56707956 There has been another "explosive event" at a volcano on the Caribbean island of St Vincent, with power outages and water supplies cut off. The La Soufrière volcano first erupted on Fri...
by SW1
10 Apr 2021, 18:15
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: South Korea
Replies: 217
Views: 15404
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Re: South Korea

There is significant cross over technology between military and civil aviation. As in many other fields as well. And as you pick up scale, you can do things "on the side". The EU abdicated its negotiation powers for China to be let into the WTO (the US did the talking) - all of the condit...
by SW1
10 Apr 2021, 17:27
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: South Korea
Replies: 217
Views: 15404
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Re: South Korea

We as a country have a significantly bigger aerospace expertise base and yet we keep being told we can’t do it. That is true, but there is a different focus for that (expanding) base in S. Korea Military- directed R&D in bns to the comma and millions to the decimal point, in 2017 United States$...
by SW1
10 Apr 2021, 16:28
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: South Korea
Replies: 217
Views: 15404
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Re: South Korea

South Korea have taken a leaf out of Sweden’s book with both the KUH helicopter and the KF fighter. Buy in the sub systems you need get the expertise were you need it but design and integrate the overall product. Well done to them. We as a country have a significantly bigger aerospace expertise base...
by SW1
09 Apr 2021, 18:49
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: South Korea
Replies: 217
Views: 15404
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Re: South Korea

by SW1
08 Apr 2021, 10:28
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 951196
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

https://teamtempest.podbean.com/e/episode-2-–-check-information-advantage/ With the title ‘Global Britain in a Competitive Age’, the Integrated Review has been described as the most radical assessment of the UK’s place in the world since the end of the Cold War and reveals a seismic shift in emphasi...
by SW1
08 Apr 2021, 10:27
Forum: British Army
Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Replies: 2802
Views: 715117
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Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)

I’d be hoping that the mrvp program is more future variants of foxhound and jackal.
by SW1
07 Apr 2021, 13:12
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Airbus A321 (RAF)
Replies: 55
Views: 17072
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Re: Airbus A321 (RAF)

Taking the foreign secretary out it would appear

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fore ... ooperation
by SW1
07 Apr 2021, 11:38
Forum: British Army
Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Replies: 2802
Views: 715117
United Kingdom

Re: Only heavy and light; where did Medium disappear to? Or did we get Medium-heavy and Light-medium

It’s a gd question about medium. The mantra for its need over the last 20 years has been around its deployability advantage. I guess though when the vehicles you ordered for it are now all touching the scales at around 40 tonnes you can only describe them as heavy. The strike concept I’ve read remai...
by SW1
06 Apr 2021, 13:06
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Ocean Class Helicopter Carrier (LPH) (1998-2018) (ex RN)
Replies: 1195
Views: 366911
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Re: Ocean Class Helicopter Carrier (LPH) (1998-2018) (ex RN)

Littoral strike ship going from strength to strength

by SW1
06 Apr 2021, 09:01
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)
Replies: 1307
Views: 59977
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Re: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)

What baffles me is that as the 4 bns are (initially) drawn from the Special Inf. bns, somehow 5 x 350 transforms into 4 x 200 ... was the forming of the 5 bns still only in process, or will there be training teams housed also in other brigades? It is becoming a tad clearer now: "The new Specia...
by SW1
06 Apr 2021, 08:28
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)
Replies: 1307
Views: 59977
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Re: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)

They may or may not be, we just don't know what the new Ranger Regiment will be, how it will operate and be equipped. We know the Specialist Infantry Group is going to provide the manpower and that it may retain the latter's role to train the militaries of allied nations, but very little beyond tha...
by SW1
05 Apr 2021, 18:30
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)
Replies: 1307
Views: 59977
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Re: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)

But the way I read it about the rangers was they are really about training and operating with local forces in a upstream conflict prevention type role. Didn’t really seeing them operating with air mobile brigade. So are the Rangers not sitting somewhere between the SF and Paras. For me we need to s...
by SW1
05 Apr 2021, 18:09
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Syrian Conflict
Replies: 13
Views: 1059
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Re: Syrian Conflict