Baggers and the boys from Hereford
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Baggers and the boys from Hereford
I couldn't find this in the Telegraph online, but it was in Mme Artist's morning paper.
Good article showing how military skills/capabilities can transfer to meet the needs of the time.
Not all the "boys from Hereford" are based there or full-time
Good article showing how military skills/capabilities can transfer to meet the needs of the time.
Not all the "boys from Hereford" are based there or full-time
Good show, although I can't help wondering whatever happened to the 'we do not comment on the operations of our Special Forces' line...
(gijoe - I imagine that the light blue comeback might be to point to the number of DFCs awarded to RAF SH mates while supporting the SF. And the CGC, for that matter... [all public domain if you know where to look before anyone worries])
(gijoe - I imagine that the light blue comeback might be to point to the number of DFCs awarded to RAF SH mates while supporting the SF. And the CGC, for that matter... [all public domain if you know where to look before anyone worries])
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I never said anything about that good show (and 'twas good) and, as you say, all in the public domain.
It is the self-advertising, paranoid, rabbit-in-the-headlights lightblue that makes me laugh!
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It is the self-advertising, paranoid, rabbit-in-the-headlights lightblue that makes me laugh!
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Nice for the RN to get a job to shout about for their wobbly Slow-Kings, but there are cheaper, faster, multiply longer-range, less obtrusive and quieter fixed wing solutions available for rental that did the same sort of job rather well in Telic.
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No, actually there are not.
There is currently nothing else that does what the freak show does as well as it does, and certainly was nothing else in Telic that was "cheaper, faster quieter"
That is why the US has been very keen to buy the system on board and stick it in a V22.
Or if you know something different tell us all....?
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No , not really except in the loosest sense. Even the Mk2 was different enough. The Mk7 bears very little similarity.
Then again, you are on the same wavelength as the telegraph
"designed to hunt submarines"
No, actually there are not.
There is currently nothing else that does what the freak show does as well as it does, and certainly was nothing else in Telic that was "cheaper, faster quieter"
That is why the US has been very keen to buy the system on board and stick it in a V22.
Or if you know something different tell us all....?
PN
No , not really except in the loosest sense. Even the Mk2 was different enough. The Mk7 bears very little similarity.
Then again, you are on the same wavelength as the telegraph
"designed to hunt submarines"
Whilst it is nice for the baggers to get some well deserved public recognition, I echo Archimedes sentiment. In the willy waving that is ongoing at the moment in the search for financial support for certain capabilities (to save them from the axe), there are certain other aspects that suffer.
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Good effort indeed but what happens when Afghan finishes and Sea King goes out of service? I fear mainly for all the crews left to look for cockpits elsewhere to fly in an ever shrinking Navy.
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At least the capability (which can be provided by other assets) actually has a use in the desert.
All I have ever been told by the MTI bunch is that (wait for it) 'the majority or movement is up and down the MSRs' apart from 'at the frontline' where it appears to stop. Brilliant, would never have guessed.
Oh no, forgot to mention the pictures of 'possible armour' which looked like a polaroid of Ready Brek.
All I have ever been told by the MTI bunch is that (wait for it) 'the majority or movement is up and down the MSRs' apart from 'at the frontline' where it appears to stop. Brilliant, would never have guessed.
Oh no, forgot to mention the pictures of 'possible armour' which looked like a polaroid of Ready Brek.
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Breakfast cereal error
Orca said:
Surely you mean Shredded Wheat? Ready Brek is a type of porridge.
I know what you mean though.
Sun
Oh no, forgot to mention the pictures of 'possible armour' which looked like a polaroid of Ready Brek.
I know what you mean though.
Sun
