UK Strategic Defence Review 2020 - get your bids in now ladies & gents
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well they're hiring a couple more Fisheries Protection cutters according to the Press today..................
As a matter of fact, Trump has already hinted he will retaliate if they so much as dare strike another allied country again.
His restraint really is a sign of strength - a level of strength his predecessor didn't have. Iran should take that as a warning, and not as a cop out. Donald Trump doesn't make idle threats. Iran will call his bluff at their peril.
His restraint really is a sign of strength - a level of strength his predecessor didn't have. Iran should take that as a warning, and not as a cop out. Donald Trump doesn't make idle threats. Iran will call his bluff at their peril.
Simplistic and misleading b*llocks.
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Must admit I can see the UK Govt changing the balance of the F-35 order to the F-35A - that way they can say they're still buying the same number of air-frames but not need extra funding............
Have you got a commonality figure? Or are you just guessing?
http://www.congress.gov/114/crpt/srp...114srpt255.pdf
Nigh on four years old, admittedly. Relevant extract at bottom of page 280, citing 20-25% commonality (primarily in cockpits) across versions. For some reason I can't paste the exact section into this post.
Nigh on four years old, admittedly. Relevant extract at bottom of page 280, citing 20-25% commonality (primarily in cockpits) across versions. For some reason I can't paste the exact section into this post.
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Russia currently is operating around 3 "Borey" SSBN + 1 Typhoon + 7 Deltas - the Deltas are between 30 & 40 years old.
They have 10 Akulas SSN's which are approx 30 years old plus 1 Yasen which is about 6 years old
Also some SSK's and , old Oscars etc
these are split across 3 oceans
It's still a meaningful force but it's about the same as the UK plus France put together - and they are in one ocean.
They have 10 Akulas SSN's which are approx 30 years old plus 1 Yasen which is about 6 years old
Also some SSK's and , old Oscars etc
these are split across 3 oceans
It's still a meaningful force but it's about the same as the UK plus France put together - and they are in one ocean.
Gets interesting doesn't it!
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To quote Miss Rice-Davies "well he would say that .." etc
from the same article:-
"Lewis did not offer any specific details on the total number of Russian submarines the U.S. military believes are on patrol in the Atlantic at any given time compared to previous years. There has been significant debate about the exact scale of Russia's undersea activities, especially compared to peaks in the Soviet Navy's operations at the height of the Cold War, and whether the Kremlin has only been able to generate the additional deployments by pulling resources from the Pacific region."
But this is nothing cp the "threats" that all sides will be preparing to tell the British Press & Public about when the day gets closer for the publication of the UK Review........
from the same article:-
"Lewis did not offer any specific details on the total number of Russian submarines the U.S. military believes are on patrol in the Atlantic at any given time compared to previous years. There has been significant debate about the exact scale of Russia's undersea activities, especially compared to peaks in the Soviet Navy's operations at the height of the Cold War, and whether the Kremlin has only been able to generate the additional deployments by pulling resources from the Pacific region."
But this is nothing cp the "threats" that all sides will be preparing to tell the British Press & Public about when the day gets closer for the publication of the UK Review........
To quote Miss Rice-Davies "well he would say that .." etc
from the same article:-
"Lewis did not offer any specific details on the total number of Russian submarines the U.S. military believes are on patrol in the Atlantic at any given time compared to previous years. There has been significant debate about the exact scale of Russia's undersea activities, especially compared to peaks in the Soviet Navy's operations at the height of the Cold War, and whether the Kremlin has only been able to generate the additional deployments by pulling resources from the Pacific region."
But this is nothing cp the "threats" that all sides will be preparing to tell the British Press & Public about when the day gets closer for the publication of the UK Review........
from the same article:-
"Lewis did not offer any specific details on the total number of Russian submarines the U.S. military believes are on patrol in the Atlantic at any given time compared to previous years. There has been significant debate about the exact scale of Russia's undersea activities, especially compared to peaks in the Soviet Navy's operations at the height of the Cold War, and whether the Kremlin has only been able to generate the additional deployments by pulling resources from the Pacific region."
But this is nothing cp the "threats" that all sides will be preparing to tell the British Press & Public about when the day gets closer for the publication of the UK Review........
Troll alert!! What will you be telling the Press? You seem a little too informed, and on here almost continuously, to just be a spotter.
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Therefore, no, the F-35 cannot perform as well as the F-22 at 60,000' because it can't even get there, much less punch off an AMRAAM at said height at M2 and perform tactical manoeuvres (thanks to vectored thrust) that other fast jets simply cannot do.
In an era of finite budgets and multi-role fighters, the aircraft that can do the most with the least are "better" and more desirable than those that can't, which is exactly why Project CENTURION was applied to the Typhoon. The F-35 was designed to be very good at a lot of things, not to excel at one thing. Therefore it is absolutely better than the F-22 as an all-round platform.
My personal favourite FJs of all time, are the F-15C and Tornado F.3 - two specialist air defence aircraft, designed for very different areas of air defence. From a personal level I don't like multi-role, but it's not about personal preference, as much as it is the needs of a country verses the money they have to spend.
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I don't like multi-role, but it's not about personal preference, as much as it is the needs of a country verses the money they have to spend.
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