Our armed forces, my way
I estimate that MoD spending might increase to as much as 3.5% of GDP for this. Affordable and justifiable in my view.
For the UK armed forces:
Air Force
Fixed Wing
60 F-22 Raptor
232 Typhoon tranche 3 standard (upgrade to tranche 4 soon)
80 F-35c
12 C17 Globemaster
50 A400m
24 A330 tanker/transports
12 E3d Sentry
12 Sentinel
24 Nimrod MR (A330 airframe?)
9 Nimrod R (A330 airframe?)
9 Dominie T1
75 Grob 115E Tutor
25 Firefly T67 M260
25 Beech King Air B200
50 Tucano T1
50 Hawk 128
50 Hawk T1A
132 Grob G103A Twin II Acro Viking T1
132 Grob 109B Vigilant T1
Helicopters
50 Squirrel HT1
16 EH101 Merlin AEW
16 EH101 Cormorant search and rescue
Executive transport
Six BAe 125 executive jets (Series 700), two BAe 146s, two Islander
BN2T CC Mk2 and three EH101 Merlin HC3 helicopters
Spare parts and training budget to ensure maximum readiness
Begin development of a carrier based F-22 style fighter with USN
Navy
Ships
3 CVF (Queen Elizabeth class)
3 LPH (New 30,000t class)
3 LPD (Albion class)
6 LSD (Bay class) – aux
12 AAW Destroyers (Daring class)
12 ASW Frigates (Duke class) – SLEP
12 Light Cruisers: 9000t, 155mm main gun,
………..96 cell Sylver launcher for:
…………….Aster15/30, Storm Shadow and CAMM quad packs,
………..3x CB90 patrol boats
………..Helo (2Merlin/3Slynx) hanger and two spot deck.
8 Minehunters (Sandown class)
2 Multi-role survey vessels (Echo class)
1 Antartic patrol ship (HMS Endurance)
1 Ocean survey vessel
16 Mission module corvettes: 2250t 56mm CISW main gun
………..Mission modules for:
………..(Slynx deck and hanger/mine hunting/coastal survey/patrol/UUV or SuUV/mothership/SF deployment)
MARS suitable to deploy 3/4 of fleet at once – aux
6 Ro-ro transports – aux
Submarines
8 SSN (Astute class)
4 SSBN (Vanguard class replacement)
0+8 SSN (Trafalgar class replacement)
A nuclear submarine built every 15 months
Aircraft
130 F-35b
36 V-22 Osprey
24 EH101 Merlin AEW
24 Apache Longbow (UK version)
60 EH101 Merlin ASW
36 EH101 Merlin HC3
36 CH-47 SD Chinook HC3
60 Super Lynx
Fast boats
18 Training (Archer class replacements)
3 Patrol (Sabre class replacements)
Royal Marines
3 Commando (6 bn)
Spare parts and training budget to ensure maximum readiness
Army
1 Commando (5 bn + 2 TA)
1st parachute regt (5 bn + 2 TA)
Guards division (5 bn foot, 3 bn cav)
plus 35 bn + 14 TA in 7 regiments
Aircraft
96 Apache Longbow (UK version)
96 EH101 Merlin HC3
96 CH-47SD Chinook HC3
Spare parts and training budget to ensure maximum readiness
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