HMS Jupiter vs. London Bridge
 

Was that the one where the CO was court-martialled, and reduced in seniority by two years, which pushed him back down into the promotion band.
Presto! Formerly passed-over gent is promptly elevated to unimaginable heights. :}

Ah, the law of unintended consequences

D O Guerrero,

That's a 30mm REMSIG Bushmaster mount, its either fully automatic or manual. Quite capable of taking out aerial targets.

Those baseball caps are dire - are they meant to be cool? :yuk:

I think so. They're not the only things that look cheap and nasty onboard though. The furnishings look not dissimilar to the VT offerings aboard the River Class - ie very cheap, very nasty and more suitable for a mobile home than a warship. And the bridge definitely has a whiff of Townsend Thoresen about it.

Bring back the County class, I say. Proper ships, albeit with an abortion of a hangar ;)

Glad to have been of service...sort of!
 

Pious,

I'm glad to have been of some sort of service.

I though for my first ever post it was a bit necky, but hoped it might engender some further discussion.
An immediate mauling by Navayeye put pay to that though!!

Maybe I'll just go for another tour in Ganners - it'll probably be safer.

:ok:

GBZ,

That may be the case... But it still looks cheap.

Check out a River Class Cabin. See if you can secure it for sea. I've been assaulted many times by items of furniture hurling themselves at me in slight sea states. And yes, they had been "secured". So the Committee didn't really do it's job in that case - probably because VT just do as they please until someone forces them to do otherwise.

It won't be long before someone has to remove a bulkhead panel to find that the sewerage pipes are held on with string.

D O G

Regrettably, I can well believe that. Sounds like a job for Form S2022 to me. It covers design defects as well.

Progress
 

1st Test Firing Success for Royal Navy's PAAMS

The successful firing marks a key step in the demonstration of the maturity of the PAAMS(S) system in the lead up to the missile system entering service onboard the Royal Navy's new Type 45 destroyers.

The trial comprised the firing of a single Aster 30 missile launched against a Mirach target simulating an aircraft, flying at 10km altitude. All aspects of the system behaved as expected with the Aster missile achieving a direct hit on the target at 35km range.

Moving away from the Type 45, Navy News reports on the Seawolf upgrade.

However, you need a lot of SAM armed ships to provide the same level of protection as fighters, as mentioned here back in 2003 by the First Sea Lord, and on the Sea Jet thread.

Actually I found the article, opposite on page 4, far more interesting and uplifting.

I'm cynical when it comes to believing all that stuff about tracking x number of targets etc etc. You'd have thought after all the procurement fiascos we've had that these 'techo stats' are not going to dazzle anyone.

It's radar capability is unlikely to stop the detonation of an inflatable laden with explosives next to the hull. The sharp reaction of a poorly paid sentry will be it's best chance.

seafuryfan. A bit below the boot toppings there, old thing. :}

Poorly paid sentry? Do you believe everything you read in the Daily Mail?

It looks like DRAGON's weapons trials have started well!

http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/34678...NE08035838.jpg

Ministry of Defence | Defence News | Equipment and Logistics | Royal Navy's Dragon enters the Clyde

Looks like its just squished a yachty.:uhoh:

You MIGHT think of it this way.

DME/TACAN can handle a hundred different 'targets' at any one moment!

There could be difference but I can't think of one.

A boffin might have other views though.

It's an awesome anti-air weapon. It takes 13 people on a T42 to launch a bird. Imagine how long that takes. PAAMS can take out any target automatically. One shot one kill. The SA that the T45 provides is light years ahead of anything we have now, even an Arleigh Burke with AEGIS. Its at least one generation ahead of anything Uncle Sam has. The RN is looking forward to taking one down to south Atlantic. Anything that leaves the ground in Argentina is a victim in waiting.

Does that include Aerolineas?
Judging by recent events I think it would be more useful in British waters defending HM from marauding Tu-160s!

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