Climate Instability
Climate Instability
Its Climate Instability
Climate Instability is the scientific term
Global Warming is a straw man argument put forward by those who don’t believe (or have commercial interests in ignoring) in Climate Instability

Clearly there is nothing wrong in taking a contrary view

And pointing out that there is not a provable linear relationship between X and Y is laudable. But scientists have not made that claim (some well-meaning simplifiers have)

But just as I would be ill-mannered, disingenuous and oafish in labelling such a person stating a contrary view as a climate-change-denier arguing against a claim which hasn’t actually been made is a bit off

I think that subsonic is most likely

The incredibly high-speed uninterceptable nuke delivery role has already been taken by SSBNs and ICBMs

What (IMMOO) USAF want is a longer ranged, longer loiter, simpler, cheaper, lower maintenance B2

Sometimes the technological improvements allow us to address the non-sexy bits. Availability being the big one for B2 (kinda like the SHornet; yes it could do with longer range, yes the solution to stores seperation is an offence in the eyes of the god of engineering, yes it does not look as sexy as the F14 but it gives the USN what they need)

Ok chaps can you help me out here how much of the ship do get for the money say 225 million

Depends on the threat level, I might be inclined to go the FFBNW route.

It’s not OT. The thread is all about creative expressions.

Discorde is like the ‘attainable xb-70’ on a budget. The XB-70 was never truly affordable.

Absoblutely. Genuine OT posts are people flogging their personal dead horse* where it has no place to be or being thread fascists to boost their own self worth

That was a genuinely interesting post submitted to appeal to likeminded aersospace geeks

* like I’m doing here I spose!

Hmmm…

First thought is that they are already armed to the teeth!

A second hand ro-ro would suit the marines and their needs nicely as there is no need for amphibious capability, Wouldn’t cost a bomb.

Not exactly lacking in fisheries protection and whatnot, though the frigates are long in the tooth. Look to replace through the second hand market, Consider Type 26 if nothing stands out though preference for something heavy hulled.

Those F18s must cost a fortune in maintenance so have a word with Saab about leasing Gripen Cs. Similar with the P3s, very heavy shipping traffic so focus on SAR rather than ASW and consider replacing with US2s. Look through diplomatic channels to join the 5 powers and consider a seaplane tender / oiler such that airforce and navy could participate in exercises and disaster relief. Nothing too grand, smallish converted merchant vessel would suffice.

The oil field is rather a long distance away. Purchase a few extended AW609s, get rid / lease to Russian oligarch the presidential jet and charge the oil firms for rotating personel on the rigs. If someone else pays for the integration then upgrade with a lowish end radar.

Extend puma and herc life dependant upon hours and give about $2 billion back to the exchequer ( dependant upon frigate buy) to hold a big party with!

I agree with a lot of Chaffers stuff here. certainly like the idea of investing to reduce maintenance costs

With that existing kit it seems that they either face a real existential threat or have ambitions to be a regional power (or both) so I would look at using some of those spare billions to generate a decent AIP boat force. I would also be tempted to go the Indian route and look to maximise ties with vendors from different nations (alliances being even more important than kit)

I’m not familiar with terrain on the Falklands,

The IS a metalled road you know* but otherwise you are pretty spot on about lack of transport infrastructure

* which famously eats land rovers, as the drainage ditches are 12 times deeper than they need to be as the civil engineers read the figures for annual rainfall (about the same as UK) decided there must be an error and the figure must be for monthly and unilaterally specced them unnecessarily (and dangerously) too deep accordingly!

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EE Lightning updated

F-5 demonstrator for YF-23 flight controls

MKI mates with Typhoon

The EE Lightning was always powerful rather than pretty but you have managed what I always thought was impossible and made it look even uglier. Perversely I am quite impressed!

That Tiffie MKI hybrid looks very manga Tomcat analogue