bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
Boats shouldn’t go under water and them thar things shouldn’t be in the skyCV-22 vertreps USS Georgia.
The Combat 75 Military Surplus Thread. Past, present and future.
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LDC
On est tous des pangolins
I think it probably stops them spending too much time hanging about outside schools or Army Reserve bases.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
"Well, if two medals is good, eleven has to be better, right?"
ETA is that a VC on the bottom row?? He's got some front!
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Brian Cox can do one.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Their largest threat is Britain, and they saw most of them off with 303's and bicycles. The Cessna is pretty proportionate defence option.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
We* did.
*obviously not me personally but happy to take credit for previous generations sacrifices. Seems to be all the rage.
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spitfire
Walty McWaltface
So, what's .4bn gonna get us? And does it mean we might send the Ukrainians some of our unused AT weapons and some artillery pieces?
www.euractiv.com
The Irish government has unveiled a new plan to see spending on the country’s defence forces increase from €1.1 billion to €1.5 billion by 2028, the largest expansion in the country’s history.
The defence forces will also grow in volume with an additional 2,000 personnel added, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said on Wednesday and will receive upgrades to equipment such as its radar technologies.
Dublin to launch historic expansion of defence spending
www.euractiv.com
The Irish government has unveiled a new plan to see spending on the country’s defence forces increase from €1.1 billion to €1.5 billion by 2028, the largest expansion in the country’s history.
The defence forces will also grow in volume with an additional 2,000 personnel added, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said on Wednesday and will receive upgrades to equipment such as its radar technologies.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
BAE shareholders rub their hands in glee
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Well, we are but it's got nothing to do with Ireland.
After being a complete dog for years it's finally sparked into life off the back of Ukraine in anticipation of increased defence spending in the UK and Europe.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
So, what's .4bn gonna get us? And does it mean we might send the Ukrainians some of our unused AT weapons and some artillery pieces?
Dublin to launch historic expansion of defence spending
The Irish government has unveiled a new plan to see spending on the country’s defence forces increase from €1.1 billion to €1.5 billion by 2028, the largest expansion in the country’s history.
The defence forces will also grow in volume with an additional 2,000 personnel added, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said on Wednesday and will receive upgrades to equipment such as its radar technologies.
Probably? Not a lot.
The DF is in the middle of a catastrophic retention crisis: of its 9(?) In service vessels, it's able to crew three of them.
Realistically, most of the money will have to go on salary increases and return-of-service incentives simply in order to crew what they've got - the kind of capability improvements that are in the pipeline are a couple of long range, ground based air surveillance radars for managing Irish airspace and controlled airspace off the west coast, some form of airlift aircraft (the bets are currently divided between a single CASA 295 cargo aicraft, and something like a passenger/cargo A320 type thing), the faint possibility of a medium lift helicopter (AW101, perhaps a 2nd hand Chinook), and there's talk of a long-mooted Multi-role vessel for the NS, but no one can agree on whether it's a logistics vessel with a patrolling capability, or a patrol ship with a logistics capability...
You're not going to see fast jets, or tanks, or GMLRS, or meaningful ASW.
I see no political appetite for any real change in the way the DF operates - there'll be no large scale exercises, either at home or abroad, there'll certainly be no change to the 'all forms of support, short of actual help' policy towards EU defence.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
The INS have been on multiple jollies to Auckland to look at HMNZS Canterbury. Although that may be fuelled by a desire to sail aroung the South Pacific rather than a freezing jaunt across the Rockall Trough.
T & P
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I wasn’t sure whether to stick this here or the Ship Porn thread, but Firefox suggested a rather interesting article on its homepage about the future prospects of nuclear submarines, and how emerging new technologies could actually spell the end of the almost undetectable advanced nuclear submarine in the not too distant future. And what that could mean for the M.A.D. concept that has arguably prevented a nuclear exchange from ever taking place
spectrum.ieee.org
Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?
That may bode ill for nuclear deterrence and the peace of the world
spectrum.ieee.org
too much detail for my tastes, if you jump to about the 11 minute mark, once fly by wire was available the idea works.
Boeing Pelican - Wikipedia
Gaint ground effect aircraft, one of the obvious problem, if the aircraft flies at 20 feet above the water, any major issue at that height and the pilots are dead. Perhaps if freighter aircraft are flown in the future without humans, may be ground effect aircraft are a practical proposition.
David Clapson
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The Americans are reviving the idea, with actual people on board DARPA Liberty Lifter aims to bring back heavy-lift ground effect seaplanes
David Clapson
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Stalled because of far too much bank at low speed. Why put on such a lot of bank? If it was deliberate it was suicidal at that height. Seems much too wrong to be pilot error. Maybe he was drunk. Or texting. Wasp in the helmet. Maybe a defect in the controls or control surfaces? Reminds me of this
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
The Frogfoot has very high wing loading and the aerodynamics of a phone box. It therefore bleeds energy very quickly in a turn. I think heavily loaded and fuelled jet, got fixated on their lead rather than flying and no time to recover or eject. That sideways "slipping" feeling of an incipient stall at a high bank angle is never pleasant in any circumstances but at that height... 
Blyat...
Blyat...
David Clapson
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
8ball
Decolonise colons!
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