The Armchair Soldier wrote:Okay, it's the Daily Mail and Daily Star, but...

I'll get the Saxa.

"Softened" Risk assessed in order to safeguard. I doubt the selection tests will be made any easier by having additional caches of water. Postponing the event when the weather is too severe isn't making it any more soft. British weather is typically four seasons in a day so any postponeme...

Somehow I don't think this is the solution though. SAS selection test 'to be softened' Recruitment tests to join the SAS will be "softened" in response to the deaths of three reservists during a selection march, the Times has claimed. The newspaper says test marches in the Brecon Beacons c...

arfah wrote:BAE Systems have been working on a Pinzgauer 2.
It's a bit fugly, though.

http://www.military-today.com/trucks/pinzgauer_2.htm

...It's got angry eyes.

The Armchair Soldier wrote:

Are Ops-Core lids on issue to the corps then?

marktigger wrote:

downsizer wrote:Two reasons why it won't be Lossie.

1. SNP.
2. Space.

Waddo.

SNP are pushing the case for it to be in scotland

Presumably so they can claim they own it when the next indyref rolls around.

USMC moving to M4: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2015/07/27/marine-officials-endorse-infantry-plan--ditch-m16--m4/30145257/ "Some argue beyond that the M4 carbine lacks effectiveness versus the M16, but the M16 is like driving a sports car with a six-cylinder engine," he ...

So does anyone have any idea what's going to happen to the Mistrals that aren't going to Russia any more?

The problem is that historical precedent has taught us that the moment you eliminate a fighter's gun is the moment you discover that you actually still need it after all.

What we need is a full blown MPA with capabilities to value add to other types of operation eg limited ELINT or ELOP for overland and some Airborne C3I capability. to my mind challenger and persuader don't meet those criteria. The only viable options at present are P1 & P8. I suspect the pressu...

O'h s**t, I hope the bean counters at the treasury didn't attend RIAT,else this will give them more ideas on how to save money. http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/riat-boeings-maritime-surveillance-aircraft-heads-for-nordic-414801/ Still think the Persuader is the better "budget" o...

downsizer wrote:Where is this talk of interim platforms and shit coming from?

Probably from my comment about surplus P-3s.

I'm still surprised the USN isn't trying to flog us some of its old Orions to go with the Airseekers.

Could this clinch a P8 deal http://www.janes.com/article/53075/airtanker-touts-boom-for-voyager-to-expand-aerial-refuelling-provision Considering it's pretty much a requirement for the Globemasters and Airseekers, the equipment is already fitted to French and Australian MRTTs, and all of the potent...

The original A380 design didn't have reversers at all.

xav wrote:

raven111 wrote: Still find it interesting that only the inboard engines seem to be reversible.

Nothing so special about it: Check out A380, A340

I beg to differ.

marktigger wrote:nice display the weapons bay doors open in an interesting way. not as cavernous as the nimrods bay.

It's got the same theoretical payload capacity, I believe. (Wiki says ~20,000lb for both)

Still find it interesting that only the inboard engines seem to be reversible.

Google 'picard578 bias' and you'll see he's got serious issues with the F-35. If someone handed me a report and I knew they already had a bias against what they were reporting on I wouldn't trust their objectivity one bit. Ah but do you apply the same criteria to pro-F-35 biased reports too ? But e...

Making a C295 into a SIGINT platform costs another $100m http://www.lockheedmartin.co.uk/m/us/news/press-releases/2012/july/0709isgs-ground-support.html Even though a full spectrum MPA for sub-hunting is in no way technically less complex, the quoted extra $100m did include the ground station compo...

downsizer wrote:Lets not forget there is a capability step between what the 295 can do and what a proper MPA can do.

And what is your definition of a "proper MPA"?

About that tweet I posted here: Basically, it is Tim Robinson (Editor in Chief of AEROSPACE - the flagship magazine of the Royal Aeronautical Society) showing a picture of a (scale model) CN-295 MPA at RIAT saying Of course C295 in its maritime patrol variant another contender for the UK MPA requir...

https://twitter.com/RAeSTimR/status/621947114323623936 ...We really need to fix Twitter integration here. It doesn't work for you ? All I see whenever someone links a tweet is a blank post. Which browser are you using? Works perfectly fine with Chrome. Firefox 39.0 on Windows 7 SP1. It might be wor...

The Armchair Soldier wrote:

raven111 wrote:

xav wrote:

raven111 wrote:

xav wrote:

...We really need to fix Twitter integration here.

It doesn't work for you ?

All I see whenever someone links a tweet is a blank post.

Which browser are you using? Works perfectly fine with Chrome.

Firefox 39.0 on Windows 7 SP1.

xav wrote:

raven111 wrote:

xav wrote:

...We really need to fix Twitter integration here.

It doesn't work for you ?

All I see whenever someone links a tweet is a blank post.