Too many little children in Westminster getting into a hissy fit over not getting exactly what they wanted.... Hard Brexit was never on the table. We'd end up bankrupt if we went that route and no sensible human being would legitimately think it was a good idea. To be blunt. We seem to be in short ...

Press Association reporting on Twitter that David Davis has resigned.

Probably won't make any difference to the negotiations, he's as much use as a chocolate fire guard...

I thought the original post had the QE going places at 30 knots. Unless I'm misremembering she can officially do 25-26 knots according to public domain info, but has been able to surpass that in trials by a few knots.... Unless I misheard, I also seem to remember the Captain saying something about ...

Might happen sooner rather than later. Recent minister letter to the defence committee and New York rumors suggest she might be in the US as soon as August. So it's been delayed? The recent reports were saying June. For example: The training in Lancashire has now completed and in June, HMS Queen El...

seaspear wrote:Apparently last week at Paxtulent testing grounds the f35b fired for the first time its gau gun, this may be an option for other users of the f35b .

Unlikely, here's video from May 2017 of a test firing.

Most of the reports seem to indicate she is quite knackered and far from being an almost new ship... A lack of maintenance, but it is a ship that is 20 years old, in France it is expected that the ship is at the end of life to remove it from service. It’s hardly a lack of maintenance, she had an ex...

Frenchie wrote:It's a shame, an almost new ship

Most of the reports seem to indicate she is quite knackered and far from being an almost new ship...

Ok dave cheers but does that mean it will never happen ? It’s impossible to say never about anything, but my uninformed opinion would be no, just the technical problems of suddenly having to crew a completely different design with nothing in common with their training would make it almost impossibl...

just a hypothetical question folks ,does anybody ever think the usn would ever operate one of the qe class in times of crises ie borrow it from the rn with no rn personel onboard ,I know this has happened years ago the us borrowed a carrier but could it happen again ? If you’re thinking of HMS Vict...

I'll take that as a no, you have no idea of the specifics of the Bombardier case. Thought so. As a follow on, Boeing have lost their case. Bombardier wins trade dispute in US A Canadian aerospace firm which faced damaging import tariffs on one of its jets has won a trade dispute in the United State...

Nigel Farage is warming to the idea of a second EU referendum. New poll added to thread. Do you want another EU referendum? I think it’s a reasonable idea, Brexit is extremely divisive and Nigel has a point, if the second referendum is a Leave vote any reasonable Remain supporters will have to acce...

Unsurprisingly I cant find it either. Using a Google search and Advanced search the last post on F35 is 17/09/17 with respect to flight trials. There are some December articles relating to the F35 for subscribers, but none relate to a UK cut in numbers. Gallery Defense 2017 Highlights 2017 was an e...

Spanish language version of Russian "news" agency Sputnik is claiming that Argentine submarine could have been sunk by a British mine leftover from the Falklands war. Given the fact that the British didn't use any sea mines during the Falklands war, this fake news story is very nasty... h...

Whilst on another Harbour Trip this weekend the Capt mentioned that the Queen Elizabeth commissioning was going to be December 15th, Has someone told the Queen? She’s going to be a bit early for the ceremony if you’re right ;) Her Majesty the Queen will then visit the ship in Portsmouth on 7 Decemb...

Lord Jim wrote:For around £80Bn after completing a £75Bn refit. Brazil, who has shown a lot of interest will be getting a bargain.

How many Type 26’s could be bought for £80Bn? it would be like the 1930’s RN fleet numbers again

Does anything fly through a hurricane by choice except perhaps someone's house or their car? Well, there are the NOAA “Hurricane Hunters” flights. Story and video: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/hurricane-hunter-irma-flight-video-spd/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tVcl0D2YFs and even...

HMS Ocean may be renamed NAe Minas Gerais as interest from Brazil deepens The purchase of HMS Ocean by the Brazilian Navy still has a few hurdles to overcome but they’ve already picked out a name. We understand from Roberto Lopes via e-mail, the source who let us know that Brazil has already submit...

ArmChairCivvy wrote:

donald_of_tokyo wrote: With 12 of these, 480M GBP, or more.

A half-way house between patrol

... is there a remote turret, magnification does not quite tell me (lack of pixels?)
and SAR... for less

That looks quite good.

sunstersun wrote:

Nice pic

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HMS Queen Elizabeth likely to enter Portsmouth for the first time on 18th August There are very strong indications that the future flagship of the Royal Navy, HMS Queen Elizabeth will be arriving in her home port of Portsmouth on the morning of Friday 18th August. This is not a certainty as the shi...

The figure of 1600 tonnes a day rings a bell. Can't remember the source. Sounds like a lot. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk The tweet just above your post says 540 tonnes a day. How can the #QEClassCarriers produce 540t of fresh water a day for up to 1600 embarked personnel? Find out here http:...

easydiver wrote:Marine traffic shows that Tiderace may have started her delivery voyage.

Looks like she’s turned and heading back towards Korea.

Also, NAB-san (in TD site) said many of the "un official 34, 35 knots" are just reflecting the screw speed, and not necessarily the real ship speed. So, I personally do not believe in 36knots figures. The RN have unwittingly admitted to >28 knot top speeds in the past. For example: http:/...

CR4ZYHOR5E wrote:how do I view the livestream?

I've discovered if you're on mobile it needs the Facebook app to work. It won't stream in browser.