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by Jake1992
28 Jul 2022, 15:08
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: POLAND
Replies: 122
Views: 13174
United Kingdom

Re: POLAND

So it’ll be seen once again as we know best and do the opposite of other nations. The opposite? We've been near the top of defence spending in NATO as a % of GDP and sum amount for decades. What has Poland been doing for the last 30 years? I am not saying that should be putting any or all increase ...
by Jake1992
28 Jul 2022, 10:41
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: POLAND
Replies: 122
Views: 13174
United Kingdom

Re: POLAND

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/poland-splashes-out-on-korean-arms-due-to-invasion-of-ukraine/?fbclid=IwAR2JKMVfl9nCcimjOBbMJnqDFckiUd7jDk0iFvCZiU3KnBZRHh9A2y7-3Kk So Poland has just gone out a brought 3000 odd armoured vehicles from SK, looking at doubling the size of its army and has committed to...
by Jake1992
27 Jul 2022, 21:56
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: POLAND
Replies: 122
Views: 13174
United Kingdom

Re: POLAND

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/poland-splashes-out-on-korean-arms-due-to-invasion-of-ukraine/?fbclid=IwAR2JKMVfl9nCcimjOBbMJnqDFckiUd7jDk0iFvCZiU3KnBZRHh9A2y7-3Kk So Poland has just gone out a brought 3000 odd armoured vehicles from SK, looking at doubling the size of its army and has committed to ...
by Jake1992
22 Jul 2022, 22:09
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: RN anti-ship missiles
Replies: 1030
Views: 242258
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Re: RN anti-ship missiles

I think the anti ship missile is the supersonic one, the subsonic one is (apparently) a much larger land attack missile. Feels ambitious to have different ones - but what do I know! I thought the whole idea of the project was to make one missile that could do both land attack and anti ship to give ...
by Jake1992
22 Jul 2022, 21:04
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: RN anti-ship missiles
Replies: 1030
Views: 242258
United Kingdom

Re: RN anti-ship missiles

Why on earth subsonic ? I could understand to some degree not pushing for hypersonic but surely they should be be going for a decent supersonic speed since this missile will be expected to be in service well in to the 2050s.
by Jake1992
22 Jul 2022, 17:40
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 324
Views: 123466
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Re: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]

Personally the T83 programme is a test of what the country wants the RN to be over the next 20-30 years. It it wishes to credibly and independently send a task force to take on and expect to defeat a Chinese or (to a lesser extent) Russian force, the T83 needs to be akin to a cruiser in all but nam...
by Jake1992
11 Jul 2022, 19:38
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500733
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

Sure. But first Flight I wasn't launched until 2003 and commissioned in 2006. And last Flight I has been launched but not yet commissioned. First Flight II has nt even been launched yet. Understand your point but I doubt USN would join with RN- we would have to take theirs. So the first of class wo...
by Jake1992
11 Jul 2022, 18:43
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500733
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

There was a throwaway line from the DefSec in the recent defence select committee hearing, which I posted above, that mentioned the possibility of alignment with an ally for replacing the Albions, Bays and Argus: Come 2030, we may be working with another country to see if we can share a cycle of de...
by Jake1992
11 Jul 2022, 17:23
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500733
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Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

There was a throwaway line from the DefSec in the recent defence select committee hearing, which I posted above, that mentioned the possibility of alignment with an ally for replacing the Albions, Bays and Argus: Come 2030, we may be working with another country to see if we can share a cycle of de...
by Jake1992
15 Jun 2022, 15:02
Forum: British Army
Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Replies: 2802
Views: 715116
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Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)

[quote=Jake1992 post_id=140963 time=<a href="tel:1655295727">1655295727</a> user_id=1084] Tracked boxer has several things running in its favour - 1- the industrial benifits that will likely arise from the uk ordering a larger number of it and it’s wheeled counterpart 2- the commonality i...
by Jake1992
15 Jun 2022, 13:22
Forum: British Army
Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Replies: 2802
Views: 715116
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Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)

I do wonder though with the problems Ajax is in and how Lord Jim said above the possibility of consolidating nearly all Boxer manufacturing to the UK, if the army will seriously consider the tracked Boxer in place of Ajax. It’ll give industrial benifits, solve the on going Ajax issues by getting ri...
by Jake1992
15 Jun 2022, 12:05
Forum: British Army
Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Replies: 2802
Views: 715116
United Kingdom

Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)

I do wonder though with the problems Ajax is in and how Lord Jim said above the possibility of consolidating nearly all Boxer manufacturing to the UK, if the army will seriously consider the tracked Boxer in place of Ajax. It’ll give industrial benifits, solve the on going Ajax issues by getting rid...
by Jake1992
14 Jun 2022, 19:58
Forum: British Army
Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Replies: 2802
Views: 715116
United Kingdom

Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)

While I like the idea the current concepts look rough and so ugly to me.
by Jake1992
19 May 2022, 19:08
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
Replies: 5411
Views: 1420774
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Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)

Creating a UK coast guard will only take money away from the RN reducing the number of hulls, impacting training and command opportunities and what’s more leave a gap where the current OPVs fulfil escort duties for foreign warships sailing through the EEZ and surveillance. I think it depends on wha...
by Jake1992
17 May 2022, 20:18
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500733
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

In meantime this news and the concept of it is very interesting and it's not same uber expensive project wich will need years of R&D also the weapons systems are in Royal Navy inventory namely the Aster 15/30 missile https://t.co/txZLh9SzzC I have often wondered what benifits these offer over a...
by Jake1992
15 May 2022, 17:10
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500733
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

With the talk up thread around T32 and or MRSS being fixated around unmanned system would it be time to look at dusting off the old UXV concept for the T32s and pair them with a number of LPDs ? The reason I always come back to LPDs overs LPHs or LHDs is I just don’t see the RN wanting to put the po...
by Jake1992
11 May 2022, 06:58
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500733
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

The USMC have discontinued there interest in v-247. Why would such a capability need to operate of a frigate? They did but they have now reinstated the program. I’m not say it would be needed off a frigate but rather the V-247 with its size and vertical take off ability allows for such ie it doesn’...
by Jake1992
10 May 2022, 21:17
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500733
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

It is interesting but the V-247 offers a similar capability while being able to operate off any vessel that can operate a merlin At what cost? IMO the rate of attrition of these drones is going to be very high especially when used against a peer or near peer adversary. As such, the cost of each dro...
by Jake1992
10 May 2022, 17:32
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500733
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/indo-pacific-2022/2022/05/general-atomics-unveils-mq-9b-stol-for-small-flat-tops/ Very interesting development. This is one of the reasons why the MRSS needs much more careful thought than the standard LPD or LSD type designs. Is STOL drones the future? Perhaps ...
by Jake1992
09 May 2022, 20:39
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Replies: 19147
Views: 7057836
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Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion

It is entirely of the RN own decisions despite being warned repeatedly they went onward they got what they wanted. They sacrificed escort numbers on the alter of carrier strike because as they repeated it was about task group operations not individual ship deployments anymore, they wanted exquisite...
by Jake1992
09 May 2022, 18:35
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Replies: 19147
Views: 7057836
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion

It is entirely of the RN own decisions despite being warned repeatedly they went onward they got what they wanted. They sacrificed escort numbers on the alter of carrier strike because as they repeated it was about task group operations not individual ship deployments anymore, they wanted exquisite...
by Jake1992
30 Apr 2022, 14:17
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 5461
Views: 1465087
United Kingdom

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

The Mission bay might be useful as RN develop UAV / USV / USuV. Which is why I hope they first replace the mushrooms with more modern VLS to make best use of that space. Looking at the 3 variants they should be able to fit up to 48 Mk41s in the forward section alone, if then mid ship mushrooms are ...
by Jake1992
22 Apr 2022, 14:39
Forum: British Army
Topic: RBSL Challenger 3 (Future) Main Battle Tank (British Army)
Replies: 349
Views: 65053
United Kingdom

Re: RBSL Challenger 3 (Future) Main Battle Tank (British Army)

Boris said today that they plan to give Poland Tanks to back fill what they are giving to Ukrain, where the hell are these tanks coming from it’s not like we have hundreds to spare.
by Jake1992
19 Apr 2022, 21:29
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500733
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

This is exactly the type of capability RN needs for the FCF and next generation Amphibious Ops IMO. I’m surprised RN aren’t actively involved in this program or something very similar. Clearly, keeping costs within reasonable limits is paramount. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/v-247-tiltroto...
by Jake1992
14 Apr 2022, 16:20
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: USA Armed Forces
Replies: 2089
Views: 108875
United Kingdom

Re: USA Armed Forces

USMC squadrons are not traditionally tasked with air defence but to provide ground support to the Marines engaged on the ground. Air defence comes for the USN's Carriers further off shore. What maximising the number of F-5s on one or more of their LHDs will do is increase the amount of support avai...