Nimrod MRA.4
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Remember all of those 'experimental' aeroplanes that you looked at in books when you were a kid. The MRA4 is what the next generation will be looking at.
A what would have been. An experimental aircraft that never actually happened. A TSR.2.
Best we man the coastline with Bino's looking for snorts!
A what would have been. An experimental aircraft that never actually happened. A TSR.2.
Best we man the coastline with Bino's looking for snorts!
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Maybe BAE should just sell the things commercially? Sure someone would have them... 
Or are they bought and paid for so ours to scrap and turn wasted billions into razor blades?? 
Or are they bought and paid for so ours to scrap and turn wasted billions into razor blades??
Bob Ainsworth just asked how the cancellation of Nimrod renders Trident "less than invulnerable".
Cameron totally skated over that, by focussing on the other point he made.
Wonder how our nation will protect our seaborne assets with shorter-ranged helicopters flying from fewer ships...
Borrowing French MPA capacity...? Viable?
Cameron totally skated over that, by focussing on the other point he made.
Wonder how our nation will protect our seaborne assets with shorter-ranged helicopters flying from fewer ships...
Borrowing French MPA capacity...? Viable?
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Maybe give Mr. O'Leary a call and see if he'd be willing to airfix some P-8A-esque antennae onto his -800s. Who knows, it might fool the Albanian state washing machine company.
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I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Whilst continuation of the GR4 means the navigation system will continue, cancellation of the MRA4 spells the end of the traditional navigation training.
I wonder when we'll next dredge up the Nimrod as a future platform, and for what purpose...
Nimrod AEW3...RIP
Nimord MRA4...don't worry, lightning never strikes twice...bugger, it just has
Nimrod KC5, anyone?
In all seriousness, sincere condolences to all those involved in the MRA4 programme - what an appalling mistake today's announcement is.
Nimrod AEW3...RIP
Nimord MRA4...don't worry, lightning never strikes twice...bugger, it just has
Nimrod KC5, anyone?
In all seriousness, sincere condolences to all those involved in the MRA4 programme - what an appalling mistake today's announcement is.
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My sincere sympathies to all RAF personnel & their families at Kinloss. I imagine that it's a very sad base tonight & that many of you are extremely worried about your futures. I wish I could find words of comfort but for once in my life I'm afraid I'm speechless.
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An incomprehensible decision,
given that the sealanes are still our main (almost exclusive) source of supply - but then, politicians have NEVER understood defence, so this is just one more in an unending series of stupid decisions. The hard learned lesson - that nothing can be done on sea or land without effective air cover - has been forgotten yet again.
Traditionally there is usually some crisis somewhere down the turnpike that shows the decisions of the previous x years to have been shortsighted, let's hope we get away with it for once.
Sympathies to all the hard working MPA guys, I guess I won't be getting a Duncs flypast anytime soon then. I've been out 10 years now, and I'm still gutted... I hope you all find a better path through life.
Dave
given that the sealanes are still our main (almost exclusive) source of supply - but then, politicians have NEVER understood defence, so this is just one more in an unending series of stupid decisions. The hard learned lesson - that nothing can be done on sea or land without effective air cover - has been forgotten yet again.
Traditionally there is usually some crisis somewhere down the turnpike that shows the decisions of the previous x years to have been shortsighted, let's hope we get away with it for once.
Sympathies to all the hard working MPA guys, I guess I won't be getting a Duncs flypast anytime soon then. I've been out 10 years now, and I'm still gutted... I hope you all find a better path through life.
Dave
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Some of the finest RAF folk I ever met served on the Mighty Hunter, and the good people of Forres and surrounding areas need recognition for their enduring support over the years.
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Winston Churchill wrote, "The threat the U-Boats posed in the Atlantic was the only thing that really frightened me during the war. On their defeat hung the outcome of World War II."
Simplistic and cheap to quote I know, but has anybody in the government got a History degree..... A Level...... GCSE.........CSE?
Simplistic and cheap to quote I know, but has anybody in the government got a History degree..... A Level...... GCSE.........CSE?
CDS's words.....
.....obviously recorded before the PM's statement (the editing showed it) when asked about MRA4 said (I paraphrase) that if there was a resurgence of the submarine threat that "we would have to look carefully at our coalition partners in that situation."
So who will help us out? Norwegians? Germans? Dutch? (Ah no, they did this a few years ago) France? Canada? USN seem largely to have retreated from the North Atlantic; no Kef no Brunswick.
It all made me feel very sad. Buggah!!
The Ancient Mariner
So who will help us out? Norwegians? Germans? Dutch? (Ah no, they did this a few years ago) France? Canada? USN seem largely to have retreated from the North Atlantic; no Kef no Brunswick.
It all made me feel very sad. Buggah!!
The Ancient Mariner
Devastated
Like most on here I am devastated by this stupid decision.
Like Spock I did many years on the mighty hunter, the difference being that I was on the main operating and not the training base. I remember many years ago when spock left 206 and Eddie Waring the boss said that spock moving to 42 improved both squadrons - I think thats how I remember it! Lol
My thoughts are with all those at Kinloss. I dont know what to say.
I can only think of one person who will be happy with this decision, but I wont go into that................
Shadwell
Like Spock I did many years on the mighty hunter, the difference being that I was on the main operating and not the training base. I remember many years ago when spock left 206 and Eddie Waring the boss said that spock moving to 42 improved both squadrons - I think thats how I remember it! Lol
My thoughts are with all those at Kinloss. I dont know what to say.
I can only think of one person who will be happy with this decision, but I wont go into that................
Shadwell