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abc123 wrote: Having Ukraine spend precious money
Just wait, Trump's Chief of Staff needs to talk to the Head of Budget Management, to get the money flowing
- ohh... they are one and the same person 8-) . Makes it easy, then?
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ArmChairCivvy wrote:another coup has been manufactured in Moldova; will they now join Putin's EU of the East (and how, considering the transport links?)? Ukraine politely declined the offer
Heh-he, it only took 5 days:
"Moldova's new prime minister, Ion Chicu, said his country might make a possible "pause" in its cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, the Moscow Times reports. Earlier he announced he is negotiating a $500m [€454m] loan with Russia. "
Ever-lasting truths: Multi-year budgets/ planning by necessity have to address the painful questions; more often than not the Either-Or prevails over Both-And.
If everyone is thinking the same, then someone is not thinking (attributed to Patton)

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So the UK could loan Ukraine 1.2 billion to build 8 new fast attack boats and the talk is of Vita or super-Vita class ships and if this goes ahead and works another loan for a new class of ship this could be good news for Appledore

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Tempest414 wrote:So the UK could loan Ukraine 1.2 billion to build 8 new fast attack boats and the talk is of Vita or super-Vita class ships and if this goes ahead and works another loan for a new class of ship this could be good news for Appledore
Saw this on the STRN site, not sure where the rumour started though or its credibility. Would be a nice shot in the arm for UK shipbuilding and would tie in with Boris' positive comments on UK shipbuilding....

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Mind you another £1.2Bn spent on ships for various UK agencies and services would help UK shipbuilding also.

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Tempest414 wrote:So the UK could loan Ukraine 1.2 billion to build 8 new fast attack boats and the talk is of Vita or super-Vita class ships and if this goes ahead and works another loan for a new class of ship this could be good news for Appledore
dmereifield wrote:
Saw this on the STRN site, not sure where the rumour started though or its credibility. Would be a nice shot in the arm for UK shipbuilding and would tie in with Boris' positive comments on UK shipbuilding....
Lord Jim wrote:Mind you another £1.2Bn spent on ships for various UK agencies and services would help UK shipbuilding also.
The article being referenced by STRN doesn't contain a single attributable quote.

And when you run it through Google Translate it mainly talks about how it's a bad deal for Ukraine.

It's clickbait.

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dmereifield wrote:
Tempest414 wrote:So the UK could loan Ukraine 1.2 billion to build 8 new fast attack boats and the talk is of Vita or super-Vita class ships and if this goes ahead and works another loan for a new class of ship this could be good news for Appledore
Saw this on the STRN site, not sure where the rumour started though or its credibility. Would be a nice shot in the arm for UK shipbuilding and would tie in with Boris' positive comments on UK shipbuilding....
So... Much to my (and other's) amazement. The story is real!
Ukraine will sign a memorandum with the United Kingdom, securing 1.25 billion pounds ($1.61 billion) to build new military vessels for the Ukrainian Navy, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday.

The memorandum would be signed during Zelenskiy's state visit to the UK on Oct. 7-8.
https://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/a ... ssion=true

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The article names them as being Barzan class as sold to Qatar. However they don't have any sources backing that up.

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Be great to start with and maybe a few of t31 class for a follow on loan ,say build one in UK and another 2 in Ukraine ...just a thought like

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inch wrote:Be great to start with and maybe a few of t31 class for a follow on loan ,say build one in UK and another 2 in Ukraine ...just a thought like
Like the sound of that.

Probably too late for the five that are on order, but maybe we could interest them in a number of Type 31s with some of the blocks for all future batches built in Ukraine and shipped over, in return for final assembly and fitting out at Roysth's shiny new shed.

Could drive down costs substantially and potentially improve export prospects, plus get us a really foot in the door for future Ukrainian defence exports. They've got a big job ahead of them in moving away from Ruskie kit.

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Jensy wrote:
inch wrote:Be great to start with and maybe a few of t31 class for a follow on loan ,say build one in UK and another 2 in Ukraine ...just a thought like
Like the sound of that.

Probably too late for the five that are on order, but maybe we could interest them in a number of Type 31s with some of the blocks for all future batches built in Ukraine and shipped over, in return for final assembly and fitting out at Roysth's shiny new shed.
Let Ukraine first complete the first Volodymyr Velykyi-class corvette before selling them a T31.

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lordroel wrote:Let Ukraine first complete the first Volodymyr Velykyi-class corvette before selling them a T31.
First of all, a nice name for a class: to remind the Russians who it actually was that built a statehood for them
... they would still be under Ukraine, had the latter had the bad luck of the horses of Mongols liking grass better than lichen

Second, we are all getting over-excited here as the majority of the Ukrainian fleet went when Crimea was taken over... and even the patrol boats (and tugs) with that incident in the Kerch Passage/ Strait.
... they need something that can't be pushed over as easily
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They ended up signing with the turks (AFTER the US sanctions)... to the surprise of all. This deal literally came out of nowhere...

Ukraine Orders Corvettes And UCAVs From Turkey For Ukrainian Navy
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has ordered new Turkish-made corvettes and unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) from Turkey. They are being procured for the Ukrainian Navy to enhance security in the Black and Azov Sea regions.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... nian-navy/

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Black Sea solidarity; more of any such between those (other) NATO nations bordering it
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If everyone is thinking the same, then someone is not thinking (attributed to Patton)

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May be they would be interested in a couple of the non ASW T-23s. Quite a few nations snapped up ex USN O H Perrys when they were thought to be no longer needed and they had been worked hard in the Atlantic.

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Lord Jim wrote:interested in a couple of the non ASW T-23s
No hillocks 8-) at sea:
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It would seem the earlier Super Vita based proposal is dead (in the water):



Still have a curiosity if the shipbuilding "missed opportunity" that Ben Wallace spoke of to the Select Committee of last year was BAE's lack of capacity to deliver on the original missile boat plan.

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looks like it could be the right size to replace the Boarder force patrol boats down the line

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I assume that, by "Protector-based", they mean HMC Protector, which is one of the current BF cutters (A Finnish Telkka-class, IIRC). Presumably their experience has shown that it's a good hull - though I would have thought that it would need a bit more speed for the missile-boat role, as Protector maxes out at around 22 knots.
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Caribbean wrote:Protector maxes out at around 22 knots
but does come ASW ready; would imagine that the Border Force did not take that option as the closest the narco-subs have made it is the coast of northern Spain.
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French built patrol boat for Ukraine border guards (coast guard duties)


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xav wrote: 10 Dec 2021, 07:58 French built patrol boat for Ukraine border guards (coast guard duties)

No weapons?

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bobp wrote: 10 Dec 2021, 11:15No weapons?
Doesn't Ukraine manufacture it's own?
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Caribbean wrote: 10 Dec 2021, 14:30
bobp wrote: 10 Dec 2021, 11:15No weapons?
Doesn't Ukraine manufacture it's own?
Good point.

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Ukraine allows foreign forces to join planned (2022) military drills:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/uk ... 021-12-14/

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Bit of a coup for Ukraine here - they've secured an agreement with Turkey to co-produce TB-2 UAVs at a location in Ukraine with a Ukrainian powerplant

https://www.defensenews.com/global/euro ... b2-drones/

Also confirmed are numbers of TB-2 drones acquired - 6 have been bought and paid for with weapons with intentions to purchase 24 more

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