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by abc123
14 Dec 2023, 14:47
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15445
Views: 4410171
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

How good is Mojave for take off or landing when the sea and wind aren't so calm like in this video?
by abc123
11 Dec 2023, 14:17
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Replies: 19147
Views: 7057869
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Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion

IIRC, French ASW FREMMs use Aster 15, not Aster 30. At least Languedoc is.
by abc123
25 Nov 2023, 13:23
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Australian Defence Force
Replies: 2617
Views: 480002
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Re: Australian Defence Force

Poiuytrewq wrote: 24 Nov 2023, 08:34 More Arafura-class progress.


What exactly is the problem with Arafura class?
by abc123
18 Nov 2023, 20:28
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
Replies: 595
Views: 182199
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Re: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)

Equipment is pointless if you can afford to support or sustain it, it just becomes and expensive boondoggle. So, during the last Cold War 1945- 1990, UK was able to have defence spending on average 5-6 percent of the GDP- and surprise, surprise- it didn't bankrupt itself. And today, in the middle o...
by abc123
18 Nov 2023, 20:25
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
Replies: 595
Views: 182199
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Re: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)

That makes no sense. If you don't know, just say so. Oh lighten up..... The point being, the RAF has many thousands of personnel, of course they could fly and mainly 5 aircraft, they obviously wouldn't because probably only 3 would be operational at any one time, with a back up and one in the maint...
by abc123
18 Nov 2023, 20:20
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
Replies: 595
Views: 182199
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Re: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)

Equipment is pointless if you can afford to support or sustain it, it just becomes and expensive boondoggle. So, during the last Cold War 1945- 1990, UK was able to have defence spending on average 5-6 percent of the GDP- and surprise, surprise- it didn't bankrupt itself. And today, in the middle o...
by abc123
17 Nov 2023, 20:32
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
Replies: 595
Views: 182199
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Re: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)

Equipment is pointless if you can afford to support or sustain it, it just becomes and expensive boondoggle. So, during the last Cold War 1945- 1990, UK was able to have defence spending on average 5-6 percent of the GDP- and surprise, surprise- it didn't bankrupt itself. And today, in the middle o...
by abc123
17 Nov 2023, 20:26
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
Replies: 595
Views: 182199
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Re: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)

I wasn't blaming the Americans, just that keeping up with them isn't cheap. Understood, but first tier equipment is absolutely what the RAF should have.... A core aircraft fleet of Poseidon, E7 and Rivet Joint is expensive, but they are at the core of the RAF and each fleet should be available in t...
by abc123
15 Nov 2023, 22:20
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
Replies: 595
Views: 182199
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Re: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)

As the secretary of state told the defence select committee today the cost he has for taking the fleet back up to 5 and supporting them for I assume 10 years is an additional £750m pounds. Do you delete a type 26 to pay for 2 extra aews for example these are the choices that need to be decided. No,...
by abc123
31 Oct 2023, 08:23
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Replies: 2804
Views: 764099
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Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)

Hmm, can Britain sell their own Typhoons to Saudis and order new ones for themselves? Like the French did? Can Germans block that too?
by abc123
26 Oct 2023, 17:06
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Replies: 2804
Views: 764099
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Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)

I'm not 100% convinced Japan really wants to be in the fighter export business from day 1- given the strategic situation a bet their line is flat out supplying the JASDF for the forseeable future. I guess this is part of the industrial discussions now ongoing. And Sweden too might become a new Germ...
by abc123
09 Oct 2023, 19:09
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Australian Defence Force
Replies: 2617
Views: 480002
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Re: Australian Defence Force

All those Mk41 cells will just be too tempting. All these cells need money to be filled with something other than air. And if you do have the money, and the will, then you just buy 3-4 full Burke class ( not Hobarts ), 9+ Hunters ( not this circus ), 6-7-8 SSNs ( with extra funds- not this circus ).
by abc123
07 Oct 2023, 08:35
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
Replies: 392
Views: 155463
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Re: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)

Certainly the RAF appears to have so far treated the A400s a bit like an unwanted step-child.. If you compare the progress of operationalizing it's full capabilities and general activity to France and Germany, the UK has been quite a bit slower in getting stuff like parachuting and air drop task li...
by abc123
07 Oct 2023, 08:32
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Australian Defence Force
Replies: 2617
Views: 480002
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Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]

I wonder, the often mentioned 45 bln. cost for Hunter class, thats for whole life or just construction costs?
by abc123
06 Oct 2023, 13:38
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Australian Defence Force
Replies: 2617
Views: 480002
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Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]

Tempest414 wrote: 06 Oct 2023, 12:39 I think the RAN could build 10 x AH-140 fitted with Australian CMS and radar plus 127mm , 2 x 40mm , 16 Mk-41 and 8 x NSM for about £350 to 400K
If built in Australia, then multiply that by 2 or 3.
by abc123
06 Oct 2023, 13:31
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Australian Defence Force
Replies: 2617
Views: 480002
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Re: Australian Defence Force

But they also keep saying the strategic environment has worse since the late 1930’s. But they don't want to pay for that. I mean, AUKUS deal for Australia is allmost like a Manhattan Project was back then for the US. Something huge, terribly complex with allmost 0 as starting point. That has to cos...
by abc123
06 Oct 2023, 07:24
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Australian Defence Force
Replies: 2617
Views: 480002
United Kingdom

Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]

tomuk wrote: 06 Oct 2023, 07:11 Incoherent gibber.
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by abc123
06 Oct 2023, 06:59
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Australian Defence Force
Replies: 2617
Views: 480002
United Kingdom

Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]

tomuk wrote: 05 Oct 2023, 20:14
Just more nonsense from the Arleigh Burke obsessed Australian Defence Commentariat\Establishment.
If they want Burke's they should have build them in the first place. :crazy:
by abc123
06 Oct 2023, 06:46
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Australian Defence Force
Replies: 2617
Views: 480002
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Re: Australian Defence Force

Lots of strategic bumbling in Australia IMHO. They don't know what they want, and they want it now. :thumbdown:
by abc123
16 Aug 2023, 12:13
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Argentina
Replies: 254
Views: 15805
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Re: Argentina

So, will the UK allow sale of Danish F-16 to Argentina? We will have no choice if the US say so I bet we are now wishing we let the FA-50 offer run the question is what weapons package we can knock them down to I wonder, does the anybody else build damn ejecing seats? Or just Martin Baker? ( outsid...
by abc123
16 Aug 2023, 07:11
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Argentina
Replies: 254
Views: 15805
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Re: Argentina

So, will the UK allow sale of Danish F-16 to Argentina?
by abc123
11 Aug 2023, 13:48
Forum: Deployments
Topic: Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory)
Replies: 239
Views: 27289
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Re: Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory)

This may be useful for this debate. https://youtu.be/wStNLl825bQ Copied from Previous thread to Falklands Islands. So some points to note. The RAF currently have 4 older Typhoons based at Port Stanley. This simulation modelled that a full squadron of 12 newer Typhoons were sent out to Falklands, cr...
by abc123
09 Aug 2023, 14:41
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
Replies: 5411
Views: 1420798
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Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)

Poiuytrewq wrote: 07 Aug 2023, 10:00
abc123 wrote: 07 Aug 2023, 09:26 …that allmost guarantees US on British side…
I wouldn’t count on that.


Why not? It's in their own best interest.
by abc123
07 Aug 2023, 09:30
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
Replies: 5411
Views: 1420798
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Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)

We have far far far more than bare minimum defence spending our defence budget is huge. It dwarfs just about every other country in the world bar a handful. How does it look if you remove the CASD and pensions? but for the nato nations they a criteria for it and both the above are included in that ...
by abc123
07 Aug 2023, 09:26
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
Replies: 5411
Views: 1420798
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Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)

Considering that Argentina was never weaker, I think that River-class as FIGS is quite enough. And, with the Mount Pleasant runway, the Falklands could be signifcantly reinforced with both troops and aircraft within 24 hours. Sufficient to be problematic for any potential invasion force that they a...