On the flip side there are people on this forum who think TAS equipped GP frigates or AAW Destroyers add nothing to the ASW picture which is also wrong. I don't think anyone here thinks a GP frigate with a TAS can be as good as a ASW frigate at one on one ops or even 2 on 1 ops but they can add to ...

Typhoon actively engaged a number of drones as part of coalition efforts.

It’s been more than 4 since 2015.

Report in the Torygraph that Bae at Govan have now deployed the radical unheard of innovation called Robotic Welding to “recover lost time on batch 1 of T26 and make up for a shortage of welders” Personally, were I a welder with a choice between working outside under a tarp in the Scottish winter, ...

I think an interesting example of a company type operation by the Royal Marines and type of ship required for it , is the 2002 45 commando company deployment for operation anaconda. Where HMS ocean was used to deploy the company by chinook from the Indian Ocean into bagram and was support by Hercule...

Even with the substantial hike in defence spending, is the Royal Norwegian Navy realistically going to be able to afford 5 x T26? It seems to me that it might be worth them considering either a 2 + 3 or a 3 + 2 mix with T31. Alternatively, 5 x FREMM or similar. 5 FDI or joining the new danish navy ...

Even with the substantial hike in defence spending, is the Royal Norwegian Navy realistically going to be able to afford 5 x T26? It seems to me that it might be worth them considering either a 2 + 3 or a 3 + 2 mix with T31. Alternatively, 5 x FREMM or similar. 5 FDI or joining the new danish navy ...

I think your scale and mine in each of these brackets is very very different. The top and bottom would be much much smaller than yours and middle similar…. The scale that I propose is in recognition of the possibility of a peer on peer clash and the inevitable attrition that would follow. It would ...

They already are doing your first point. The armed forces are regularly exercising in the area and maintaining various commitments in the JEF area. Completely agree but what if the exercise lasted 6 months or one year? It’s easy to frame an exercise around what you know you can achieve. The logisti...

If you’re saying the army has too many unsupported light infantry units yes it does if it’s serious about being a warfighting force against high end opponents. Exactly. What I am suggesting is a structure that works for what the Army can contribute today. The Army is currently planning to rebuild o...

“What will win any war in the the high North will Logistics and we know that is a big failing in the Russian army 2 years into a major land war and there still not on top of it” If this is the lesson we need to heed then surely we should be significantly expanding our current supporting arms just t...

If this is the lesson we need to heed then surely we should be significantly expanding our current supporting arms just to support the current units we have or make them significantly logistically lighter or both. Considering the amount of light Infantry the British Army has available is it possibl...

“What will win any war in the the high North will Logistics and we know that is a big failing in the Russian army 2 years into a major land war and there still not on top of it” If this is the lesson we need to heed then surely we should be significantly expanding our current supporting arms just t...

“What will win any war in the the high North will Logistics and we know that is a big failing in the Russian army 2 years into a major land war and there still not on top of it” If this is the lesson we need to heed then surely we should be significantly expanding our current supporting arms just t...

“What will win any war in the the high North will Logistics and we know that is a big failing in the Russian army 2 years into a major land war and there still not on top of it” If this is the lesson we need to heed then surely we should be significantly expanding our current supporting arms just to...

The war winning assets are other things that we would contribute. You win by ensuring the fighting never starts. Completely agree. More deployable Divisions will help in that endeavour. The Cold War was eventually won by isolating and fragmenting the politics of the communist block and bankrupting ...

You can fight and win a battle using a division and can still lose the war. Having the ability to fight in a divisional structure is very different to deploying two divisions. What use are British Army Divisions if you can’t deploy them? Providing the Divisional HQ’s for other countries Brigades is...

Why does the army need two deployable divisions? What’s the alternative if you want to win against a peer? I don’t think that’s how you win against Russia or any peer we would face. Really? When did the U.K. or US ever win against a peer without using the Divisional structure? You can fight and win...

That’s not a limited capability anyway you care to cut it. Especially when considering that two Wildcats fit in a Frigate/Destroyer hanger. With additional funding so much more could be squeezed out of the Wildcats. Add a couple of these to operate with it https://youtu.be/14y-HSda38Q?si=yPLVvWBE_a...

Poiuytrewq wrote: ↑06 Apr 2024, 18:47

SW1 wrote: ↑06 Apr 2024, 16:23 Why does the army need two deployable divisions?

What’s the alternative if you want to win against a peer?

I don’t think that’s how you win against Russia or any peer we would face.

I’ve also read that the Wildcats cannot carry dipping sonar and torpedoes at the same time due to weight limitations. https://youtu.be/evfy2-0FpmE?si=GZ2DerbC7ZtxWkJd https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2017/february-2017-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-techno...

And you can have the exactly same dipping sonar and processing system that is on merlin on wildcat now. The South Koreans bought it. Thales sell it as compact flash basically they used new materials, replaced hydraulics with electrics to reduce the weight and shrink. And a much shorter cable so no,...

We would have intelligence and surveillance to give us warning. We knew about Ukraine long before the attack happened. That gives you time to respond if you choose to heed the warnings. It’s not infallible. If a neighbour regularly exercises at scale on the border what is to stop a deep incursion a...

Investment in frigates, submarines and a reinforcement of the national air defence system to include missile defence sounds like a gd idea to me. It will be interesting to see if the Frigates and Submarines take a decade to build and commission like they do in the U.K. In the same place as they wer...