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TTheRedDwarf reacted to Systems Adict's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with
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??? o_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_Oo_O ??? I HATE to be the bearer of BAD NEWS, but... Type 45 - HOW did that class of ships come about ? Ever... -
TTheRedDwarf reacted to spoz's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with Like.
Really? T45 contract signed 1999, first ship operational 2009. Seems like 10 years to me. Horizon’s contractual history is complex...
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TTheRedDwarf reacted to DDG38's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with Like.
Meanwhile back in the actual current existing fleet with real sailors manning real warships : HMAS Stalwart departs Fleet Base West...
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TTheRedDwarf reacted to swerve's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with Like.
Type 45's WR-21 engine was a US-UK joint project, IIRC with US design leadership until the USA dropped it. By then the UK was committed...
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Sandhi Yudha reacted to CJohn's post in the thread Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) News and Discussion with Like.
Norway has chosen the United Kingdom as its strategic partner for the acquisition of new BAE Systems type 26 frigates for the RNoN... -
TTheRedDwarf reacted to DDG38's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with Like.
Also a note about manning ships, not sure if anyone caught the discussion about ADF recruitment in last week's Senate Estimates, but...
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TTheRedDwarf reacted to Volkodav's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with Like.
I can't place my hands on it, but I believe RAN FFGs often deployed with over 200 and sometimes as many as 220 crew, even using one...
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TTheRedDwarf reacted to Redlands18's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with Like.
One thing there, the RAN would almost never have deployed 2 S-70B Seahawks on the Adelaide's despite being able to fit 2 in the Hangar...
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TTheRedDwarf reacted to Systems Adict's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with Like.
Thanks for proving I'm a myopic pom... :cool: Moving on - Article DOES STATE the 96 VLS Cells capability - so WHY is everyone getting...
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TTheRedDwarf reacted to Systems Adict's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with Like.
As a Def-Pro, work often gets in the way of thing & prevents me from getting onto this site as often as i'd like, so I have just read...
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TTheRedDwarf reacted to protoplasm's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with Like.
No, a thousand times NO!!!! Don't invent new manufacturing capacity that then will not have enough work to sustain it. It's just pissing...
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Some enthusiast in FB create this rendering on missile equip Indonesian present and building Frigates, Light Frigates and Corvettes...
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TTheRedDwarf reacted to DDG38's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with Like.
No. IRT boats, you're making a fairly large assumption that people will come running to serve on SSNs. Let's say that actually happens...
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TTheRedDwarf reacted to Musashi_kenshin's post in the thread Royal Air Force (RAF-UK) Discussions and Updates with Like.
It's mostly a funding issue, not a lack of UK-wide industrial capacity. The NMH project has been classified as "amber" because the MoD...
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TTheRedDwarf reacted to Todjaeger's post in the thread Royal New Zealand Navy Discussions and Updates with Like.
In my experience, a realist would demand to know who drank from their pint/glass/bottle, but that might just be me. I see your timeline...