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by SW1
21 Aug 2021, 14:46
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)
Replies: 1307
Views: 59974
United Kingdom

Re: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)

What does that actually mean a global player, For me it is an acknowledgment that things that impact the UK doesn’t stop at the channel, and as such being a Global Player means having options to influence events around the globe and protect your interests. As a Global Player we should be engaged as...
by SW1
21 Aug 2021, 09:50
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Replies: 19147
Views: 7057572
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion

Tempest414 wrote:For me if the UK wants to be a global player going forward
What does that actually mean a global player, beyond a nice slogan the governments come up with to mean not eu.
by SW1
21 Aug 2021, 09:02
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Replies: 19147
Views: 7057572
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion

And on your priority list the one you highlight as your second priority is the only priority because all your other ones are mute without it. Possibly, but “U.K. defence” needs to start outside of the Atlantic. Having the ability to strike at those that want to strike you, forces them to think abou...
by SW1
20 Aug 2021, 20:58
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: USA Armed Forces
Replies: 2089
Views: 108858
United Kingdom

Re: USA Armed Forces

by SW1
20 Aug 2021, 17:04
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Replies: 19147
Views: 7057572
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion

I would say that the main lesson from Afghanistan is that the UK cannot rely solely on the US to project influence on the main stage. To be a credible enabler it needs to be able to wield credible level of power (not necessarily at scale), and logistics, to act as a nucleus for future coalitions of...
by SW1
20 Aug 2021, 12:51
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: German Armed Forces
Replies: 593
Views: 42378
United Kingdom

Re: German Armed Forces

Some interesting stuff on the German operation in Kabul



by SW1
19 Aug 2021, 20:12
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)
Replies: 1307
Views: 59974
United Kingdom

Re: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)

https://twitter.com/bbcpolitics/status/1427933549529747458?s=21 https://twitter.com/bbcpolitics/status/1427933549529747458?s=21 Has she been asleep since suez? What did she do to decrease our dependance on the US when she was PM? Probably most of them have been. Most likely nothing But doesn’t make...
by SW1
19 Aug 2021, 08:44
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)
Replies: 1307
Views: 59974
United Kingdom

Re: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)

https://twitter.com/bbcpolitics/status/1427933549529747458?s=21 https://twitter.com/bbcpolitics/status/1427933549529747458?s=21 Has she been asleep since suez? What did she do to decrease our dependance on the US when she was PM? Probably most of them have been. Most likely nothing But doesn’t make...
by SW1
18 Aug 2021, 15:39
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)
Replies: 1307
Views: 59974
United Kingdom

Re: Integrated Review (previously SDSR 2020)

Lack of funding and ambition in our armed forces (remember the “first tier or not” discussions) were very much part of her premiership also. I do and I think she wouldnt use the term perhaps investing less in rhetoric, maybe she knew then capabilities actually were failing in over ambition not a la...
by SW1
18 Aug 2021, 13:44
Forum: Conflicts
Topic: Afghanistan - 2021 Taliban offensive
Replies: 33
Views: 2381
United Kingdom

Re: Afghanistan - 2021 Taliban offensive

They shouldn’t be in this position but there doing a great job

by SW1
16 Aug 2021, 10:38
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
Replies: 1842
Views: 184068
United Kingdom

Re: General UK Defence Discussion

I hope this is seared into the minds of all political classes for a long time https://twitter.com/thepagey/status/1427177944569483264?s=21 I hope also that all those who have been to or affected by Afghanistan are getting all the help they can at present it must be very difficult to process. Those t...
by SW1
15 Aug 2021, 21:19
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
Replies: 1842
Views: 184068
United Kingdom

Re: General UK Defence Discussion

https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/twelve-dilemmas-behind-uks-afghan-defeat There is anxiety in Whitehall about an Afghanistan inquiry. But this inquiry will not be like the 12-volume Chilcot report on UK involvement in Iraq. Nobody is alleging malign intent but there is a...
by SW1
15 Aug 2021, 09:57
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
Replies: 1842
Views: 184068
United Kingdom

Re: General UK Defence Discussion

A lot of people working seriously hard this weekend

by SW1
14 Aug 2021, 22:04
Forum: Deployments
Topic: Caribbean
Replies: 94
Views: 9872
United Kingdom

Re: Caribbean

Haiti appears to be in desperate trouble again https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-58215631 A powerful earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti, killing at least 227 people. The 7.2-magnitude quake hit the west of the country on Saturday morning, toppling and damaging buildings...
by SW1
14 Aug 2021, 09:43
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Replies: 2804
Views: 764006
United Kingdom

Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)

by SW1
12 Aug 2021, 20:07
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
Replies: 1842
Views: 184068
United Kingdom

Re: General UK Defence Discussion

U.K. deploying 16 air assault to evacuate afghan embassy

by SW1
12 Aug 2021, 16:06
Forum: British Army
Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Replies: 2802
Views: 715043
United Kingdom

Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)

https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/land-amphibious/8557-defence-rejects-reported-boxer-crv-roadblocks/amp?__twitter_impression=true “Defence has a process in place to consider placing projects as a project of concern via Independent Assurance Reviews. There has been no suggestion or recommendation th...
by SW1
11 Aug 2021, 09:08
Forum: British Army
Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Replies: 2802
Views: 715043
United Kingdom

Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)

Sounds like the Australians are also fond of requirement creep.