Lost in translation
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Archive by month November
Parliamentary Answers – to 30 November 2011
This is a regular round up of Parliamentary questions and answers from ministers relevant to defence issues In addition to oral questions, MPs and Peers can …
UK Military Bridging – Post War
The final part of the history part of the series will look at Iraq from 2003 onwards and Afghanistan but in this penultimate post, post war and recent UK …
UK Military Bridging – World War II (Italy)
UK military bridging enjoyed several finest hours during WWII and it would be impossible to describe every single operation. Instead, I am going to look at a …
UK Military Bridging – World War II (Africa and Northwest Europe)
UK military bridging enjoyed several finest hours during WWII and it would be impossible to describe every single operation. Instead, I am going to look at a …
An Empty Quiver
The Portsmouth News has reported that HMS Westminster was only carrying 4 Sea Wolf missiles when conducting operations off Libya, or enough for two shots …
Is the UK About To Buy Rafale Fighters and Leopard Tanks
But for the Greek Armed Forces? This seems a rather outlandish idea but New Europe Online ran a story today about strings attached to the Greek bailout loan. …
Parliamentary Answers – to 22 November 2011
This is a regular round up of Parliamentary questions and answers from ministers relevant to defence issues In addition to oral questions, MPs and Peers can …
Take It Back – It’s The Wrong Sort
The first international F-35 Lightning II rolls out of the factory on Nov. 20, 2011. The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence will use the short takeoff/vertical …
LM Vigilance Pod
The venerable Sea King ASac Mk7′s have been in the news quite a bit recently, especially given their significant contribution to operations in …
The Strategic Raiding Pocket Division
A follow on Guest Post from DomJ Thank you everyone who commented, requested clarification and helped, I’m resubmitting with explanations, detail and …
A Fu*!@ing Big Bomb
In the news this week is the Massive Ordnance Penetrator and its acceptance into USAF service. At 14 tonnes the MOP is the heaviest air delivered bomb ever …
Just What Do They Do All Day
In light of today’s depressing news about the huge bill in ‘mates rates’ consultants at the MoD as a result of chopping civilian posts and …
The Pocket Division
A guest post from Dom J In the Spirit of Ixions recent threads, I thought I would write down my thoughts on what the UKshould do. These are my current …
Kit and Caboodle
The contents of the Afghan Black Bag which is issued to all and sundry going
IED’s, Pakistan and Fertiliser
There was an interesting story in the news recently that described a startling
NAO Major Project Report 2011
The annual trip down cock up lane was published by the National Audit Office yesterday. Despite the negative headlines in the newspapers it actually shows some …
UK Military Bridging – World War II (The Far East)
UK military bridging enjoyed several finest hours during WWII and it would be impossible to describe every single operation. Instead, I am going to look at a …
Defence – Round em up and ship em out!
IXION’s continuing quest for realism. These posts were started by yours truly thinking about in particular the RN and the numbers game. One thing …
UK Military Bridging – WWI
As the Boer War drew to a close most of the Royal Engineer units returned to the UK and a period of re-organisation followed that culminated in the formation …