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Defence has been over committed for years. Assumptions made on costs that have nothing to do with reality. It is not comfortable at all... -
We live in strange times. The government is being savaged for gaps in defence, with armchair experts screaming "we need this, we need...
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Did you read what I wrote? That is an inaccurate and unfair assumption based on biased reporting and politicisation. Navantias issues... -
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Are you an expert shipbuilder or are you just going off what you've been told by the expert shipbuilders in the Murdoch media and...
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Ananda replied to the thread Indonesia: 'green water navy'.https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17UWdin3ww/ Video from TNI-AL FB, on KRI Belati as first indigenous FACM with hybrid propulsion... -
SStampede reacted to JBRobbo's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with Like.
The RAN has a history with Mistral too, if i remember correctly 2x4-round 'TETRAL' launchers for Mistral-2 were reportedly the preferred...
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VArmy is too busy patting itself on the back for re-raising DFSW and Mortar platoons in 2DIV (and ignoring they have had to strip the...
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AADMk2 replied to the thread ADF General discussion thread.Army is too busy patting itself on the back for re-raising DFSW and Mortar platoons in 2DIV (and ignoring they have had to strip the...
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AMissiles in general are a good option for reserves. Most of the training is on simulators or can be conducted on a small number of...
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AThe other thing I've noticed with minimum viable capability, is the number of projects that didn't seem to be on the government's radar...
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JMissiles in general are a good option for reserves. Most of the training is on simulators or can be conducted on a small number of...
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VVolkodav replied to the thread ADF General discussion thread.Missiles in general are a good option for reserves. Most of the training is on simulators or can be conducted on a small number of...
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VI have mentioned it before, that the reserves would be perfect for maintaining a manpads, fire and forget system, that requires little...
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Tasman reacted to JBRobbo's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with Like.
At present no, but even the older semi-active guided ESSM Blk1 has been test fired successfully from NASAMS in the past using an MPQ-46... -
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Always thought mounting a few light weight SAMs or ATGMs on a 25 / 30mm mount was a good use of a ships geography. Mistral and Spike...