The 2 extra OPVs are make work hulls built to plug the gap in orders until the T26 design is ready to be ordered. In all probability they will be built to the cheapest possible spec; so expect them to be the same or have minimal changes to the Rivers Batch 2 that are currently being built.

Yes I understand that. I am saying is if the sonar’s from the Hunt & Sandown classes will fit and work on a 90m hull then we should move on and build 12 more MHPC on that hull which in the long term could bring down logistics costs. dose anyone think a 2093 sonar could be deployed off a standard 90m OPV with a little work?

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As much as I like the Khareef Class Corvette ( as this is a up scale 90m OPV) I hope people don’t think it can replace a frigate role for role I would like to see 24 Frigate & Destroyers and then push on with the MHCP program based on the 90m OPV’s as it looks like we will have 5 new OPV’s with the talk of 2 more as a follow on to the 3 batch 2’s under way now

Andy Dixon must be a contender for DC-3/C-47 Dizzy shared the Dak flying with Peter

Ray and Mark Hanna had a good number of hours on spits and 109

Actually they had 2 KC-130s. And if you use 20+ packages in air to air it means means dropping 60+ fuel tank on anti-cruze missions. How many of them are they going to carry?

The range of the F5E isn’t better than the range of the Mirage III/Dagger, so why you expect a different result is beyond me.

As long as they don’t park their aircrafts on the Falklands they’re toast, just like in real 1982

Nic

20+ package is A-4s not carrying out A2A 5 KC-130s would allow refuelling out and in which allows for change of attack profiles the change to F-5 is just to change it up due to France not selling Mirage 111 and it being a likely type that could be operated also with more refuelling for the A-4’s it would push the carriers further out to sea which would give the F-8’s less time on CAP

For me forget 5th gen go with what they have and add to it

1 bring the F-16 fleet up to 36 airframes
2 buy 16 FA-50’s to go with the T-50’s
3 add 6 SU-30’s to the flanker fleet

Have a the same data link fitted to all types and train to fight with mixed types just as the US & UK will do with 5th gen 4th gen types

Iran just came back inthe “concert of nations”. I doubt they will quickly rebuild their air force.

if Iran start this year it will take between 7 and 10 year to replace the currant fleet however within 2 year they could have 40 new air-frames