The El Khareef corvettes have hybrid propulsion and can be propelled up to 7 or 8 knots with RR electric motor. This enables very quiet running and provides sufficient economy for a decent range (for a corvette). I'm surprised those here haven't leapt on this as an opportunity to increase the Type ...

benny14 wrote:

abc123 wrote:500 millions

Only double? I would go with triple.

No, no, just double. Type 26 was supposed to cost 300-500 mil., it now costs 800-900 mil., so, rule of thumb would be: the number MoD claims x 2.

Well, couldn't they develop that into something better? This is what we do, but with the delay, we are late compared to the US, we do what we can :) http://www.airbus.com/defence/uav.html https://airbus-h.assetsadobe2.com/is/image/content/dam/channel-specific/website-/products-and-services/defence/...

Naval Group is trying to sell two Scorpène to Italy passing under the nose of the Germans, I hope this does not happen and I do not understand the logic of having German and French submarines in the same fleet. https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2018/02/23/french-shipbuilder-to-move-in-on-german-...

Any why not? There's nothing bad in that... It cost Oman £400m for 3 of them, £133m each. It is great news since the Leander is slightly enlarged mostly to give it a mission bay which is a scaled down version of the type 26s, and they are getting most of their armament free from the type 23. They w...

Frenchie wrote:
In fact we had this which is not really a drone MALE.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EADS_Harfang

Well, couldn't they develop that into something better?

IMHO, Trieste would have been a better name.

DWjNRTJWkAAQ_Q6.jpg-large.jpegkhareef.jpg Comparing these two images, it looks like (at least in this "navylookout" image), the gun is 76mm, SAM launcher there (SeaMICA in Khareef and CAMM in Leander), 4-sets of decoy launcher before the bridge (not just slope). Also, roof-hight of the ha...

French and U.S. officials talks about buy ISR pods. The ISR pods would be fitted on the last six Reaper Block 5 drones ordered by France. The Reapers are due to be delivered next year. https://www.defensenews.com/intel-geoint/isr/2018/02/22/france-us-are-negotiating-isr-capability-for-reaper-drones...

RE: the above, my suggestion is that if Thales decides to set up another license-production site in Belorussia, then the decision makers are hauled in front of a court martial - Russian tank modernisation prgrms would be nowhere without thousands of first rate thermal sights from the first factory ...

ArmChairCivvy wrote:Anything more heard of this rumoured Mig-35 manufactiring (to be started) in the UAE?

The Piaggio P.1HH HammerHead is under construction, in 8 units for the UAE https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/uae-announced-as-first-export-customer-for-hammerhea-422929/ https://www.flightglobal.com/assets/getasset.aspx?itemid=66196 P.2HH is an evolution in progress, with a greater wingspa...

haven't bothered to count these new modernisation contracts lately ( and of course, they are just being awarded- not finished ), so big part of the units will be in plain old T-72/BMP-1/2. I agree that it is getting boring; esp. when there are production restarts of the old models (e.g. BMP-3, some...

Same thing for torpedos and ASROCs. You still think that I'm arguing something that I'm not. I am fully in favour of ASROC, because you need something to cover the times when the helicopter isn't available. I'm also not saying "don't equip surface ships with torpedos". What I AM saying is...

2 out of 4 teams getting money bring non American designs, actually. Type 26 was never going to figure in that programme because there is no Type 26 complete, in the water and proven, which is what the USN required. BAE was out of the race as soon as that was specified . Man would expect that the U...

Is it just me but the RN appears to be far keener to simply get new hulls in the water that actually have ships with full combat capability, with most being kitted out so that that will operate well below their true potential. Now don't get me wrong this is better than no new platforms, but the RN ...

ArmChairCivvy wrote: Goliatzya

You mean 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV?

Never mind that, let's see this example: so, you have a car that breaks down oftenly, but you had say no problems with tires. So, you will put out of trunk a spare tyre and tool to change her, because last time you had battery problems? So I give an example of the experience of, arguably, the best ...

... and where did I draw my 2000 (instead of 3000) from, just a tad above? Tally up modernisation and limited "new production" orders together. Not to say that some of the revamped models would not be potent fighting machines! Yeah, something like that, I haven't bothered to count these n...

Lord Jim wrote: When it comes to military matter, Germany is an embarrassment to NATO.

3000 tanks and something like 800 combat aircrafts Make it 2000 and 650... but - hey! - in fact we agree :) Maybe, who knows, I was thinking on active units ( best case scenario ) that they can effectivly deploy somewhere with some effect, not reserves that haven't seen the tank/APC last 10-20 years.

Thanks Frenchie. Would be great to see comparable stats for the UK, USA, Russia, China etc if anyone has it. Thanks You do not have to thank me it makes me happy to participate in the life of the forum :thumbup: I can not find anything about Russia, only propaganda, but even if Russia has inherited...

Remind me again, how many submarines did we sink with torpedos in 82? I know we "sunk" three whales (IIRC we had to apply retrospectively to the IWC for a whaling quota). Early on, Santa Fe was damaged by two depth charges (dropped from a helicopter), an AS-12 (helicopter?) and strafed (B...

Coming from a Brit, that's really gold... :clap: :D Will someone tell that to Argentinians? :lol: Tell them what, that Argentina was created from Spanish colonialism? Of course, but that don't change the fact that UK is probably the last country that should condemn other countries because of coloni...

From French source, currently, the German army officially has 244 heavy tanks type Leopard 2 in service. But if the international situation deteriorates suddenly and it has to maneuver its armored units, the Bundeswehr could only align 95 combat capable, the equivalent of two battalions (and an ava...