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Forum: Military Aviation

4th Feb 2024, 18:26

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By WE Branch Fanatic

MARITIME OPERATING CONCEPT - THE MARITIME FORCE...

MARITIME OPERATING CONCEPT - THE MARITIME FORCE CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTEGRATED OPERATING CONCEPT...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Feb 2024, 09:53

Replies: 7,469

Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By WE Branch Fanatic

HMS Queen Elizabeth returned from NATO tasking in...

HMS Queen Elizabeth returned from NATO tasking in December - both carriers have spent time on NATO operations, including the first part of the CSG21 deployment:

Italian ship joins Carrier Strike...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Jan 2024, 07:55

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By WE Branch Fanatic

Happy New Year - we seem to be living in very...

Happy New Year - we seem to be living in very interesting times!

Asturias56 - the Earth is still round, and covered in sea. Most trade goes via sea. The Western democracies have to use the sea for...

Forum: Military Aviation

28th Dec 2023, 09:15

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By WE Branch Fanatic

Why? It is only a small area of the Red Sea where...

Why? It is only a small area of the Red Sea where the attacks are taking place, and as I am sure you are aware the UK F-35B Lightning is jointly RN/RAF run. There is of course the issue of planned...

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Nov 2023, 11:28

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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At 2200 GMT tonight BBC Four will start showing...

At 2200 GMT tonight BBC Four will start showing Chris Terill's 1995 documentary HMS Brilliant, about the frigate of the same name taking part in NATO operations in the Adriatic as a brutal conflict...

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Sep 2023, 15:08

Replies: 7,469

Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By WE Branch Fanatic

By dividing 820 between the two carriers I meant...

By dividing 820 between the two carriers I meant having to put aircraft and personnel aboard both at the same time. This is why there are projects to try to develop a UAV to augment them, and to...

Forum: Military Aviation

31st Aug 2023, 18:05

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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I suspect there is little chance of something...

I suspect there is little chance of something like a modern version of this 1976 film...

THE ROYAL NAVY AND THE SOVIET THREAT (https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060020514)

This...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Jun 2023, 01:27

Replies: 34

Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic

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Posted By WE Branch Fanatic

Here is another video, specially made for the...

Here is another video, specially made for the Battle of the Atlantic memorial charity. It is entitled How Broad Is The Sea?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R1OqczvDec

It packs a lot into just...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th May 2023, 09:58

Replies: 34

Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic

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Posted By WE Branch Fanatic

'Absolutely brilliant' Battle of the Atlantic...

'Absolutely brilliant' Battle of the Atlantic events conclude in Liverpool (https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2023/may/28/20230528-atlantic-80-events-conclude) - Royal Navy
...

Forum: Military Aviation

26th May 2023, 16:30

Replies: 34

Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic

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Battle of the Atlantic commemorations to begin...

Battle of the Atlantic commemorations to begin with service and flypast (https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/battle-atlantic-commemorations-begin-service-26995009) - Liverpool Echo
...

Forum: Military Aviation

25th May 2023, 09:55

Replies: 34

Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic

Views: 4,388

Posted By WE Branch Fanatic

If you are interested, there is a Battle of the...

If you are interested, there is a Battle of the Atlantic episode of Battlefield which gives a good account of how the battle developed:

Battlefield S2/E2 - The Battle of the Atlantic - YouTube
...

Forum: Military Aviation

21st Apr 2023, 07:37

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

Views: 2,417,639

Posted By WE Branch Fanatic

'No' to your first question. Even if there were...

'No' to your first question. Even if there were more P-8s the different capabilities are complementary, and only a helicopter can deploy dipping sonar. It would also mean that the surface warship or...

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Mar 2023, 21:44

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The Warship: Tour of Duty

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Posted By WE Branch Fanatic

What an odd argument! There was supposed to be a...

What an odd argument! There was supposed to be a carrier with Force Z, but she had been damaged in an accident. Most historians believe that the presence of a carrier would have prevented the loss of...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Jan 2023, 18:17

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Max Hastings in the Times

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Posted By WE Branch Fanatic

It was in 2004, but he has a bias towards the...

It was in 2004, but he has a bias towards the Army (not all parts) as some his counterparts spent time in green and does not understand technical issues.

His historical writings are full of...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Jan 2023, 13:30

Replies: 19

Max Hastings in the Times

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Posted By WE Branch Fanatic

Max Hastings has a well deserved reputation for...

Max Hastings has a well deserved reputation for writing articles with an opinion in mind, and not letting research interfere with it. His opinions seem to coincide with whoever is paying him. It...

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