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23rd Dec 2020, 16:05
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Posted By orca

I know that we all know this...but the Task...

I know that we all know this...but the Task Group’s task is not ASW. ASW is an enabler that allows the Task Group to go about the task in hand. The same is true of DCA.
Carrier Strike is about three...
29th Oct 2019, 12:05
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Posted By orca

The USMC programme of record is for 353 B models...

The USMC programme of record is for 353 B models and 67 C models.
4th Aug 2019, 21:00
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Posted By orca

I don’t disagree with your explanation of two of...

I don’t disagree with your explanation of two of the tactics used.
4th Aug 2019, 19:53
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Posted By orca

As always - it’s simply human to take different...

As always - it’s simply human to take different views. I completely understand yours - just disagree. I am aware that I have certain biases as well!

We can’t possibly be out of money - we have...
4th Aug 2019, 18:43
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Posted By orca

We agree entirely. Losing a carrier would be...

We agree entirely. Losing a carrier would be horrendous. But warfare isn’t a game of absolutes.

For example: I think that Typhoon gives the U.K. a reasonable capability, but I can think of a...
4th Aug 2019, 17:56
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Posted By orca

I often heard folk quote the fact that losing a...

I often heard folk quote the fact that losing a heavy would lead to strategic failure in Afghanistan but always considered this to be perceived wisdom perpetuated by word of mouth as opposed to...
4th Aug 2019, 17:02
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Posted By orca

Don’t know, don’t work for either. In 1982 the...

Don’t know, don’t work for either. In 1982 the Argentinians lost a capital ship and that didn’t seem to change their strategy. Are we saying that losing ships changes strategy but losing aircraft and...
4th Aug 2019, 16:22
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Posted By orca

I heard that in a recent NATO war game an...

I heard that in a recent NATO war game an airfield got attacked by infantry and a whole squadron destroyed and then another ceased functioning after a TLAM strike.

Oh no, my mistake - those...
22nd May 2019, 08:31
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Posted By orca

Thank God for men of NCP’s calibre. If it had...

Thank God for men of NCP’s calibre. If it had been me (ruled out on grounds of specialisation, expertise and looks) in command - relieved of command - then asked to park the barge because no one else...
5th Dec 2018, 06:54
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Posted By orca

The answer to the F-18 ‘in extremis’ question is...

The answer to the F-18 ‘in extremis’ question is ‘No, but if they wanted to eject somewhere close by then QNLZ could pick them up.’
15th Oct 2018, 07:58
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Posted By orca

I listened to a rather good brief by a RAF...

I listened to a rather good brief by a RAF Regiment Officer the other day in which he gave the stats that in WW2 the axis powers lost 18,000 aircraft to ground based attack and the figure for the US...
14th Oct 2018, 15:13
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Posted By orca

Everything’s more vulnerable than ever. Yawn.

Everything’s more vulnerable than ever. Yawn.
3rd Oct 2018, 15:47
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Posted By orca

Fabulous photo. Light duskers en route to some...

Fabulous photo. Light duskers en route to some dark stuff?
13th Sep 2018, 06:53
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Posted By orca

Bing - the twin seaters will be along in a second...

Bing - the twin seaters will be along in a second to say something about attacking the Libyan Fleet in 2011.
11th Sep 2018, 06:31
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Posted By orca

So no programmes from countries that pay in...

So no programmes from countries that pay in cents? Well done you for knowing all the programmes. That must be a lot.

Are there any made in some of the other countries? I heard a few countries...
10th Sep 2018, 21:21
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Posted By orca

Glad Rag - of the 111 deficiencies that could...

Glad Rag - of the 111 deficiencies that could compromise safety/ requirement/ security/ capability - how many actually do? How does 111 stack up against other similar/ comparable programmes? Anyone...
25th Aug 2018, 05:36
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Posted By orca

Surely we’re not contemplating a kinetic attack...

Surely we’re not contemplating a kinetic attack on space based systems? Far better ways of using the gaming generation than that.
20th Aug 2018, 17:15
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Posted By orca

Concur Sir! Very well put.

Concur Sir! Very well put.
19th Aug 2018, 17:23
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Posted By orca

So there’s no point building ships, bridges,...

So there’s no point building ships, bridges, military bases or power stations...no dramas, the Harrier chaps are all over this sort of thing!😉
19th Aug 2018, 08:55
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Posted By orca

I’m sure both missions would have been quite the...

I’m sure both missions would have been quite the caper.

Of course, there are ways of reducing activity on/ utility of an airfield other than an attack on the main operating surface. Not sure our...
18th Aug 2018, 22:04
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Posted By orca

Errr, no. I ought to be but have had to delay due...

Errr, no. I ought to be but have had to delay due to picking up OIC Domestic Bliss from the train.

Shall get to it in just a second.
18th Aug 2018, 19:09
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Posted By orca

There are numerous things people seem to forget...

There are numerous things people seem to forget whenever the ‘golly aren’t carriers easy to sink’ argument starts raging.

The first is that an army - which most countries have - is unlikely to...
18th May 2015, 18:52
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Posted By orca

Why would the government have to decide on...

Why would the government have to decide on anything to do with tactical minutae and arrangements that were already in place?

Long Lead Specialist Skills programme in place - Check.
RN and RAF in...
19th Jul 2014, 07:15
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Posted By orca

Despite not having a probe and having a lower...

Despite not having a probe and having a lower radius than the C?
7th Jul 2014, 05:52
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Posted By orca

It is somewhat convenient when cost and risk go...

It is somewhat convenient when cost and risk go hand in hand. We didn't go for nuclear because of cost, with a nod to risk. Likewise we didn't go for cats and traps due to cost with a nod to risk. I...
15th Mar 2013, 18:24
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Posted By orca

Not A Boffin, Some years ago now I was...

Not A Boffin,

Some years ago now I was treated to a bit of a Carrier alliance famil...I was invited down as a SME for something or other.

The chaps showed us a demonstration bit of bulkhead and...
13th Mar 2013, 16:14
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Posted By orca

The USN hasn't got a solution at the moment - but...

The USN hasn't got a solution at the moment - but neither have the Chinese got a problem.
13th Mar 2013, 13:41
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Posted By orca

Kill chain question. The not yet fielded...

Kill chain question.

The not yet fielded carrier killer that everyone gets quite excited about...how is it cued?

I thought a satellite featured in the kill chain at some point and I am pretty...
13th Mar 2013, 02:00
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Posted By orca

Errr, yeah, but at the same time resoundingly -...

Errr, yeah, but at the same time resoundingly - no.

Article fails to mention that submarines can be killed - which would also be costly. As I understand it 'a few' countries can kill a submarine -...
31st Jan 2013, 20:57
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Posted By orca

ORAC, I think the point is that you can...

ORAC,

I think the point is that you can dream up future weapons or extrapolate current capabilities into frightening new ones, but you still have to apply a 'So what?' test to them.

I buy the...
31st Jan 2013, 19:30
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Posted By orca

1. Anyone else think that those two craters are...

1. Anyone else think that those two craters are surprisingly dissimilar?

2. Anyone really care? We still buy aeroplanes despite the SA-20. We still train soldiers despite the bayonet having proved...
4th Jan 2013, 22:56
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Posted By orca

Engines, Thanks for the reply. 600ft is a...

Engines,

Thanks for the reply. 600ft is a little long for a SHAR at Max AUW - but I would buy 500ft, and you will recall min deck run for both types was 200ft to allow RPM to be above 100% at ramp...
4th Jan 2013, 20:37
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Posted By orca

Reference the deck layouts in post 3321. Are...

Reference the deck layouts in post 3321.

Are we convinced that the deck run for a STOVL jet will be the same as the C model on the cat? (Yeah - I know, ramp, blah, runway in the sky, blah...but...
30th Dec 2012, 23:41
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Posted By orca

A subtle point that seems to be missed a lot is...

A subtle point that seems to be missed a lot is that whether it's 6 or 36 JCA onboard - it's (essentially, practically, potentially) 100% of the UK's (not fish head, not crab - the UK's) available...
30th Dec 2012, 14:47
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Posted By orca

I suppose the problem is that there are three...

I suppose the problem is that there are three kinds of 'insider' - one of which isn't RN.

1. The FAA ones who think that if we continue to bash F-35B then we will have some chance of reversing the...
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