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Smaller navies can benefit from optioning up and procuring bespoke, improved versions of designs developed for major navies. The... -
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I agree that the purchase by the Philippine Navy does appear to be a good deal for them, particularly given how long Philippine Navy and...
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The RNs Multi Role Strike Ship (MRSS) program could be an interesting option for NZ, especially the more warlike ones with a frigate...
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Because the Kiwis would like to be interoperable with Australia wherever possible. There are training and other logistics benefits as...
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spoz replied to the thread ADF General discussion thread.Yep - I was the project sponsor. And for the Bill and Ben acquisition, which we always viewed as concept demonstrators to prove to... -
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I agree that the purchase by the Philippine Navy does appear to be a good deal for them, particularly given how long Philippine Navy and...
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Sswerve replied to the thread ADF General discussion thread.Back in 1939, the RN had the bright idea of using fleet carriers for ASW. That was abandoned very quickly when HMS Courageous was sunk...
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Sswerve replied to the thread British Army News and Discussion.It was reported a year ago that the British army had acquired secondhand M270 launchers, & was having them refurbished & modernised...
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Ccrest replied to the thread ADF General discussion thread.Not a expert not even well informed about your forces or structure but I do have a idea for what you could probably use Drone and anti...
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SBritain sent all of it’s remaining AS-90’s to Ukraine. It presently has 14 Archers and there was some discussion about boosting these by...
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Sswerve replied to the thread European Union, member states and Agencies.Then it's wrongly quoted. The World Bank says that Irish manufacturing value added in 2024 was $157 bn, but that's on the same basis as...
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TInteresting bits. Russian drone strike on a Ukrainian FrankenSAM. We've seen relatively few Ukrainian SAMs getting hit, and there's...
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TUkrainian UAVs hit the Saratov oil refinery causing a fire, and also hit a couple of residential buildings in Saratov, wounding one...
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TStrikes. Russia hit Kiev with apparently an undetonated Kalibr-K missile landing in the top floors of the cabinet building. Other...
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TPokrovsk area. Inside Pokrovsk Russian forces have pushed northward along the western side of town, and have taken the highway west out...