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Forum: Military Aviation

27th Feb 2024, 13:18

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Posted By Biggus

Thank you.... However, I expect the "small...

Thank you....

However, I expect the "small permanent crew" allocated will be VERY small, and the people identified to bring it back to fully crewed will no doubt already be doing vital jobs in a...

Forum: Military Aviation

27th Feb 2024, 12:59

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Posted By Biggus

So what's the difference, if any, between...

So what's the difference, if any, between "extended readiness" and "mothballed" - is it just a case of semantics?

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Feb 2024, 15:33

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Posted By Biggus

Maybe it needs a jump start? Or perhaps a...

Maybe it needs a jump start?

Or perhaps a pre sailing inspection revealed.....

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Feb 2024, 15:54

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Posted By Biggus

The UK F-35 fleet is triple, or even quadruple...

The UK F-35 fleet is triple, or even quadruple hatted, in terms of meeting UK defence missions in time of war.

So, even if we do get the full 138 order, which I personally very much doubt, I...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Feb 2024, 20:19

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Posted By Biggus

A great location to hold a cocktail party?

A great location to hold a cocktail party?

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Feb 2024, 13:02

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Posted By Biggus

The problems will be "resolved" (or not!) by...

The problems will be "resolved" (or not!) by 2026, 2028, 2030.... whenever the latest project plan says it will be.

By which time all the senior people involved will have retired (probably with a...

Forum: Military Aviation

27th Jan 2024, 13:51

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Posted By Biggus

I seem to remember that one of the reasons for...

I seem to remember that one of the reasons for building 3 of the Invincible class was to ensure there was generally always one available for use.

And no, personally I'm not saying we should have...

Forum: Military Aviation

27th Jan 2024, 07:31

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Posted By Biggus

Nobody has done "accountable" since the 1980s. ...

Nobody has done "accountable" since the 1980s.

Everyone involved at a senior decision making level is now either dead, retired, knighted or on the board of BAE - and some of them will be more than...

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Jan 2024, 11:40

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Posted By Biggus

Is it a case that everyone goes to watch so they...

Is it a case that everyone goes to watch so they can't be on the BOI, or is that a thing of the past?

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Jan 2024, 18:57

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Posted By Biggus

WEBF - you if gave the Telegraph article as much...

WEBF - you if gave the Telegraph article as much attention as you no doubt expect people on here to pay to your vast cut and paste diatribes you will see that the Telegraph writer says the lack of...

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Nov 2023, 13:28

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Posted By Biggus

I read/heard recently that, due to manpower...

I read/heard recently that, due to manpower shortages, RN vessels (with the notable exception of submarines) were routinely putting to sea with less than 100% manning.

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Aug 2023, 08:39

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Posted By Biggus

"Which VSO signed it off?" - maybe a...

"Which VSO signed it off?" - maybe a dentist?

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Aug 2023, 07:59

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Posted By Biggus

Artificial intelligence?

Artificial intelligence?

Forum: Military Aviation

30th Aug 2022, 07:05

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Posted By Biggus

Beatty's famous (alleged) comment at the Battle...

Beatty's famous (alleged) comment at the Battle of Jutland springs to mind!

Forum: Military Aviation

28th Dec 2017, 18:58

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Posted By Biggus

Just a couple of points, which will no doubt be...

Just a couple of points, which will no doubt be ignored as most of my comments are:

This thread has been running 11 years now. Given that these carriers are supposed to be build with an intended...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Jan 2013, 11:17

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Posted By Biggus

Angled deck or not....? I'm just a crab...

Angled deck or not....?

I'm just a crab onlooker in the carrier/Dave ? saga (although I am pro carrier), however.

This link seems to imply that when it was intended as a conventional carrier it...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Jan 2013, 13:02

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Posted By Biggus

It's not as if the concept of smaller, simpler,...

It's not as if the concept of smaller, simpler, vessels for certain uses is exactly new to the RN:

Peacock class - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock_class)
...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Oct 2010, 08:18

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Posted By Biggus

Navy to reduce to smallest size ever to save...

Navy to reduce to smallest size ever to save carriers - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/8049674/Navy-to-reduce-to-smallest-size-ever-to-save-carriers.html)

...

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Oct 2010, 18:55

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Posted By Biggus

When I first joined the RAF there were 50,000 odd...

When I first joined the RAF there were 50,000 odd Russian tanks scattered throughout the Warsaw Pact, all facing west, and 8,000 NATO tanks to oppose them. The threat, of a physical invasion of the...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Sep 2010, 12:41

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Posted By Biggus

Or we could just stop speculating, wait about 3...

Or we could just stop speculating, wait about 3 weeks, and find out what is actually planned to happen - not that would be as much fun! :ok:

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Nov 2009, 19:03

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Posted By Biggus

This article was in the Observer on Sunday,...

This article was in the Observer on Sunday, which, whether or not it is the first time it cropped up, would certainly appear to predate the Guardian article from Monday.

I mentioned it on the...

Forum: Military Aviation

15th Nov 2009, 15:16

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Posted By Biggus

There is a brief article in today's Observer that...

There is a brief article in today's Observer that says one cost saving "option" for the MOD (PR10?) is to complete both of the new carriers, to avoid penalty clauses, and then sell one of them to...

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Nov 2009, 16:08

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Posted By Biggus

Finnpog, I never said that the carriers...

Finnpog,

I never said that the carriers weren't needed, or a bad idea, just that I couldn't see a UK government committing to another military "adventure" in the near future, given what has...

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Nov 2009, 20:31

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Posted By Biggus

Given the way that "Tony" and "Gordon" have...

Given the way that "Tony" and "Gordon" have gotten their fingers burnt (unfortunately their fingers were burnt at the expense of some good men and women's lives/broken families, etc) over Iraq and...

Forum: Military Aviation

30th Dec 2008, 20:49

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Posted By Biggus

Navaleye - thanks!

Navaleye - thanks!

Forum: Military Aviation

30th Dec 2008, 18:39

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Posted By Biggus

Navaleye... In post 2025 you stated that...

Navaleye...

In post 2025 you stated that certain 'bits' of the current CVSs are due to go on the new carriers. Can you say what 'bits' you are refering to, or does OPSEC come into it?

If it is...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Oct 2007, 20:49

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Posted By Biggus

Engines And your reply to........ 'You...

Engines

And your reply to........

'You say....I'm also bothered by the assertion that 'the target will be on land' - really? All the time? Ever heard of things called enemy ships?.....

Well...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Oct 2007, 20:40

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Posted By Biggus

Engines You say....I'm also bothered by the...

Engines

You say....I'm also bothered by the assertion that 'the target will be on land' - really? All the time? Ever heard of things called enemy ships?.....

Well I have a question. With the...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Apr 2007, 10:47

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Posted By Biggus

In service, i.e more than just launched, fully...

In service, i.e more than just launched, fully outfitted but rather in RN hands, worked up, commissioned, etc, in 2017 and 2020 at earliest.

Remember - you heard it here first folks!

Forum: Military Aviation

26th Nov 2006, 09:22

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Posted By Biggus

We are about to enter 2007 (only 3.5 gov working...

We are about to enter 2007 (only 3.5 gov working weeks left), does anyone still serioulsy believe a 2012 entry date for the first carrier (assuming the project continues)? Even if it is 31 Dec 2012...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Sep 2006, 15:58

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Posted By Biggus

Core capability maybe, in the futurebut is the...

Core capability maybe, in the futurebut is the funding allocated to it, and if so when. If the income stream only fully comes on line in say eight years time......

To the best of my knowledge,...

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Sep 2006, 19:43

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Posted By Biggus

Many years ago I sat through a boring lecture on...

Many years ago I sat through a boring lecture on MoD funding, to which I was only half listening. I seem to remember talk of a rolling 10 year 'core' MoD budget. If your project didn't get into the...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Jun 2006, 07:35

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Posted By Biggus

Apparently not - frustrating isn't it?

Apparently not - frustrating isn't it?

Forum: Military Aviation

28th Apr 2006, 08:30

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Posted By Biggus

TI I don't want to get into a pissing...

TI

I don't want to get into a pissing contest, believe it or not I do think carriers have their place in the modern order of battle. However, in the interests of historical accuracy......

With...

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