Status Of The Nimrod MR4A
 

hey

just wondered if anyone new the status of the MR4a program

when do we get them in to service?
whats the cost of the contract?
whats the unit cost per jet then?
what air to ground stores are being intergrated?

Oh.. and what's the point? :}

MR4A??
 

Erm, small point, but the aircraft is designated the Nimrod MRA4 - not MR4A. :ok:

Why do we need them?
what is their purpose?
Why waste money?

:hmm: are you still talking about MRA4, or Typhoon, or the FAA? Hope you don't need anyone dropping you a dinghy outside SAR helo range sometime after 2010...

Bugger....Sorry forgot about that role...... Now lets think.... How can we design an aircraft, spend (waste) millions and millions and millions of tax payers money on it and its only role is dropping rubber dingys....

:) I bet if it was you needing a dinghy urgently, you'd be thinking differently!

Come on fella.....You can do better than that. Whats it really for...I mean "Really". You can't possible tell me that the MRA4 is for dropping rubber dingys....for gawds sake fella, don't tell the public that.


So, what will it do when it enters service shortly (and only 14 years down stream)

Rafloo

As you claim to be a tincano driver I can fully understand why you would see the Nimrods SAR role to be a waste of money - after all do training command ever leave the Vale of York?. However, when and if you ever return to the front line (assuming at 46 you're not past it :ok: ) you may discover that the Nimrods do far more than drop dinghys.

And no, I'm not a kipper fleet man - roll on contractorized flying trg and give the savings to the operational command that needs it :}

W

:ugh:
I am sure the guys and girls who are extremely busy in various (unpleasant) places around the globe on the MR2 fleet, and those they work for and support, would be glad to know that the defence community as a whole is STILL so ignorant and ill informed of the many jobs the Nimrod currently does. Talk to the guys at Kinloss about overstretch, they are feeling it. Quite strange considering they supposedly do f**** all according to many of the posters on here.
Have an opinion by all means, but do them the honour of it being an informed one.

Rant over!!!!!:cool:

loo

Provacative and pointless as ever. :rolleyes: If you want to know more about the capabilities of this aircraft I suggest you invite some of the project team across from Woodvale to give an Air Power presentation. Then you will understand just what this aircraft will be capable of and in what roles. When it comes it will be monumental step forward in capability but I'm not saying what on these forums. Invite the team and you will be enlightened.

Im sure you are correct and I hope for the sake of the RAF that we will eventually see a Nimrod in the shape of an MRA4 variant...but pardon me for being sceptical but unoess this project can get through main gate then Im not holding my breath.


PS - I was at Woodvale 3 weeks ago.....

Then you should know what it will be capable of. Unless of course you were just doing a landaway and didn't actually speak to any of the MRA4 project team!! :ugh:

I was on a detachment and all I saw were 6 Grobs....no sign of a Nimrod nor an IPT at woodvale....they must be very secretive or hiding...or maybe they were hagning their heads in shame...?

Has the Project Team left Warton then ?

S_H

Yep...apparently they are now in Woodvale. S'funny cos I didn't see them there 3 weeks ago

"How can we design an aircraft, spend (waste) millions and millions and millions of tax payers money on it and its only role is dropping rubber dingys...."

Merlin Mk1?

So how many subs do Al-Qaeda actually have..? :confused:

Your lack of knowledge with regards to the capabilities of the current Nimrod and the MRA4 is outstanding. Either you are Army and disgruntled because they could have spent the money on new bearskin hats, FAA and are disgruntled because your air arm is coming to an end, RAF but are even more 'civvy in uniform' than most or are a civvy without a clue what he is talking about other than the fact its tripe.

Well done, you score 10 troll points.

THS

Correct with your last guess! A S-76 co-pilot if his profile is correct. Now if he (or she) had asked how many subs the Iranians have ....:hmm: