No every effort should be made to have the T-31e based on a large enough platform so that it can evolve over its service life, it should not be diluted into becoming a "Super" River. If the RN actually has a need for an up gunned OPV then it should look to modifying the B2 Rivers for that ...

Taking a step back it is interesting that people complain that the T-31e has been the result of a reduction in the number of high end escorts and now we have suggestions to use the B2 River to reduce or replace the T-31 reducing the option for the Rm to have a medium threat level platform that could...

As a starting point I would give the Army Wildcats the same "Wings" as the Navy version and issue LMM as an initial load out. Update the EO set up to improve observation and targeting and include a laser for the LMM. Find a nice Gun Pod for at least a .50 cal. and you've gat yourself a doa...

I understand that but here we are talking about Tankers, no Ro-Ros and such like. So to be safe shall we say any vessels owned, crewed or an the register of vessels earmarked for STUFT

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The demise of the Northrop led land based F-18, was a bone of contention between them and McDonald Douglas, as the former were supposed to be the lead for land based sales, but the latter broke the agreement. The land based version was far lighter and had an airframe stressed to 9G unlike the FA-18....

28? Is that all the Wildcats they have? That's doesn't seem anything like enough. Surely that's a hefty reduction on the number of Lynx they had. You think the FAA has had a severe reduction in numbers take a look at how many the AAC has been reduced by with the Wildcat replacing all the lynx AH-7,...

So all we need is for the MoD to realise that the B2 Rivers could do more than just being OPVs, use some of the money from the pot the FLSS is possibly gong to be funded from to increase the capability of the five ships, and the RN will have five vessels able to carry out many more mission types inc...

Are the RAN equipping their planned SS with an AIP system?

Well that one way to make a littoral combat boat

The set up on the T-26 was deemed adequate when designed as rotary UAVs were not the size they have evolved into. Simply look at the original Fire Scout compared the Jet Ranger based platform it has become. IN addition the RN requirement was for a hanger that could house a Merlin. The RAN uses the S...

No I don't and never said I did. Reliant did what it said on the tin, providing an auxiliary aviation platform, based on years of research by the USN, and it was one of their kits form their development programme we used to convert Reliant. Was it perfect no, it was basically a wartime conversion ki...

I also see the4 T-31e as a "Stop Gap". of sorts. The programme I have put forward is one that covers construction through to the 2040s where the Escort fleet is basically around 20 T=26 with 10 hulls aimed at ASW but with a full suite of capabilities, and 10 hulls aimed at AAW but again a ...

According to the Danish Navy, the Iver Huitfledt class are capable ASW platforms compared to those operated by other navies. With the T-26 you are paying for he absolute best, most uncompromising ASW hull and machinery you can buy but the overall high cost of the platform is the result. A platform l...

I a UK context it does point to the need for the ability to be able to ship larger formations into theatre and have smaller platforms to the conduct of offensive action from the sea. In other words we would need sufficient RFA and contracted platforms to quickly move a full brigade to say Norway in ...

The question was asked as to whether it was justifies taking naval action over a UK flagged tanker. Well reading the letter section in a national news paper it was stated that the revenue generated to the UK Treasury from a UK flagged vessels that was not actually owned by a UK company nor crewed by...

In order for us to take on their coastal missile batteries, they would have to have already started using them - so no, we wouldn't have started the fight. No they wouldn't. Just like we have taken out hostile GBAD in the past as a prelude to conducting other combat missions, we would have to take ...

Are you suggesting that the Hunter class is not as advanced as the baseline type 26 in asw operations or just more capable in other areas? Far from it, the Hunter Class is a more balanced design in my opinion, adding more capability to the already top tier ASW capability of the baseline T-46. I bel...

Isn't that what Storm Shadow and T-LAM are for? F35 as well. We have no interest in invading Iran, but we could certainly leave them regretting that they started a fight. But that is the point, it will be us who actually starts the fight. Iran will be happy simply causing chaos in the Straits and c...

Trying to keep track of everything said so here goes. I wasn't saying that the more capable T-31e would replace the T-26 in Carrier Groups but that it would be capable of operating effectively within them, something the baseline design cannot really do. The desire to be able to improve the T-31e wou...

I am not saying that HMG has given Iran Carte Blanche, at least not by choice. At present we a very vulnerable to the methods Iran is using and any effective counter would require a serious escalation of he situation, something the UK must avoid. By choice we have decided not to team up with the USN...

Like all of the MoD's procurement programmes, there is an urgent need scrap the current "Green Book" rules and allow multi year funding. This would especially benefit ship building for the navy and also point the way forward for a drumbeat approach to warship building. Both of these points...

Iran is more than capable of effectively turning the Straits into a no go zone for merchant shipping if pushed. Its economy is already wrecked by the US imposed sanction so the closing of the straits will not effect hem half as badly as other countries. It has literally hundreds of shore based AShMs...

2x ARG and 2x CSG is at best a long term goal and would take a serious increase in funding for both the hardware and manpower, and will take a fair amount of time to come to fruition. In the medium term the Royal Navy should look to have a single CSG available at all times and be able to generate th...

We do seem to have a preference for dealing with Germany when it comes to European co-operation on ground based systems these days. If we get the JLTVs for the price originally mentioned they will be an absolute bargain, but little has been released regarding secondary costs. Regarding the Boxer, th...