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  • February 1, 2006 at 4:20 pm in reply to: Type 45 launch website #2064372
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    Been lots of interviews with various military luminaries on the radio today. One of the admirals said that the the radar can detect a golf ball travelling at Mach 3 at 60 miles, so its obviously quite sensitive then. I guess with the world moving to stealth it needs to be.

    Now if only they would fit the thing out with a few more weapons apart from air defence and a pop gun

    February 1, 2006 at 8:06 am in reply to: Brimstone #1819787
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    That harrier is loaded for bear !!!!

    So it will work with an Apache. Sounds like it might be money well spent.

    They don’t mention it but would it work with the Hawks in its secondary ground attack role ?

    January 30, 2006 at 7:35 pm in reply to: Type 45 launch website #2064599
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    Still look on the bright side, only 1.5 days to launch……….

    Perhaps we should open a book on if the Royal personage manages to successfully break the bottle of shampers ? :diablo: 😀 :p

    January 30, 2006 at 6:46 pm in reply to: UK threatening to pull out of JSF programme without tech transfer!!! #2599251
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    Has there been ToT in the other direction for the Eurofighter to enable American weapons to be used ? I suspect that I already know the answer to that one……..

    January 30, 2006 at 6:40 pm in reply to: F-117 Surface finish… #2599253
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    There was a program on English TV last week where they showed them maintaining the skin in service. I ‘think’ they said that each aircraft has its own support crew (12 people ?) whose sole job is to look after her skin after each sortie. They showed various people applying coatings that looked like it was applied like sticky backed plastic over the service hatches.

    January 29, 2006 at 8:05 pm in reply to: AW&ST anounces Boeing Plan for 777/737 tanker combo for the USAF #2599614
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    A 777ER based tanker would be interesting. When you have the ability to fly for long long periods and deliver fuel, you can start thinking about closing a few marginal refueling bases and save real money.

    Does the above then imply that the the tankers are going for a similar technical set up to the UK ones in that they are effectively combi’s ?

    January 27, 2006 at 4:32 pm in reply to: US Navy LHA(R) design frozen #2064935
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    You would have thought that they would have taken that opportunity to incorporate a stealthier Island regardless, even if they just welded on a few deflector plates and didn’t do a full redesign :confused:

    Or are the changes so subtle Ihavn’t noticed them ?

    January 26, 2006 at 8:49 pm in reply to: Prairie/Masker system question #2064976
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    Do any subs have this ? I guess noise and the amount of oxygen needed could be an issue ?

    January 26, 2006 at 2:48 pm in reply to: Prairie/Masker system question #2065005
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    A picture tells a thousand words ………………….. 😀 😎

    January 26, 2006 at 11:13 am in reply to: Prairie/Masker system question #2065039
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    Its actually not that new. If you go to the national maritime museum in Greenwich in London, there is a real Frigate Propeller on display that has it, and explains how it works, although not in as much detail as the attachment above.

    January 26, 2006 at 7:52 am in reply to: Do any Subs operate UAV's ? #2065052
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    Thanks guys 😎

    January 25, 2006 at 10:33 am in reply to: CVF Will It Be Built #2065160
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    Found something

    http://www.news.mod.uk/news_headline_story2.asp?newsItem_id=3935

    January 25, 2006 at 8:52 am in reply to: CVF Will It Be Built #2065176
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    There should be an important announcement on the future of the CVF in the next day or so. Rumour has it that the French officially came on board the project as of yesterday and paid £100 million joining fee. There doesn’t seem to be anything on the MOD web site yet though.

    January 23, 2006 at 7:25 am in reply to: would anyone by are invisivble class carrier #2065421
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    This week ………. :diablo: 😀

    January 21, 2006 at 6:49 pm in reply to: would anyone by are invisivble class carrier #2065553
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    My money’s on Chile to buy one of the older vessels, with the newest one staying in service with the RN as an LPH, but with the ability to carry fixed wing if required.

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