Indeed they were and I believe that will continue to be the case, as ISIS are not yet beaten in Iraq...

Used a lot in the Libyan campaign too by the French, Brits & Italians.

But when France was engaged against ISIS last spring their carrier was also in the Persian Gulf.... many months before Russia felt compelled to back it’s client dictatorship.

So, in the event of the fundamentalist islamic dictatorship of Iran attacking a US naval vessel, its dem corporations fault?

Chemtrails don’t melt steel beams

You mentioned the Leopard is relatively unused vs the Abrams.

Indeed you are right....

We know the image is fantastical because there are 5 ‘actually operational’ RAF aircraft in it!

Yes, it actually was.

I’d take an F35 & a Meteor over it all day....

Stealthy like a shed.

Russia is very lucky that the evil ol’ West spent many billions decommissioning & depolluting much of their nuclear fleet after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Which variant do people think they should retain & continue with?

Its proving to be one large training exercise for Russia....

Where are the VLS cells?

If you watch the porn version: “The League of extra horny gentlemen”, the ‘sword of the sea’ is something completely different.

I know it will probably go down as a huge failure, but the Zumwalt project was a fascinating one.

No, the Russian air force has plenty of precision weaponry.

Still nothing to cover up those 2 blast furnaces coming our the back!

The venerable old Tomahawk is slow & cannot evade incoming threats nimbly.... any missile defence system worth its salt should be able to defend itself against it.