The UK bought a licence from Sikorsky and improved the design. The UK Sea Kings dated from the late 70's and 80's, they’ve been re-worked a couple of times. In normal military service they’ve all been replaced by Merlin apart from the Asac’s.

A QE getting gutted? They built those capabilities into the vessels. And the Junglies may have gone...only to be replaced by way more capable Merlins....

The only reason the US has helped out with SAR in the past is for outside of the UK’s SAR area where the MH-53's with AAR have been needed. Few and far between to be honest.

It doesn’t really remain to be seen at all. They’ve been running SAR for the Maritime and Coastguard agency for years running S-61's both in the UK and the Falklands. They’re a known quantity.

And that’s it? Where are Russia’s great arms purchasers in the future? Not in the middle east, not in South America, China is gone, India is sourcing more from the west. Where are these ready money buyers??

What orders did they get again??

It’s not a problem just an endless source of amusement that Russian’s seem utterly incapable of getting a half decent government. For such an allegedly civilized nation they seem utterly incapable of being well managed. If you don’t think that an elected politician accumulating billions of dollars whilst in office is…

But we can have a good laugh at it though...

Only the ‘agreement’ is utter bullshit. Even Gorbachev says so.

Apart from all of the arms and stuff that they provided to countries that fought the US and killed large numbers of their troops. Like the 47,000 in Vietnam and 33,000 in Korea.

Lets put it one way. He styles himself as a defence analyst....not entirely sure who’s paying as he’s persona non grata with the Aussie military. Basically he’s seen as a crank, bit like that guy who calls M-113's Gavins....

Err thats not how jobs work...or democracy.

Have a look at the cost of the road in Sochi..28 miles for $9.8 billion....most of it in Putin’s pocket..and here is Putin’s house.

Before I was born the RAF base near my house was an active Vulcan QRA base. They used to occasionally have 12+ Vulcans scrambling...

The answer is pretty simple. The UK is developing te Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing mode (SRVL) with a Bedford Array. It will be rare on a QE class that an F-35 does a vertical landing. It will never do a vertical takeoff on a British ship. The USMC will follow their lead.

I raise you Vulcan...I win...

Just fused for airburst and everything in a 100 metre radius just had a very bad day.

I like this one...

Exactly. Keep saying it to all of the idiots saying we all need to spend loads more on defence.

And whose design is not far off 40 years old....