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Forum: Military Aviation

1st Feb 2012, 15:02

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Posted By Not_a_boffin

@Hval No the fit doesn't look too bad once...

@Hval

No the fit doesn't look too bad once you realise what they're trying to do. The ship however looks like a slapped @rse, it's only saving grace is that it is nowhere near as stomach churning...

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Feb 2012, 12:44

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Posted By Not_a_boffin

Daring and Diamond both have Phalanx fitted....

Daring and Diamond both have Phalanx fitted. Currently Dauntless is still waiting for hers as posted yesterday before someone removed the post in a fit of misplaced OPSEC. Open source pictures from...

Forum: Military Aviation

31st Jan 2012, 16:16

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Posted By Not_a_boffin

I'll bite then. It does see the need for an...

I'll bite then.

It does see the need for an airforce, preferably one that is available to a maritime force when required - ie organic. The fact that some in capability world are unable to...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Jan 2012, 16:41

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Posted By Not_a_boffin

I said allegedly - part of the multiplier effect...

I said allegedly - part of the multiplier effect claimed by the RAF. Whether it did or not is independent on our RoE of the time, which I suspect were a lot looser than they would be today.

Play...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Jan 2012, 15:14

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Posted By Not_a_boffin

That assumes the targeteers let you go after...

That assumes the targeteers let you go after "non-military" targets in what would almost certainly be an RoE constrained environment.

Back in 82 there was also a lot less freely available int on...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Jan 2012, 13:24

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Posted By Not_a_boffin

No it didn't. What it did (allegedly) force them...

No it didn't. What it did (allegedly) force them to do, was to move their better AD aircraft north to cover BA, thereby having a valuable dilution effect on what was available to face the Task Force....

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Dec 2011, 13:20

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Posted By Not_a_boffin

And then of course, if they did get them on the...

And then of course, if they did get them on the island, they would have to hold them, which has already proved "an island too far" before.

Without wishing to state the bleeding obvious, there was...

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