arfah wrote:I'd rather see the MOD procure more used SA330 airframes, ship them off to Romania for conversion to Puma HC.2 and create an additional squadron (or two) in direct support of the Army.
Wildcat would better serve the RN/RM.
Good, cost effective idea.
Don't a number of Romanian Pumas have rocket pylons & under cockpit heavy guns? Could that not have been applied to a number of the upgraded RAF choppers.
I wonder if those Pumas bought from S.Africa to up our numbers after they had ended their Bush Wars made it through the recent refurb... that would be a remarkable journey
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DIO showcases infrastructure progress at RNAS Yeovilton
Second Sea Lord, Vice Admiral Jonathan Woodcock is shown the infrastructure progress being made at the Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton,
The site is to become the new home for both the Royal Navy’s and the army’s Wildcat helicopter forces.
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) Project team is working with partner Carillion on the Wildcat Infrastructure (Winfra) programme to provide the new training and office facilities, squadron buildings and living accommodation which will ensure that both servicemen and women at the air base are able to train for deployment using both the existing fleet of Lynx helicopters and the Wildcat.
The programme is delivering 4 major projects with a value of between £8 million and £52 million. These include the refurbishment and remodelling of a number of hangars and the delivery of technical facilities, together with 2 new build squadron office buildings and a number of other new facilities such as the Warrant Officers and Senior Rates Mess with associated single living accommodation (SLA), cardiovascular fitness suite, Dental Centre, and refurbished Medical Centre.
ArmChairCivvy wrote:I wonder if those Pumas bought from S.Africa to up our numbers after they had ended their Bush Wars made it through the recent refurb... that would be a remarkable journey
they only refurbed half the Puma HC1 fleet there is loads of unrefurbished airframes out there.
General Dynamics Mission Systems–UK has been awarded a contract by Leonardo Helicopters (previously AgustaWestland Limited) to update the Stores Management Systems (SMS) aboard Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters.
The SMS update will introduce new functionality to control two new missile types, previously known as Future Air to Surface Guided Weapon (FASGW)These missile types are the Sea Venom from MBDA and the Martlet from Thales.
There is a reason why ROK prefer flying artillery to any other kind.
In the 2010 surprise attack*) there were 6 K9 SPGs in the area, returning from live fire exercises. 3 of them were disabled by the initial attack, and the 3 that were doing counter-battery fire in response were not effective because
1. they were low on rounds after the exercises, and
2. the attack was planned and the pieces that should have been taken out by the response were in hardened positions.
Fast forward today: the defence of the area is the responsibility of the Marines (Navy) and the artillery is of the flying & precision kind.
- can't be taken out by the initial salvos
- even hardened psitions have to have some opening to shoot out of... and the NLOS can fly in, to deliver the retribution
"The South Korean island of Yeonpyeong*), which was bombarded the same type of artillery on November 23, 2010, was already within range prior to this new emplacement. The positioning of a battery much closer to the South Korean island, however, means that North Korea can potentially fire upon the island more accurately and with less warning time than from artillery positions on the mainland.
Yeonpyeong and the other South Korean islands near the NLL in the West Sea are particularly vulnerable to attacks by North Korea due to their proximity to North Korean territory and relative distance and isolation from the South Korean mainland. Following the 2010 attack on Yeonpyeong the South Korean military established the North Western Island Defense Command (NWIDC), which is headed by the commander of the Republic of Korea Marine Corps."
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If everyone is thinking the same, then someone is not thinking (attributed to Patton)
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funny thats not what was being said at yeovilton from both navy & thales. with out any missiles wild cat has effectivly no role apart from MATCH . But there are issues with Naval Wildcat and different issues with land wildcat
And a frigate related rumour that could be hilarious if true
