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Forum: Military Aviation

16th Sep 2007, 12:25

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

Oz Amphibs

The RAN is getting 2 large new LPH's which may well be capable of embarking Dave B's.

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Jul 2007, 09:34

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

chafford5I think we can safely assume this is now...

chafford5I think we can safely assume this is now going ahead:

We can assume nothing of the sort. Gordo mereley "hopes" to make an announcement "soon", no guarantee what that announcement might be...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jul 2007, 16:15

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

You mean like flying in weapons and ammo to the...

You mean like flying in weapons and ammo to the Bosnian muslims when the USN E2 was on patrol rather than the NATO E3?

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jul 2007, 15:12

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

Trust French as Allies More than US?

M-M - would you care to elaborate on your statement that you'd prefer the French as allies to the US? This would appear to be against recieved wisdom.

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Nov 2006, 13:57

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

Doesn't that include a hefty chunk of the...

Doesn't that include a hefty chunk of the development costs, and aren't lead ships always more expensive? Wouldn't surprise me if late-production DDG1000 could be got for $1.5-2bn (bargain!). ...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Nov 2006, 13:43

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

US defense spending as a % of GDP is well, well...

US defense spending as a % of GDP is well, well below Cold War levels. Apart from that I agree about the RN retaining core capabilities but it's looking unlikely that the supporting UK industry will...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Nov 2006, 13:41

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

Dems Win good for USN

Seems the Dems victory in the mid-terms was good for the USN:

http://defensenews.com/story.php?F=2354833&C=america

Not sure whether a return to CGN's is a good idea, though.

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Jul 2006, 13:46

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

Actually it went more like this: "I mean,...

Actually it went more like this:

"I mean, you know George, if Condi goes she absolutely has to succeed, but as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, I can go and absolutely nobody will give a...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jul 2006, 12:49

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

Dirty Des to HCDC on JSF tech-transfer: ...

Dirty Des to HCDC on JSF tech-transfer:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?session=dae.21856710.1153139754.RLuEKMOa9dUAAF6J3H0&modele=jdc_34

I can translate some of...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Jul 2006, 15:57

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

The Israelis givew different names to their...

The Israelis givew different names to their aircraft from the US originals. In fact I think the F15 has a different name for each variant in IDF service.

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Jun 2006, 17:14

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

Translated: "A cheap bodge-job of an undermanned...

Translated: "A cheap bodge-job of an undermanned CVF will theoretically be able to generate a made up percentage of Nimitz-class sorties until actually tested in combat."

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd May 2006, 22:48

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

Accoridng to the French, the RN will only get 1...

Accoridng to the French, the RN will only get 1 CVF (and not replace Trident):

Translation www.assemblee-nationale.f...506033.asp

Logo of the site of the French National Assembly
...

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Apr 2006, 13:20

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

No, that is a load of complete bollix. China...

No, that is a load of complete bollix. China isn't predicted to overtake the US until at least 2050 and India and Brazil just aren't.

Not our problem, old bean. Why the hell would we want...

Forum: Military Aviation

16th Apr 2006, 20:55

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

IIRC, those who were against decommissioning JFK...

IIRC, those who were against decommissioning JFK early have now been placated with promises of more funds for CVNX and moving a CSG or ESG from Norfolk to Mayport.

On that point, the new US...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Apr 2006, 12:47

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

Those names were chosen with ominious prescience,...

Those names were chosen with ominious prescience, as they were also the names of the planned CVA01s, and CVF will likely meet the same fate.

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Apr 2006, 11:40

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Posted By Lazer-Hound

Personally I reckon all this tech-transfer...

Personally I reckon all this tech-transfer argument over JSF is a blind to cover the fact that the MoD budget simply cannot afford all the current programmes. Something has to give, we apparently...

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