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- 15 Apr 2024, 09:25
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 1492150
- 14 Apr 2024, 20:36
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 1492150
- 14 Apr 2024, 20:09
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 1492150
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
It did have an asw focus but then the Soviet navy was significantly orders of magnitude bigger and more competent than russias today. It was also being done by ships much more like a type 31/FDI type configuration than a type 26 or even a type 23. The majority of the Cold War ASW frigates were the ...
- 14 Apr 2024, 19:03
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1936
- Views: 254672
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
We do have air defence assets and a fully integrated network. There is anti drone stuf, starstreak, camm, and aster. The real question is how much of it are you prepared to say is to be kept to be deployed around the uk or sent overseas or do we need more of it. We have 6 type 45s are we to say 3 w...
- 14 Apr 2024, 18:53
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 1492150
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
No one else is doing ship based asw the way we are, they’re not all wrong nor is how we are doing it the only way or better, thats your bias. Australia has already scaled back Canada will like do so too when production contracts come to pass. ASW counter is increasing going back underwater The RN s...
- 14 Apr 2024, 18:39
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1936
- Views: 254672
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
We do have air defence assets and a fully integrated network. There is anti drone stuf, starstreak, camm, and aster. The real question is how much of it are you prepared to say is to be kept to be deployed around the uk or sent overseas or do we need more of it. We have 6 type 45s are we to say 3 w...
- 14 Apr 2024, 16:56
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 1492150
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
That’s just your bias coming out, off it must be this because I like it. If your principally fighting Russia the answer at sea it will largely be our submarines and maritime patrol aircraft in the Atlantic. The Russian submarines beyond there ssbns are largely some modern ssks not ssns. Most of it ...
- 14 Apr 2024, 14:40
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1936
- Views: 254672
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
We do have air defence assets and a fully integrated network. There is anti drone stuf, starstreak, camm, and aster. The real question is how much of it are you prepared to say is to be kept to be deployed around the uk or sent overseas or do we need more of it. We have 6 type 45s are we to say 3 wi...
- 14 Apr 2024, 14:26
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 1492150
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
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 ...
- 14 Apr 2024, 13:01
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 1492150
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
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 ...
- 14 Apr 2024, 12:46
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2837
- Views: 779457
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Typhoon actively engaged a number of drones as part of coalition efforts.
- 14 Apr 2024, 11:22
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2837
- Views: 779457
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
It’s been more than 4 since 2015.
- 13 Apr 2024, 23:40
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2837
- Views: 779457
- 11 Apr 2024, 22:06
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 1492150
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
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, ...
- 10 Apr 2024, 21:56
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Multi-Role Support Ships (MRSS)
- Replies: 112
- Views: 15017
Re: Multi-Role Support Ships (MRSS)
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...
- 10 Apr 2024, 21:04
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 1492150
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
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 ...
- 10 Apr 2024, 18:48
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5691
- Views: 1492150
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
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 ...
- 10 Apr 2024, 18:20
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153699
Re: The future form of the Army
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 ...
- 10 Apr 2024, 09:49
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153699
Re: The future form of the Army
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...
- 09 Apr 2024, 16:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153699
Re: The future form of the Army
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...
- 09 Apr 2024, 15:54
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153699
Re: The future form of the Army
“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...
- 08 Apr 2024, 23:12
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153699
Re: The future form of the Army
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...
- 08 Apr 2024, 11:35
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153699
Re: The future form of the Army
“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...
- 08 Apr 2024, 08:32
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153699
Re: The future form of the Army
“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...
- 07 Apr 2024, 21:06
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 153699
Re: The future form of the Army
“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...