Ship to shore logistics – starter for ten
I have just started background reading, going through many older posts and putting some structure together for a series on ship to shore logistics but this is …
This Weeks Links
A collection of interesting link from the web this week(ish) As ever, click the image to
RAF Voyagers Piling on the Pounds
On the tail of the FOI request that confirmed the restrictive contract arrangements is news that the RAF’s Voyager aircraft will be undergoing an …
Another Club K Video
Its in a container, what’s not to
Half Arsed in Syria
The civil war, for it is that, in Syria seems to be entering the final stages. A couple of things strike me about Syria; first, it is a very complex country …
Armour for Armour
Being rather sad I often take a joyful romp through the defence related EU tender journals and occasionally something pops out that looks interesting. The …
A Typhoon Style Second Wind
Is Typhoon enjoying a bit of a second wind? Back in contention in Denmark, pushing for Malaysia and it now looks like its back in the race in Qatar and even …
Kit Coming Home
BFBS have released a multipart report on bringing equipment back from Afghanistan. Well worth a
Is there anything you can’t stuff into a container?
Thanks to Green Flash for sending
This Weeks Links
Top ten interesting things on the web this
HMS Defender
A short report from BFBS on HMS
On that FSTA RAF Voyager Exclusivity Thing
I have covered the Future Strategic Tanker programme several times (the main one being here) on Think Defence including the oft held assertion that Air Tanker …
Agusta Westland Project Zero
Although I had a very quick look at this a week or two ago there wasn’t a great deal of imagery available. AgustaWestland have released a few more images …
Parliamentary Answers – to the 22nd March 2013
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 …
Seawolf Away
Some nice wooshy images and video from the Royal
The UOR Crutch
There is no doubt that the Urgent Operational Requirement system has provided a wide range of operationally essential equipment in the last decade or more of …
Are we there yet Dad?
It seems like a journey with no end but I am fairly optimistic that I can soon put away CSS and PHP, stop worrying about hanging indents and javascript errors …
Getting the builders in
TD got booted out of virtual house and home this morning. The site is a victim of its own dubious success with traffic and processor use stretching beyond that …
A Ground Role for Hellfire, CRV7 and LMM?
Lockheed Martin has recently demonstrated the ability of its guided 2.75” rocket, DAGR, to fire from a wheeled vehicle off a combined Hellfire/DAGR pedestal …
Exercise Steel Sabre
A good video from the MoD about a joint exercise between the Royal Artillery and French