The UK should buy 100 or so SU-34’s, to replace the Tornado GR4.

I suppose the problem would be westernising the avionics e.c.t?

I hope the SU-34 soon appears at RIAT.

Strange looking 747

Why is this 747 fitted with B-52 type engine pods and what are the pods on the outer engine pylons? Could they be Air-to-Air Refuelling units, or am I barking up the wrong tree? 😀

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1070481

The Visby Class vessel looks stunning. It’s great to see a country really pushing the boundry of naval technology.

Galloway should be ‘removed’ via the rear loading loading ramp of a Hercules 1,000ft above the atlantic!

Why the heck is the US being so idiotic?

If only the UK had an aviation industry (plus govt support) which is able to design its own combat aircraft. Think of the export potential of a UK developed aircraft in direct competition with the F-35, the MAJOR difference being that we would let the Israelis, Australians e.c.t do what they want to the aircraft once they have purchased them. Not try and control every tiny detail of what a country does.

The US is obviously very concerned about what they class as ‘their’ technology falling into wrong hands or others tweaking it to their requirements. It’s a policy, which will (and is) leaving a lot of countries very angry.

I am a freat fan of the US but on this issue they need a damm good kick up the backside and be told to stop being so stupid.

UK sources say contingency plans have also been drawn up to cope with the inevitable backlash against the Basra garrison in neighbouring Iraq.

Does that mean a backlash from the Iraqi’s in Basra or does that mean the possibility of iranians forces crossing the border?

so, so sick to see those crowd of cheering b******* 😡

My heart goes out to the true hero’s. Not fooballers, not pop stars but those men and women who put their neck on the line day in day out for the security of this Country and the freedom of Iraq.

Thorny 🙁