According to this article she has to stay in service until at least 2030.
Crewing may be an issue, Albion currently operates with a crew of 300+, Argus 80 RFA, 30 RN and trainees.According to this article she has to stay in service until at least 2030.
If i am not wrong the Albions will be taken out of service next year. In my opinion the best thing they can do is to convert one of these two into a replacement for the Argus. The Albions are actually still too young for retirement.
They don't have hangars, which'd limit their ability to do some of what Argus does. That reminds me that we're disposing of almost all our ships with the ability to operate & support more than one helicopter. We now have the two aircraft carriers, Argus, & Fort Victoria.According to this article she has to stay in service until at least 2030.
If i am not wrong the Albions will be taken out of service next year. In my opinion the best thing they can do is to convert one of these two into a replacement for the Argus. The Albions are actually still too young for retirement.
F-35As lets go!!!!!!!!!Prime Minister sets out biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold War, protecting British people in new era for national security
The Prime Minister has today (Tuesday 25 February) set out his commitment to increase spending on defence to 2.5% of GDP from April 2027.www.gov.uk
A significant development. Defence spending probably needs to rise above 2.5%, but the increases will start almost immediately so that is good. Will be interesting to see what the strategic review says the extra money should be spend on (other than SSN-AUKUS and GCAP).
- UK defence spending to rise 2.5% of GDP by 2027
- An "ambition" to increase it to 3% of GDP in the next parliament (2028/9 onwards)
A Defence commentator on Times Radio says the increase is to around 150,000 per year, or maybe slightly more.
www.thetimes.com
The Type 32 has never received funding, though, it has spent the last several years on a wishlist without ever leaving the concept phase. If the government accepts it needs to be funded then that is a significant development.
Unlikely. Typhoon is slated to be replaced by GCAP. By the time the bombs and warheads had been produced and the Typhoons had received necessary updates, they'd only have a few years left to go. They also lack stealth capabilities so would need long range standoff weapons, which are more expensive than gravity-drop bombs.
It's early days, these decisions likely haven't been made yet.
There is no such thing as a type 32, it was all smoke and mirrors after Boris Johnson talked about it with absolutely no substance but the RN decided to pretend that it was real and Bojo never backed down (of course).
That's a very useful post, thanks for repeating what I said instead of adding something new to the discussion.
Hmm I'm afraid I hadn't actually read your post (I'm not even sure it was visible when I put mine in), so thanks for adding such a useful, pointless, self indulgent post to the thread and congratulations for being so on target with your earlier post.
If it takes you more than 24 hours to see a post made by another user, perhaps you should consider upgrading your PC or tablet to something more modern - preferably one that doesn't have a hand-crank.
Perhaps you should consider upgrading your manners?
