You missed the fact they only have 6 fighters.....you could have added on...’That air battle goes one way...in about 5 minutes’

Do you understand that the earth is not flat....????

It’s the endlessly quoted 400km range as well....with the circles being drawn around the airbase with a 400km.....did these idiots not get the memo about the earth not being flat....they actually seem to think Russian radars can see through the earths crust!

Don’t muck about with toy ships.... get one of these...

Forgot a picture of the Project Zero..

An unmanned version of Agusta Westlands Project Zero would resolve the wing issue.It seems a fairly elegant solution to the fixed wing VTOL requirement. But I agree, unless we start building ships like BAe’s UXV combatant, rotary wing or Scan Eagle Integrator is the way to go. A possible solution to the teaming issue…

CATOBAR was most definitely not the cheapest option. The cost of the additional equipment, its maintenance and crucially the additional personnel to operate it over the carriers lifespan vastly outweigh the slightly cheaper initial purchase of some F-18E’s or Rafale’s. And that is before we even get to the expense of…

But what is the point of low level if the MAD boom is useless? Most MPA crews would tell you that with modern low magnetic steels MAD booms are more trouble than they’re worth, particularly as they continually generate false contacts. A sonobuoy doesn’t care if it’s ejected low or high, with a guidance kit on a…

What don’t you understand about it not being ready and never being ready?

Nimrod was adapted from a civilian airliner as well. An even older one than the 737. A much less successful one as well. Even though BAe replaced the engines and wings and re-lifed the fuselage they had forgotten to talk to the aircraft maintainers or the people who built it. They would have told them that Nimrod was…

With the recent improvement in the quality of your beer the day draws ever nearer.....

Look at the instanstaneous turn tate, and sustained turn rate of a Harrier with the standard LERX on. Look at the weight of the aircraft and the power of it’s Pegasus engine with it’s massive fan. It’s optimised to chuck out large amounts of power in the lower level regime. Same with a Buccaneers Speys or a Tornado’s…

Really...?

Not at all suprising when you figureout just how devious we are....

‘Down low’ = Low level. Where it was primarily designed to operate in the cold war. It was faster than any fighter opposition it would encounter.

The UK government has already confirmed that the PoW is being retained and manned.

This has happened before when a US Marine Harrier squadron deployed on Illustrious for some exercises off the US a few years ago. Unfortunately for the Marine pilots they then had to return to their Gators afterwards, apparently they were quite taken with staying aboard. Ski Jump, aviation focus, better food and bars…

The 24 in 2023 is a bit of journalistic confusion. The 24 F-35 is actually 2 squadrons. There will be others in the OEU, OCU and attrition reserve at the same time. The 24 will be deployable and operational. In total in 2023 we will have purchased 43 F-35B

I know you’re a troll but I’ll feed you neverthelesss...

MR2 and R1 had reached the end of their lives for sure. But MRA4 could never have been given a military airworthiness certificate. Which means it could never enter operational service (for some pretty good reasons as well, particularly as the new regime was brought in as a result of the Kandahar crash). What should…