A minor point. Technocally Iran has not done anything illegal, in fact it is Irans right under the Nuclear non-proliferation treaty to enrich Uranium as long as it does not use it for military purposes. This is more of an issue of the west enforcing its will, as well as genuine concern over the possibility of Iran making a bomb, but until it actually does make a bomb it has not done anything illegal.

This article says that Mig has managed to give the Mig-35 an airframe life of 6000 hours. It also says that the BAR’s-29 is to be offered, although this is looking increasingly unlikely in my opinion.

Western papers have a duty to post such cartoons, all religion needs to be scrutinized and shown how truly flawed it is. The majority of the people who are complaining about these cartoons are the same scum who spew anti-western hate on a regular basis.

But HMDS Esbern Snare dosnt have capacity for 72 strike length VLS cells and possibly the best shipbourne radar in the world. :rolleyes:

Russias economy has maintained growth between 5 and 7% since 1998 and most analysts think this will increase. Unfortunately the myth of a bankrupt wasteland on the brink of anarchy is still perpetuated by the ignorant and uninformed.

The government hasnt funded service ship LACM’s yet and isnt likely to in the near future but if they do the T-45 can be fitted with at least 24 extra VLS cells, either Sylver-70 or stike length Mk-41’s so its rather a mute point.
The RHIB’s are very usefull, they save lives if there is a man over board scenario, and give a light boat facility for other activitys. The location of the boat houses allows for rapid deployment in case of emergency (I believe there are leagal requirements for this). The only thing the T-45 is mediocre at and that cant be easily rectified in the future is ASW and the RN has the excellent upgraded Type-23’s for that.
Im sure the RN would have loved a 12,000 tone multirold 128 VLS cell cruiser but the money simply wasnt there, so as it is the RN will have to settle for what is probably the most advanced warship in the world with phenominal upgrade potential.

Its easily the most powerfull DDG in Europe and is likely to remain so for a very long time, people who criticise the armament are either expecting to much or just plane uninformed. Just compare these ships to what they are replacing.