Ron5 wrote: You've got to admit it looks a shed load more studly than Foxhound. I wonder how it really stacks up. Pretty much the same requirement.

What!!!...fully pimped out Foxhound looks way tougher than that wide load fat ass.

Even if all the listed technology was viable in the given time frame, I really can't see the RN going for such a radical change in hull configuration for the Type 26 replacement (which I guess this would be).

Still, its fun to imagine what the future will be...

Looks just as fake as the moon landings....

Some very hard questions should be asked about whether a 700 million pounds expense for "maintaining the current capability by removing obsolescence" is in any way a good deal, or if 700 million pounds wouldn't be best employed in a different way. It's obvious the top brass see the C2 LEP...

I'm sure that they are, but since they've not been shy about backing off or delaying other things that they've been fully committed to for political expediency or advantage it's worth pointing out the potential political reasons why they might look to delay a vote. The Tories will not hesitate to b...

The vote can't be delayed, the time frame is set for the introduction of the first boat in 2028.

It has already been delayed once, there can't be another one for military and industrial reasons, it has to be 2016.

Looking forward to the vote in Parliament next year, giving final approval to the Successor class. We will have the unedifying, but hugely satisfying sight of Labour rebels voting with the Government and against that lefty prick Corbyn (if he becomes leader) and the SNP knuckledraggers wailing and w...

The only real issue is penetrator length and muzzle velocity, both of which are hilariously impotent and 10 years behind the curve. It'd be comical if it wasn't so potentially morbid for our crewmen. But it wouldn't be the British Army we know and love if it weren't going into battle with outdated ...

August Issue has been released.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... r_2015.pdf

Do you have a link for this in regards to Saudi Arabia, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/oilprices/11768136/Saudi-Arabia-may-go-broke-before-the-US-oil-industry-buckles.html If the oil futures market is correct, Saudi Arabia will start running into trouble within two years. It will be in existent...

The comments section to the article is comedy gold..all in keeping with their extremely arrogant, chippy nature. On a more important note, the press are reporting on Saudia Arabia's economic prospects as basically going down the toilet over the next 10yrs, which could mean curtains for another follo...

Don't know why we have anything to do with the Indians TBH, their chippy, post colonial attitude means they won't buy anything off us.

F 35 showing its air superiority over a worthy opponent...

Well according to the figures, the Times has published that the UK defence budget should be close to £48bn by 2020...

The latest issue of Soldier magazine has a nice article on the new 'Virtus' kit being introduced from September:

http://www.army.mod.uk/soldier-magazine ... azine.aspx

I do find it rather nauseating when politicians from the current government sing the praises of the 2nd aircraft carrier and the global reach it will give the RN and the UK, when given half the chance they would have cancelled it's construction in 2010 if the contracts hadn't been locked down. And T...

Meanwhile we need to find some one to offload our tranche 1 on to. I thought the plan being formulated by the RAF was to keep the Tranche 1 aircraft (with meteor) solely as UK air defence, and use the upgraded Tranche 2&3 as replacements for any cut in the order for the F35. If the Carriers get...

Tiny Toy wrote: The UK’s current nuclear deterrent is fully operationally independent of the US". That's clearly not the case, though, is it?

The point is, would you risk tackling a man with a gun pointed at you, gambling that it wasn't loaded?

..I wouldn't.

When Turkey has now started designing better tanks than a leading NATO nation, something has gone terribly wrong somewhere down the line. Sorry but this is such a non argument, there will always be times when one country or another has a superior piece of equipment to another's given the long time ...

I thought I read somewhere that any replacement has been put back by a few years at least, after all the upgrades the weapon has had, I doubt a replacement is a priority for the top brass in the budget cuts environment we are now in. Also the replacement will have to be an 'off the shelf' purchase, ...

Thought this would be a good thread to have, detailing any new kit that gets issued to the UK Armed forces, the last decade has seen a transformational leap forward in the quality of kit issued to the British fighting man and woman, one of the only genuine plus sides to the last 15yrs of counter ins...

Just registered and hope it all goes well for the forum owner, always good to see a new UK centric defence forum launched.

Regards

Cooper.

(thanks to Gabriele for tweeting the link)