You guys don't believe in the Kawasaki P-1 despite the recent rumors ? I would believe that the UK would give it a look. But so far I think it will be a real challenge for the P-1 to compete on lifecycle costs in another country, which will be a big part of the equation when the UK is making decisi...

Cheers Armchair Soldier, appreciate the response. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon: My key defence priorities | gov.uk-MoD | 18 May 2015 "It was a great honour to be asked by the Prime Minister to accept again the role of Defence Secretary. Continuity is important, but make no mistake: this is...

The f35b carries a large logistics foot print. As well as fuel, armament , it has a bigger maintenance footprint due to its specialist systems and stealth coatings. The ship has to be capable of carrying out these tasks . I understand that there will be on board, flight simulators and mission train...

Navy Probes Leaked Trident Safety Claims The Royal Navy is to investigate claims that security and safety procedures around the Trident nuclear submarines are inadequate. The investigation was launched after the claims were made by a submariner who has since gone on the run. Able Seaman William McN...

Personally, and this is just thinking out loud, I'd go for a quick lease on an initial 4, completely vanilla USN standard P-8s (is there still excess capacity on the production line that could deliver pretty pronto?). That could give an initial operating capability, and buy some time for a proper e...

Not seen this before :-

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/success ... ine-guide/

yeahhh....... so about them planes that kill boats eh?? :mrgreen: Some of the options under consideration in Seedcorn are unarmed, e.g. the MQ-4C Triton. ASUW is not the primary requirement according to the list: search and rescue offshore economic protection and security intelligence gathering and...

OK found it 7000 kits of useful looking personal protection gear, rucksacks and body armor etc. My question is why only 7000 kits there are supposedly 82000 troops in the regular army, plus 30000 reserves plus spares etc. Like the idea Jonas of a thread for desider. Thanks, like I said anyone who c...

As this magazine covers all three armed service as well as the Civil Service, and is a monthly publication, I thought it might be of interest on here. It can then be updated monthly by anyone who comes across it's publication, as it seems to have no fixed date to go online. These are the current pub...

OK we've all had our say, can we now get back on topic, please.

Protecteur retired :-

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local ... -1.1936477

RN's F-35B's won't be landing vertically on the QEC ships anyway, because they're planning SRVL landings instead. Saves fuel and deck surface. It also allows unused weapons to be brought back, since the maximum weight is higher for a rolling landing than for a vertical one. Jettisoning dumb bombs b...

SKB wrote:Blimp (noun) A small airship or barrage balloon.

Oxford English Dictionary.

Collins English Dictionary, (noun) small airship.

Tiny Toy.
Perhaps before posting, you really should know what you are talking about. If you don't even know that a 'Blimp' as you put it is also 'self propelled' then I would suggest you refrain from trying to teach your grandma to suck eggs. You are making yourself look rather silly at the moment.

SDSR 2015 kicks off already :- It appears that defence seems to be a priority. will it be good news or bad we now wait and see.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/d ... 439469.ece

Apart from which it has also received EU funding, so it has not exactly been left in the wilderness.

http://www.heavyliftpfi.com/news/hav-re ... nding.html

Just seen a retweet on Gabriele's twitter page, that the 'Crowsnest' contract has been awarded but no announcement has yet been made. Anyone have any info on this.

Especially so as Canada have specifically asked for a "proven" vessel. That basically comes out to "we don't want to trust promises without something in the water." BAE has to sell on capability/price if they want to nail this one, I would imagine. The requirements are the real ...

The current situation in the Gulf might also focus Saudi minds, that they live in a very volatile area,which can change by the month Only last year relations between the Gulf states and Iran seemed to be taking a turn for the better. Some states even delaying any purchase of aircraft that they had p...

Massive opportunity there ! The Canadians have a big chunk of budget set aside for the project too.. If bae fails to make this go through it proves privatised shipbuilding is crap The only problem as I see it, is that the recent history of Canadian defence procurement is if anything even worse than...

According to the news, Cameron was meeting with the 1922 committee this morning. So perhaps he is taking this seriously.

That's good to hear, I take it the only thing then that really needs to be integrated into it is UK weapons. Any one got some more of the sun article? Here's a non-paywalled article from the Express: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/576215/Russian-nuclear-submarine-threat-2billion-invested-in-RAF M...

RetroSicotte wrote:Guys, chill.

Chilled

intesesting how that gives a unit cost exactly at £166 million, exactly what the Wikipedia page gives. Whist I would welcome such news I don't think its beyond the sun to make shit up. How dare you, even you must know that the 'Sun' has it's finger on the pulse, and would never print anything witho...

I can reveal that the UK is buying 12 P8 Poseidons for £2bn, to counter the growing Russian threat. Well that is an exclusive scoop by 'The Sun' so now you know. Unlike Mr Ashdown I would be willing to eat my hat if it came to pass.