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by ArmChairCivvy
15 Jul 2022, 18:13
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5985
Views: 1500951
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Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

Minor point, but wouldn’t a simpler way of seeing things is that the “LRG(N)” requirement really is the UK’s amphibious contribution to JEF? Yes and no: is one of the core elements of JEF (as a coalition of the willing) can be quick on 'its' feet ... but LRG(N) can be there (where-ever 'there' is) ...
by ArmChairCivvy
13 Jul 2022, 14:15
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Geopolitics and the global economy
Replies: 188
Views: 16101
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Re: Geopolitics and the global economy

SW1 wrote: 12 Jul 2022, 22:25 begin onshoring of such an industries and the U.K. a destination of choice.
Agreed. Often near-shoring would be (from the strategic perspective) an equally good and sometimes a quicker/ more feasible alternative,
... but in our great wisdom not long ago we threw road blocks onto this "path'
by ArmChairCivvy
12 Jul 2022, 21:52
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: Geopolitics and the global economy
Replies: 188
Views: 16101
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Re: Geopolitics and the global economy

Oh well, from NI to the wider scene: As oil markets have seen prices crash back below $100, over to natural gas, where a perfect storm is shaping up ahead of the 2022/2023 winter season. - part of Putin's game plan? Outside the media's lense is (has been) the reliance on China as Beijing is set to c...
by ArmChairCivvy
12 Jul 2022, 21:29
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
Replies: 1842
Views: 184117
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Re: General UK Defence Discussion

As an LHA, she would not have F35’s either. The original JC will have them and the modified (Ozzie) editions cannot accommodate them ... in their two, different geopolitical zones, I think both are 'right' And we don't need to have that discussion; but will soon be short of assets with which to put...
by ArmChairCivvy
12 Jul 2022, 21:22
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5985
Views: 1500951
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Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

. Northern group could be the carrier and a bay! A Bay can put onshore a Coy+its vehicles... and w/o they are not going to achieve much. - so make it two - and the recce elements (another Coy) plus a battery & HQ & Med helicoptered from the carrier... was it bunks for 290 (xtras)?... that's...
by ArmChairCivvy
12 Jul 2022, 19:53
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Project Crowsnest (RN)
Replies: 220
Views: 79171
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Re: Project Crowsnest (RN)

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-04/29912 To be read as, we've no idea. Can't the MPs (those that are interested at all) pair up, and ask "what did that mean" as a follow-on question? - there is the Committee... but as soon as Rory got to be the ...
by ArmChairCivvy
12 Jul 2022, 19:48
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5985
Views: 1500951
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Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

Maybe reading to much into the reply but to me it looks like littoral response group in the singular. Do wonder if the the north group is now the carrier we are assigning to nato Agree abt the carrier's role, as a step up, but the LPDs in singular was the point... better get both of them on the roa...
by ArmChairCivvy
12 Jul 2022, 17:02
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 324
Views: 123491
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Re: Type 83 Destroyer (RN) [News Only]

if this level of heavy punch is needed, simply widen the hull, and make it longer. I see no big problem in designing a new, AAW oriented hull. Quite! Next question: will these be the nxt-gen of AAW/ABM 'cruisers' ... and how many can we afford? As opposed to upgrading T-45s? Or, perhaps relegating ...
by ArmChairCivvy
12 Jul 2022, 15:49
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5985
Views: 1500951
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Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

hint that LRG(N) is expected to fight at Cdo strength (at least for the foreseeable) which I would agree with. Company level ops for LRG(S) "Strike" is not a good descriptor for these being in-situ, early reaction forces: whether that will be a 'nipping in the bud" Op where a company...
by ArmChairCivvy
12 Jul 2022, 14:01
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
Replies: 1842
Views: 184117
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Re: General UK Defence Discussion

and if POW had 10 US and 4 UK F-35s plus 2 Crowsnest , 4 Chinooks , 6 Apache & 6 MV-22 she would be in good shape I was wondering if us buying enough F-35s for two carrier air wings was a god trade (for them lending us ABM cover while at sea) ... fair enough, but then I rn into the MV-22s at th...
by ArmChairCivvy
12 Jul 2022, 13:54
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5985
Views: 1500951
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Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

Spain and the Netherlands who use derivatives of the same base design seem the best place to look at common requirements (even with the usual Gibraltar sabre-rattling). If we were looking to go beyond the capability of say a theoretical Bay Mk.II, with hangar space for four Merlin and two landing s...
by ArmChairCivvy
12 Jul 2022, 13:25
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: UK Politics - General News & Discussion
Replies: 412
Views: 19015
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Re: UK Politics - General News & Discussion

Sunak looking stronger by the the day... is it any wonder, as there is no "Left" in the party , err, left. And the 'Right", OMG what an alphabet soup emerging: Patel, Mourdant, Truss... but more importantly, while they still believe that Brexit is a religion (the voters, and that incl...
by ArmChairCivvy
11 Jul 2022, 19:39
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8470
Views: 2143289
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Re: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]

Quite a big vessel for the Baltic (support from shore never far away)
... but may be ;) it is so affordable that it will be kitted out like the modern-day equivalent of the Flying Fortress?

35(K?) CIWS x 2 is an interesting one; any relationship to the RhM/ Oerlikon of 35 mm?
by ArmChairCivvy
11 Jul 2022, 17:51
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5985
Views: 1500951
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

Army EoS = 1 x full Gurkha battalion battle group , 1 x Security force Assistance Battalion , 1 x Ranger Battalion RAF = 1 x P-8 in Oman Building on Repulse's response: 1. The RAF also has joint training squadrons with Qatar. - yes, and the expeditionary airwing, from the Med outwards is HQ'ed ther...
by ArmChairCivvy
11 Jul 2022, 17:40
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5985
Views: 1500951
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

Jensy wrote: 11 Jul 2022, 17:08 The Juan Carlos is still a little on the young side for replacement by 2030. Their own Enforcer derivatives are also older than ours.
Belfast calling? For more work... we will soon see what happens with the carrier-support ships contract. (small) Stepping stones and all that
by ArmChairCivvy
11 Jul 2022, 17:33
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
Replies: 1842
Views: 184117
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Re: General UK Defence Discussion

I guess no one was specific about the carrier being in the Baltic... v unlikely. NATO is tending more and more towards matching the Ruskie thinking: an AO that is everything between Kaliningrad and Tromso-Svalbard-Murmansk ... and the assets to (over)match the 'oppo' should be assessed/ allocated on...
by ArmChairCivvy
10 Jul 2022, 17:07
Forum: British Army
Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Replies: 865
Views: 293397
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Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments

But my post is absolutely correct as you said CURRENTLY not FS in the post I quoted. And counting reserve "regiments" is ridicules as they are not full fighting formations. Would artillery be the exception? In the field they do operate as batteries, assigned to whoever as the situation di...
by ArmChairCivvy
10 Jul 2022, 17:02
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: UK Politics - General News & Discussion
Replies: 412
Views: 19015
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Re: UK Politics - General News & Discussion

Gtal wrote: 09 Jul 2022, 08:46 stuff about restructuring devolution or a proper written constitution
Indeed, not a question- or two - for now.

... just wait :lol: for the next GE (and its aftermath 8-) )
by ArmChairCivvy
10 Jul 2022, 16:29
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: UK Politics - General News & Discussion
Replies: 412
Views: 19015
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Re: UK Politics - General News & Discussion

then again it easier when no discontent is allowed Gang of Four on the plane... where to? Anyway, just give a bash at Chequers and BoJo will be gone. Not quietly, I presume, but we will all enjoy his columns (doubt the new PM will allow him write 'editorials'? - then again, there are those tiny Cha...
by ArmChairCivvy
10 Jul 2022, 16:25
Forum: British Army
Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Replies: 865
Views: 293397
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Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments

it has 4 Armoured Cavalry 1 light Cavalry and 1 light Reserve Cavalry plus 2 Armoured and 1 Armoured reserve regts as things stand in FS thanks; looking back to the future form of the army, then that will translate to 2 BGs, 1+2 each with some cavalry screening (might be augmented from other format...
by ArmChairCivvy
10 Jul 2022, 15:15
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: UK Politics - General News & Discussion
Replies: 412
Views: 19015
United Kingdom

Re: UK Politics - General News & Discussion

Did they answer the exam question: Democracy in HK was guaranteed for 50 yrs... why did they decide to flout that?
by ArmChairCivvy
09 Jul 2022, 19:15
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5985
Views: 1500951
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

Would say adding Aviation Support facilities to one of the Albions would both be costly but also significantly impact the capabilities of the platform; at the very least it would reduce the flight deck (and landing tempo) and restrict the number of RMs that can be accommodated. A Cdo; 4 Coys ... in...
by ArmChairCivvy
09 Jul 2022, 18:47
Forum: Political Discussions
Topic: UK Politics - General News & Discussion
Replies: 412
Views: 19015
United Kingdom

Re: UK Politics - General News & Discussion

I think Raab is very capable. He is also popular with the membership, or would be towards the business end of the hustings I agree; and wonder where the media drip-drip-drip briefings against him come from. The opposition, err with a capital "o"? Being prime minister is an education in it...
by ArmChairCivvy
09 Jul 2022, 08:41
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5985
Views: 1500951
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

Was surprised to hear that the Albions were in consideration for conversion. As per the 3rd quote, below, as these ships were sized for a full Cdo for short hops - like to the High North - then the jump to supporting a Coy over a much longer period should be doable with manageable conversions... ta...
by ArmChairCivvy
09 Jul 2022, 08:15
Forum: British Army
Topic: Panther Protected Command Vehicle
Replies: 31
Views: 19094
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Re: Panther Protected Command Vehicle

Enter ex-Yugoslavia (into the purchase considerations, though not so into the formal rqrmnts): after the great problems encountered there with interoperability (and not all contingents were from NATO countries) there was an attempt to have 'something' standardised ... something that could be rolled ...