Future Maritime Surveillance
We have discussed this a number of times and to add further to those discussions the House of Commons Defence Select Committee has published its fifth report, …
Future UK Maritime Patrol
Almost immediately after the cancellation of the Nimrod MRA4 was announced in the SDSR there were persistent rumours of a reinstatement of the capability at …
Nimrod Strikes Back
I am of the opinion that the decision to cancel the MRA4 was the most operationally and strategically illiterate decision of all the operationally and …
A spare billion for MPA’s ? What shall we buy then…..
With all the rumour around at the moment about a spare billion being spirited from somewhere, I just thought we should have a little look at some of the …
Look Away Now
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The Future of the RAF 13 – ISTAR #07 (Maritime)
I was writing a long piece on the run up to the cancellation but I decided to delete it, Nimrod is gone and is not coming back. Of all the decisions in the …
4 Billion Quid About to Be Flushed
As we all know there was never any chance of the Nimrod MRA4 getting a reprieve but the day when they are scrapped is drawing pretty close. When the …
Nimrod – Is It Too Late
I will be covering Nimrod and its roles in a future post but I received this yesterday and thought it worth publishing, despite the media attention of …
What Does £200m a Year Buy These Days?
Binning the Nimrod MRA4 was without a doubt the most idiotic decision to come out of the SDSR, no doubt about that. But if the savings were going to massive …
More on Nimrod
Of all the insane decision in the 2010 SDSR, not bringing the MRA4 into service was quite probably the most far reaching in terms of its
The Nimrod Insanity
Reducing Challenger 2 I can understand, withdrawing the ageing Type 22 frigates I can understand, I can even understand (just) the logic of withdrawing the …
The Nimrod Saga: A Personal Touch Take 2
Following on from the previous post about the Nimrod MRA.4 and the two prototypes sat idle at Woodford Aerodrome, I contacted my MP and received the following …
Quick, Spend It Now
So, General (BOWMAN) Dynamics have been named as preferred bidder for the demonstration phase of the Specialist Vehicle Recce Block 1. The Common Base Platform …