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How's about 4 + for the RAF to replace the retired BAE 146.
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maybe useful 4 special forces when A400 r2 big....
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Personally I would prefer another eight to twelve A400s. This has a lot more to offer if its capabilities are continually expanded, something the Germans and French seem much more interested in doing and far faster then the RAF.
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I think the issue is that we need UK to have a variety of transport aircraft of different sizes and for different purposes. If we are to embrace the required mobility needed for Future Soldier programme, then we do need additional strategic and tactical transports. So I do thik we need more A400's.
But we do need to have SOME smaller transport aircraft, especially those that can land/take off from shorter runways or rough airstrips that an A400 would be unable to do. Especially for special forces missions as mentioned earlier.
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wargame_insomniac wrote: ↑19 Jun 2022, 14:59I think the issue is that we need UK to have a variety of transport aircraft of different sizes and for different purposes. If we are to embrace the required mobility needed for Future Soldier programme, then we do need additional strategic and tactical transports. So I do thik we need more A400's.
But we do need to have SOME smaller transport aircraft, especially those that can land/take off from shorter runways or rough airstrips that an A400 would be unable to do. Especially for special forces missions as mentioned earlier.
And which smaller transports would u be thinking off?
Considering the French airforce have already cleared there a400 for there small strips in the pacific and a400m’s rough field performance is better than Hercules?
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OK - thanks for that clarification. I was not aware of that. Do you have some links that discuss this, as I am happy to learn more to correct any gaps in my knowledge?SW1 wrote: ↑19 Jun 2022, 15:04wargame_insomniac wrote: ↑19 Jun 2022, 14:59I think the issue is that we need UK to have a variety of transport aircraft of different sizes and for different purposes. If we are to embrace the required mobility needed for Future Soldier programme, then we do need additional strategic and tactical transports. So I do thik we need more A400's.
But we do need to have SOME smaller transport aircraft, especially those that can land/take off from shorter runways or rough airstrips that an A400 would be unable to do. Especially for special forces missions as mentioned earlier.
And which smaller transports would u be thinking off?
Considering the French airforce have already cleared there a400 for there small strips in the pacific and a400m’s rough field performance is better than Hercules?
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If you want a platform just for SF usage you might as well follow the US and buy a number of the Twin engines Polish transport aircraft.
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Or ask to join the Franco/German C-130 equipped SF Squadron.
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NOT RESPECTING THE HEADLINE BUT AT LEAST THE DEVELOPING NARRATIVE:
Sweden, Germany & France launching a project for that 'mid-mkt' soft spot... which will be BIG
Sweden, Germany & France launching a project for that 'mid-mkt' soft spot... which will be BIG
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)
If everyone is thinking the same, then someone is not thinking (attributed to Patton)
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Future Dutch Submarine: Naval Group's Conventional Barracuda
Interview with Naval Group on their proposal for the Walrus-class submarine replacement program. The French shipbuilder is proposing a conventional submarine based on the Barracuda type nuclear-powered submarine (in service with the French Navy and known as Suffren-class).
Interview with Naval Group on their proposal for the Walrus-class submarine replacement program. The French shipbuilder is proposing a conventional submarine based on the Barracuda type nuclear-powered submarine (in service with the French Navy and known as Suffren-class).
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Future Dutch Submarine: TKMS Type 212CD E
Interview with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) on their proposal for the Walrus-class submarine replacement program. The German shipbuilder is proposing a submarine based on the future Type 212CD (already ordered by the German Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy).
Interview with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) on their proposal for the Walrus-class submarine replacement program. The German shipbuilder is proposing a submarine based on the future Type 212CD (already ordered by the German Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy).
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Future Dutch Submarine: Saab C71 Submarine (based on A26)
Interview with Saab and Damen on their proposal for the Walrus-class submarine replacement program. The Swedish shipbuilder is proposing the C71 submarine which is based on the future A26 Blekinge-class (two of which are under production for the Royal Swedish Navy).
Interview with Saab and Damen on their proposal for the Walrus-class submarine replacement program. The Swedish shipbuilder is proposing the C71 submarine which is based on the future A26 Blekinge-class (two of which are under production for the Royal Swedish Navy).
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IMHO, they should just join Type 212CD consortium and that's it. If it's good enough for Norway and Germany, it should be good enough for Netherlands too.
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What's her position about heavily armed, well prepared and overmanned armies?
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Like many recent discussions in Royal Navy threads, there are many considerations involved in major shipbuilding in deciding between various proposals:
-Best technical proposal
-Best financial proposal
-Best proposal for local shipbuilding
etc
I have listened to all three of Xavier's interviews. I am not sure how the three proposals compare to each other. But I did note that the Saab proposal was in partnership with Dutch shipbuilder Damen, and the video makes clear that it is a genuine partnership of designing, constructing and then subsequent servicing of the submarines. It makes a big difference if there is a transfer of knowledge to Dutch shipbuilders and key suppliers.
It is possible that there might be some local Dutch involvement in either the German ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) Type 212CD E or the French Naval Group conventional version of their Barracuda. And of course they might win on the basis of lowest cost or best technical proposal.....
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I think that there's no possibility to have them built in Netherlands. That ship sailed 30 years ago when the shipyard bankrupted. Trying to again get that would be too expencive IMHO. Servicing them maybe.wargame_insomniac wrote: ↑27 Nov 2022, 16:07Like many recent discussions in Royal Navy threads, there are many considerations involved in major shipbuilding in deciding between various proposals:
-Best technical proposal
-Best financial proposal
-Best proposal for local shipbuilding
etc
I have listened to all three of Xavier's interviews. I am not sure how the three proposals compare to each other. But I did note that the Saab proposal was in partnership with Dutch shipbuilder Damen, and the video makes clear that it is a genuine partnership of designing, constructing and then subsequent servicing of the submarines. It makes a big difference if there is a transfer of knowledge to Dutch shipbuilders and key suppliers.
It is possible that there might be some local Dutch involvement in either the German ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) Type 212CD E or the French Naval Group conventional version of their Barracuda. And of course they might win on the basis of lowest cost or best technical proposal.....
Fortune favors brave sir, said Carrot cheerfully.
What's her position about heavily armed, well prepared and overmanned armies?
Oh, noone's ever heard of Fortune favoring them, sir.
According to General Tacticus, it's because they favor themselves…
What's her position about heavily armed, well prepared and overmanned armies?
Oh, noone's ever heard of Fortune favoring them, sir.
According to General Tacticus, it's because they favor themselves…
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I thought Damen has shipyards both in the Netherlands and Romania?
From Saab interview, it was nt clar as to what work would be done in Sweden and what in Netherlands.
It maybe some initial construction work done in the Netherlands and then final assembly in Sweden?
From Saab interview, it was nt clar as to what work would be done in Sweden and what in Netherlands.
It maybe some initial construction work done in the Netherlands and then final assembly in Sweden?
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I think they should study all available options and pick the proposal best suited to their requirements. The Dutch are serious shipbuilders and sub drivers, they have little reason to jump at "good enough."
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I know they are. But, they should have allready started to build replacement boats. They are becoming old- Walrus is 30 years old allready.
Fortune favors brave sir, said Carrot cheerfully.
What's her position about heavily armed, well prepared and overmanned armies?
Oh, noone's ever heard of Fortune favoring them, sir.
According to General Tacticus, it's because they favor themselves…
What's her position about heavily armed, well prepared and overmanned armies?
Oh, noone's ever heard of Fortune favoring them, sir.
According to General Tacticus, it's because they favor themselves…
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Fortune favors brave sir, said Carrot cheerfully.
What's her position about heavily armed, well prepared and overmanned armies?
Oh, noone's ever heard of Fortune favoring them, sir.
According to General Tacticus, it's because they favor themselves…
What's her position about heavily armed, well prepared and overmanned armies?
Oh, noone's ever heard of Fortune favoring them, sir.
According to General Tacticus, it's because they favor themselves…
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Only for the LCF Frigates, the new frigates, the Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF) is not known yet what they get, but i assume they also will get the NSM.
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https://www.navaltoday.com/2023/03/29/f ... the-water/
It provides for the supply to the Belgian Navy and the Royal Netherlands Navy of twelve mine countermeasures vessels and around a hundred drones integrated inside a toolbox that will equip the vessels.
The first delivery is scheduled for the end of 2024 in Zeebrugge, Belgium. Deliveries will then be staggered until 2030.
The vessels are the first to have the capability to embark and launch a combination of surface drones (themselves 12-metre, 18- tonne vessels), underwater drones and aerial drones.
It provides for the supply to the Belgian Navy and the Royal Netherlands Navy of twelve mine countermeasures vessels and around a hundred drones integrated inside a toolbox that will equip the vessels.
The first delivery is scheduled for the end of 2024 in Zeebrugge, Belgium. Deliveries will then be staggered until 2030.
The vessels are the first to have the capability to embark and launch a combination of surface drones (themselves 12-metre, 18- tonne vessels), underwater drones and aerial drones.