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Todjaeger replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.IIRC the M242 25mm Bushmaster has an effective range of ~3km, about twice the effective range of the Mk 15 Phalanx 20mm CIWS. From my... -
spoz replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.25mm Bushmaster in Naval implementations has a secondary role against slow(ish) moving aerial targets - 200 rpm is fine for helos and... -
MMARKMILES77 replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.S Speartooth seems to be making great strides without all the hoopla of Ghost Shark. Perhaps a production order is not far away...
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SStampede replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.Suggest any medium gun based system must handle the full range of inner threats. Therefore separate phalanx / bushmaster type...
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Sswerve replied to the thread Military Aviation News and Discussion.There's a large Somali diaspora, probably a lot better off & better educated than the residents of Somalia itself. Doesn't mean they'll...
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SStampede replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.I think the naval 30 mm will be the longer 173mm round compared to the 113mm on the Apache Not sure if they are interchangeable , but...
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I understand the reasons, but the reality is, in four years or less, unless something changes that (partial) homogeneousness ceases to...
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Sandhi Yudha replied to the thread Military Aviation News and Discussion.I expect most of the aircraft maintenance technicians, pilots and other specialists will be mercenaries/employees from china and... -
XGuys some 28 major projects were announced last year (2025-2029) and on top of existing projects that were already underway. I'd hazard...
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Agreed. There are limited, training facilities in Somalia. If the purchase goes ahead. They will need a sponsor to run the whole...
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Sandhi Yudha reacted to FormerDirtDart's post in the thread Military Aviation News and Discussion with Like.
Certainly seems like a broad leap in capability for a military that hasn't operated fixed wing aircraft in two-to-three decades, let...
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Guys some 28 major projects were announced last year (2025-2029) and on top of existing projects that were already underway. I'd hazard... -
CGuys some 28 major projects were announced last year (2025-2029) and on top of existing projects that were already underway. I'd hazard...
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Feanor replied to the thread The Russian-Ukrainian War Thread.Absolutely true. If Russia could take over Kiev they would. But I suspect they wouldn't want to keep it. I think if they had managed to...
