This is what global expeditionary looks like not sound bites https://x.com/space_osint/status/1718605906840006773?s=61&t=-w58-AqEK8dlq02bHexwZA This Sunday morning's USAF (🇺🇸) airlift to and from the Middle East and European hubs: twenty-nine C-17 aircraft, three C-5Ms and six KC-135s. This is j...

[ Point absolutely taken, Brimstone is superior in every way, however my caviat would be that AGM-179A is already integrated, in service, with vast stocks to call on in wartime. Going by the usual UK procurement standard, Brimstone integration on the E, would end up taking at least double the predi...

[ Point absolutely taken, Brimstone is superior in every way, however my caviat would be that AGM-179A is already integrated, in service, with vast stocks to call on in wartime. Going by the usual UK procurement standard, Brimstone integration on the E, would end up taking at least double the predi...

You use the airbases in those locations for surveillance and the ships for prosecution and interdiction. This sums it up nicely. Unfortunately the UK barely has enough aircraft for sub hunting nevermind maritime security tasks.. Possibly more lack of crews and support packages than actual a/c. New ...

The UK needs surveillance over a massive area of ocean, so big it's unreasonable to do it with boats. There are going to be no kinematic engagements around the UK. It's likely to be hostile states and nonstate actors seeking to disrupt life in the UK through smuggling or tampering with infrastructu...

SD67 wrote: ↑27 Oct 2023, 06:29 And with impeccable timing, this pops up in the Torygraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/1 ... elicopter/

An article full of twaddle from start to finish. One wonders if these things are just done for clicks in the paper.

LHD Tonnerre, fremm frigate Alsace and la Fayette-class frigate Surcouf. Moving to the eastern med.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... terranean/

I'll stick my neck out - UAE. That was a massive prize. Looking at this with my old Management Consultant hat on, I'd say despite or even because of the previous mistakes there's a massive opportunity with Tempest. Typhoon is basically history. But by the early 2030s GCAP/Tempest will be in the air...

If your want to build an existing river to the existing design ok but risk increase is the similar do bae have the people and machines to do it without robbing other programs? I’m not sure why you’d want them there is no need for them and nobody wants them. What you were proposing was a as yet powe...

It’s not just because. We have spent the best part the past decade developing the offboard systems with the French and probably the last 50 years working seamlessly with the Dutch, Belgians and French in mcm operations so why wouldn’t we take advantage of the integration work they’ve already done.

I'll stick my neck out - UAE. That was a massive prize. Looking at this with my old Management Consultant hat on, I'd say despite or even because of the previous mistakes there's a massive opportunity with Tempest. Typhoon is basically history. But by the early 2030s GCAP/Tempest will be in the air...

[quote=mrclark303 post_id=159056 SW1, I sware you would argue black was white🤣🤣 Righto, back to the blackboard.... Pay attention now. Captor E, is a minimum change captor M, utilising much of the same backend on a new EA. Radar 2 is a very different beast. Had someone within the Mod that wasn't 'wor...

Bae were forced into modernising the yard because the defence secretary called out the absurdity of building a supposedly advanced ship under tarpaulin in a Scottish winter when the competition built a covered dock on much cheaper contract price. BAE invested in the infrastructure because the MoD f...

Your fwd deployed units need to be able to contribute to military task groups and conduct military tasks in the regions they are being fwd deployed too that is there purpose. Not just be there for the sake of being there with little capacity which is what we have at present due to the material stat...

Your fwd deployed units need to be able to contribute to military task groups and conduct military tasks in the regions they are being fwd deployed too that is there purpose. Not just be there for the sake of being there with little capacity which is what we have at present due to the material stat...

That does the opposite it increases program risk across the board and makes it more likely that ships currently in build would be face delays. So what is the extra capacity for? The pace of build hasn’t increased at all. How many other European Tier1 escort builders couldn’t slot in a few OPV’s if ...

TSR2 - a complete shambles Jaguar - not a shambles Tornado - a shambles Typhoon - a shambles Your arms industry does not prosper if it is involved in major programmes that are a shambles. GCAP is our last chance to get things right, I think. We need to turn over a new leaf and get organised or if w...

AESA radar equipped typhoons where delivered to Middle East customers a couple of years ago. Unfortunately UK Radar 2 is a different kettle of fish, it's typically 'British' in its approach, extremely capable, world beating, only making a few dozen sets as we won't export it or fit it in our tranch...

Actually, many options are there. Many…. Agreed. Unfortunately RN isn’t choosing any of them. RN need to add some lean crewed mass now. It’s the perfect opportunity to support Babcock to develop a next-gen OPV but Rosyth needs to concentrate on getting the T31’s into the water on time and on budget...

Your fwd deployed units need to be able to contribute to military task groups and conduct military tasks in the regions they are being fwd deployed too that is there purpose. Not just be there for the sake of being there with little capacity which is what we have at present due to the material stat...

Your fwd deployed units need to be able to contribute to military task groups and conduct military tasks in the regions they are being fwd deployed too that is there purpose. Not just be there for the sake of being there with little capacity which is what we have at present due to the material state...

AESA radar equipped typhoons where delivered to Middle East customers a couple of years ago. Unfortunately UK Radar 2 is a different kettle of fish, it's typically 'British' in its approach, extremely capable, world beating, only making a few dozen sets as we won't export it or fit it in our tranch...

If they order American they get no blow back, the defence is we ordered American is was the lowest risk and the best, that’s the mentality. It’s the easiest option for a quiet life until the next posting

TSR2 - a complete shambles Jaguar - not a shambles Tornado - a shambles Typhoon - a shambles Your arms industry does not prosper if it is involved in major programmes that are a shambles. GCAP is our last chance to get things right, I think. We need to turn over a new leaf and get organised or if w...

AESA radar equipped typhoons where delivered to Middle East customers a couple of years ago. Unfortunately UK Radar 2 is a different kettle of fish, it's typically 'British' in its approach, extremely capable, world beating, only making a few dozen sets as we won't export it or fit it in our tranch...