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by Timmymagic
08 Dec 2023, 22:01
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
Replies: 6067
Views: 1723860
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Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)

This is just stupid, firstly there's no money, secondly there's a desperate requirement to fill up carriers in a time of war and thirdly it would fook up Tempest... Why does this idea keep getting rolled out every year??? https://twitter.com/nicholadrummond/status/1733087811304116578 I've reached t...
by Timmymagic
07 Dec 2023, 08:57
Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
Topic: Hill Helicopters
Replies: 12
Views: 3068
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Re: Hill Helicopters

If they can certify it and build it at that price....they'll sell a thousand +....best intentions etc... https://twitter.com/HillHelicopters/status/1732450434650968485 https://twitter.com/HillHelicopters/status/1732483063857222106 https://twitter.com/HillHelicopters/status/1732482615687471235 https:...
by Timmymagic
06 Dec 2023, 09:21
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
Replies: 6067
Views: 1723860
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Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)

892 NAS would be fitting as they already have lightning in the crest and nice motto. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTbH0TQH-jlT6xCrPz6eDll_8ow3tJUq9QOOI7BYbdY8-wSuJJNWe7Nm6aWR0NRdg86kFQ&usqp=CAU I would still prefer for the next one, if there to be one, 800 or 801 NAS. Bu...
by Timmymagic
05 Dec 2023, 14:41
Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
Topic: Hill Helicopters
Replies: 12
Views: 3068
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Re: Hill Helicopters

Looks promising...

by Timmymagic
03 Dec 2023, 14:53
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
Replies: 1271
Views: 456252
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Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)

new guy wrote: 03 Dec 2023, 11:29 It does with MK54.
HAAWC has entered IOC but only a handful have been produced to date...it took 10 years for it to arrive. Other aspects of high altitude ASW are yet to be delivered...
by Timmymagic
03 Dec 2023, 10:55
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
Replies: 1271
Views: 456252
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Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)

tomuk wrote: 01 Dec 2023, 20:40 On P8 because it flies higher than Nimrod you can't just drop the torpedo it needs wings.
And yet 10 years after P-8's IOC it still does not have that capability...
by Timmymagic
03 Dec 2023, 10:54
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
Replies: 1271
Views: 456252
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Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)

Wow actually a sound and sensible decision! Truth is it never made any sense to use Mk.54. It seriously underperforms compared to Stingray Mod 1, and torpedo's are massively expensive....we've got literally hundreds of Stingray in stock already...with T26 not getting MTLS we've got huge numbers of ...
by Timmymagic
01 Dec 2023, 08:27
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
Replies: 1271
Views: 456252
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Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)

Wow actually a sound and sensible decision! Truth is it never made any sense to use Mk.54. It seriously underperforms compared to Stingray Mod 1, and torpedo's are massively expensive....we've got literally hundreds of Stingray in stock already...with T26 not getting MTLS we've got huge numbers of ...
by Timmymagic
30 Nov 2023, 13:49
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
Replies: 1271
Views: 456252
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Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)

G White wrote: 30 Nov 2023, 13:13 Not seen this before - Stingray for Poseidon

https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/ra ... don-fleet/
The interesting thing will be if a wing kit is developed for it....
by Timmymagic
29 Nov 2023, 08:57
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
Replies: 6067
Views: 1723860
United Kingdom

Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)

I think it's time to start looking at the delivery times of F-35 vs tempest. Tempest with deliveries starting 2035, how quickly will our F-35B Batch 2 order arrive? Is the +27 jets worth it? Used as delay overlap? Batch 3? Larger Batch 2? All important questions. I don't put this against tempest, j...
by Timmymagic
23 Nov 2023, 16:36
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Swedish Armed Forces
Replies: 238
Views: 22219
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Re: Swedish Armed Forces

Is that Saab's way if saying UK mod should have chosen Saab instead of Boeing, 😂 Think they're well aware that that ship has sailed, as has NATO's fleet replacement. But...there is the potential of a couple of sales for the Scandinavia/Baltic region as a joint fleet..Poland will inevitably get Glob...
by Timmymagic
23 Nov 2023, 11:51
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: New Zealand Defence Force
Replies: 619
Views: 38478
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Re: New Zealand Defence Force

Finally a clear, up close, look at the CAMM installation.

by Timmymagic
22 Nov 2023, 11:26
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: New Zealand Defence Force
Replies: 619
Views: 38478
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Re: New Zealand Defence Force

new guy wrote: 05 Nov 2023, 14:36 what need is there for 127mm for NZ?
They already operate it so they could just transfer the guns over. No need for new gun, training etc.
by Timmymagic
19 Nov 2023, 09:26
Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
Topic: MBDA (UK)
Replies: 310
Views: 26598
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Re: MBDA (UK)

*[action]* zoom in on the different VLS *[/end.action]* It's 3 x standalone ExLS, for 9 cells total. With quadpacking that will be 36 missiles. With 5 Visby Class, test missiles and small number of reloads/spares its likely the Swedish Navy's order will be for at least 250 missiles. With more to co...
by Timmymagic
15 Nov 2023, 20:22
Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
Topic: MBDA (UK)
Replies: 310
Views: 26598
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Re: MBDA (UK)

Earlier today MBDA published some news....then later withdrew and said it was a mistake.....sounds like they pushed the publish button a little too soon....contract signed with Swedish FMV...suspect they need to announce to Parliament first... Looks like CAMM for Sweden....on the Visby Class... Ther...
by Timmymagic
06 Nov 2023, 15:02
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950353
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Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

Just to note that that article is by Justin Bronk....

The UK's David Axe...
by Timmymagic
01 Nov 2023, 11:38
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Replies: 2804
Views: 763551
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Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)

I doubt the line will close anytime soon. Deliveries to Qatar have only just started. Plus 38 for Germany and 20 for Spain. The RAF could use a small tranche 4 buy to keep things ticking over, money allowing The final assembly will after Qatar. But the operation delivering components will continue,...
by Timmymagic
31 Oct 2023, 11:40
Forum: Conflicts
Topic: The war in Ukraine
Replies: 1163
Views: 85555
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Re: The war in Ukraine

Looks like 3rd Seperate Assault Brigade have managed to get an ex-British Army CET on the secondhand market...

I wonder if it was this one...

https://tanks-alot.co.uk/product/combat ... actor-cet/

by Timmymagic
27 Oct 2023, 11:25
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Replies: 2804
Views: 763551
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Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)

Sweden has a long reputation for selling weapons to anyone with a big enough wallet. And Sweden too might become a new Germany, if they have a veto right about Tempest... Sweden are not in Tempest/GCAP. In fact their membership in the wider FCAS technology programme is pretty much on hold at present.
by Timmymagic
24 Oct 2023, 12:41
Forum: British Army
Topic: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)
Replies: 612
Views: 211826
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Re: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)

We also need to take into account that Brimstone will be used by land vehicles in the overwatch role so the extra 2500 to 3000 could have been dished out to the brigades 500 each Correct. The order would have needed an extra production line set up as well. MBDA already have the capability to produc...
by Timmymagic
24 Oct 2023, 10:32
Forum: British Army
Topic: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)
Replies: 612
Views: 211826
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Re: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)

Absolute insanity. This decision is so wrongheaded it requires urgent explanation as to why the Industrial strategy for UKPLC was circumvented in this way. If there is a plausible explanation why not share it with the taxpayers? They will claim risks around integration, particularly now the whole '...
by Timmymagic
24 Oct 2023, 08:44
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Replies: 2804
Views: 763551
United Kingdom

Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)

SD67 wrote: 23 Oct 2023, 23:16 Don't rationalise

They, France, came from 10 down and won

Too many unproductive people on the payroll here
Luckily for Tempest those unproductive people will all be on the other side....
by Timmymagic
24 Oct 2023, 08:41
Forum: British Army
Topic: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)
Replies: 612
Views: 211826
United Kingdom

Re: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)

new guy wrote: 23 Oct 2023, 22:43 We could have gotten 15,000 brimstone for that price.
This is MoD vileness embodied.
Brimstone isn't that cheap....

It would have been 6,000 missiles instead of 3,000....
by Timmymagic
24 Oct 2023, 08:40
Forum: British Army
Topic: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)
Replies: 612
Views: 211826
United Kingdom

Re: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)

What happens when you don’t pony up the £70m to integrate brimstone you sign up to a $1 billion dollar order for munitions from America. Industrial strategy in action. https://www.dsca.mil/sites/default/files/mas/Press%20Release%20-%20UK%2022-68%20CN_0.pdf WASHINGTON, October 23, 2023 - The State D...
by Timmymagic
20 Oct 2023, 14:56
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: RN anti-ship missiles
Replies: 1030
Views: 242120
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Re: RN anti-ship missiles

Poiuytrewq wrote: 18 Oct 2023, 12:41 Getting closer.

See my post on the FCASW thread...the anti-shipping part might not arrive until 2034...