Jed’s previous post on sensible alternatives to the Nimrod in light of rumours of a spare billion pounds being found down the back of the MoD’s sofa generated some interesting debate but I still find the very notion of getting back into the proper MPA business after spunking £4billion up the wall on MRA4 and making thousands redundant rather fanciful. [...]
I know I often lament the ‘we are an island’ mentality when used as a justification for CVF but we really are an island with a 7,500 odd mile coastline, an international obligation for search and rescue and all manner of offshore energy installations. Although the strategy of deficit reduction would seem to most people to be entirely sensible one [...]
UK amphibious doctrine has for some time seen a heavily opposed landing as a last resort and the assumption is that because of the proliferation of anti ship and anti tank guided weapons any such approach would be suicidal without the strongest level of battle space preparation. The true value of an amphibious capability is being able to appear in [...]
To set the scene for this post, our earlier suggestion of cancelling CVF and JCA was nothing short of a brutal cost saving measure. Some may argue that significant costs have already been sunk and contracts signed, to cancel now would not result in any savings. This is simply not the case, yes, there would be a great deal of [...]
I have to dive in and write this piece for ThinkDefence being ex-Navy, there you go, how was that for up front disclosure and transparency ! However I am also been a soldier, and as a life long plane spotter I am also a proponent of air power, so hopefully I can provide a balanced, although maritime centered viewpoint. Threats [...]
We have probably done the air component to death in the last few months so its time to have a look at the maritime component. Some of the themes I intend to cast my usual ill informed eye over are * We are an island you know! * The great CVF can of worms * Building a multi tier force [...]
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