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- 09 Apr 2024, 15:54
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 155967
Re: The future form of the Army
“What will win any war in the the high North will Logistics and we know that is a big failing in the Russian army 2 years into a major land war and there still not on top of it” If this is the lesson we need to heed then surely we should be significantly expanding our current supporting arms just t...
- 08 Apr 2024, 23:12
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 155967
Re: The future form of the Army
If this is the lesson we need to heed then surely we should be significantly expanding our current supporting arms just to support the current units we have or make them significantly logistically lighter or both. Considering the amount of light Infantry the British Army has available is it possibl...
- 08 Apr 2024, 11:35
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 155967
Re: The future form of the Army
“What will win any war in the the high North will Logistics and we know that is a big failing in the Russian army 2 years into a major land war and there still not on top of it” If this is the lesson we need to heed then surely we should be significantly expanding our current supporting arms just t...
- 08 Apr 2024, 08:32
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 155967
Re: The future form of the Army
“What will win any war in the the high North will Logistics and we know that is a big failing in the Russian army 2 years into a major land war and there still not on top of it” If this is the lesson we need to heed then surely we should be significantly expanding our current supporting arms just t...
- 07 Apr 2024, 21:06
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 155967
Re: The future form of the Army
“What will win any war in the the high North will Logistics and we know that is a big failing in the Russian army 2 years into a major land war and there still not on top of it” If this is the lesson we need to heed then surely we should be significantly expanding our current supporting arms just to...
- 06 Apr 2024, 20:22
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1879018
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
The war winning assets are other things that we would contribute. You win by ensuring the fighting never starts. Completely agree. More deployable Divisions will help in that endeavour. The Cold War was eventually won by isolating and fragmenting the politics of the communist block and bankrupting ...
- 06 Apr 2024, 20:01
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1879018
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
You can fight and win a battle using a division and can still lose the war. Having the ability to fight in a divisional structure is very different to deploying two divisions. What use are British Army Divisions if you can’t deploy them? Providing the Divisional HQ’s for other countries Brigades is...
- 06 Apr 2024, 19:31
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1879018
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Why does the army need two deployable divisions? What’s the alternative if you want to win against a peer? I don’t think that’s how you win against Russia or any peer we would face. Really? When did the U.K. or US ever win against a peer without using the Divisional structure? You can fight and win...
- 06 Apr 2024, 19:23
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9760584
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
That’s not a limited capability anyway you care to cut it. Especially when considering that two Wildcats fit in a Frigate/Destroyer hanger. With additional funding so much more could be squeezed out of the Wildcats. Add a couple of these to operate with it https://youtu.be/14y-HSda38Q?si=yPLVvWBE_a...
- 06 Apr 2024, 19:18
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1879018
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
I don’t think that’s how you win against Russia or any peer we would face.
- 06 Apr 2024, 16:40
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9760584
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
I’ve also read that the Wildcats cannot carry dipping sonar and torpedoes at the same time due to weight limitations. https://youtu.be/evfy2-0FpmE?si=GZ2DerbC7ZtxWkJd https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2017/february-2017-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-techno...
- 06 Apr 2024, 16:24
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9760584
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
And you can have the exactly same dipping sonar and processing system that is on merlin on wildcat now. The South Koreans bought it. Thales sell it as compact flash basically they used new materials, replaced hydraulics with electrics to reduce the weight and shrink. And a much shorter cable so no,...
- 06 Apr 2024, 16:23
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1879018
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
We would have intelligence and surveillance to give us warning. We knew about Ukraine long before the attack happened. That gives you time to respond if you choose to heed the warnings. It’s not infallible. If a neighbour regularly exercises at scale on the border what is to stop a deep incursion a...
- 06 Apr 2024, 16:10
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1937
- Views: 258216
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
Investment in frigates, submarines and a reinforcement of the national air defence system to include missile defence sounds like a gd idea to me. It will be interesting to see if the Frigates and Submarines take a decade to build and commission like they do in the U.K. In the same place as they wer...
- 06 Apr 2024, 10:29
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1937
- Views: 258216
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
It is welcome, it also highlights how far below the 2% of gdp they had fallen (around 1.4% presently) in that this will allow them to reach that target in about 3 years time. The main takeaways for me. • Regardless of the 2% debate, the worsening security picture requires a massive increase in defe...
- 06 Apr 2024, 08:56
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1937
- Views: 258216
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
Clearly Norway got the memo! A very commendable $60bn investment in defence spending. https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/new-norwegian-long-term-plan-on-defence-a-historic-plan/id3032878/ It is welcome, it also highlights how far below the 2% of gdp they had fallen (around 1.4% presently) in tha...
- 06 Apr 2024, 08:46
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3773
Re: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]
The conventional ie metal wing would not of been workable simply because weight would have been a killer in the end. It was too conservative a choice. The thing often ignored in vtol aircraft design is they are always constrained by bring back in the hover especially when the marketing men start se...
- 05 Apr 2024, 22:51
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1879018
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Finlands military is orders of magnitude bigger and more capable than any of the Baltic states. So regularly exercising with and having the time to rapidly deploy to support them is possible. Finlands military is very capable but it would take time to fully mobilise the reserves and the length of t...
- 05 Apr 2024, 20:46
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1879018
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
I don’t know what you mean by difference? Very simple. The U.K. led Joint Expeditionary Force is a rapid reaction force which is great up to a point but the intention was never to persistently deploy into JEF members countries. Between 2014 and 2022 there was no major war in Europe at the scale we ...
- 05 Apr 2024, 19:34
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1879018
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
The UK has been the lead framework nation for the JEF nations since 2014 and no huge ramifications have happened nor any huge expansion. So why the difference between the Baltics and the Nordics in your opinion? I don’t know what you mean by difference? Estonia is extremely nervous of their neighbo...
- 05 Apr 2024, 19:14
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Royal Fleet Auxiliary
- Replies: 201
- Views: 352777
Re: Future Royal Fleet Auxiliary
As many tankers in mothballs as there are inservice https://twitter.com/navylookout/status/1776290443468189892?s=61&t=-w58-AqEK8dlq02bHexwZA Madness - why on earth are we getting them to crew MRoSS and OSV ships when they can’t even provide the basic services they are there for. As someone once...
- 05 Apr 2024, 18:45
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future Royal Fleet Auxiliary
- Replies: 201
- Views: 352777
Re: Future Royal Fleet Auxiliary
As many tankers in mothballs as there are inservice
- 05 Apr 2024, 18:07
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3773
Re: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]
The conventional ie metal wing would not of been workable simply because weight would have been a killer in the end. It was too conservative a choice. The thing often ignored in vtol aircraft design is they are always constrained by bring back in the hover especially when the marketing men start set...
- 05 Apr 2024, 17:42
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6182
- Views: 1879018
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
If the U.K. was handed the task of securing the Nordics as the lead nation of JEF its would be a huge realignment of U.K. Defence posture and the ramifications would ripple through the equipment programs of RN, RAF and the Army. How that would be achieved without blowing up the UK Defence budget is...
- 05 Apr 2024, 15:54
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19404
- Views: 9760584
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Well worth a read. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/04/us-navy-royal-rn-frigate-destroyer-submarine-russia-nato/. US Navy or Royal Navy – who’s best at hunting Russian submarines? Walk softly and carry a variable-depth sonar Today we’re going to discuss fighting Russian submarines using sur...