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Monthly Archives: July 2011

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The Future of the British Army 10 – Wheels (A Less than Sensible Future – Part 1)

  • Post author:Think Defence
  • Post published:July 29, 2011
  • Post category:News
  • Post comments:2 Comments

In the previous post I described the somewhat varied wheeled vehicle fleet and some background to some of the decision that have resulted in the current situation. It is also…

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FRES – What Might Have Been

  • Post author:Think Defence
  • Post published:July 29, 2011
  • Post category:News
  • Post comments:28 Comments

We have covered FRES in much painful detail but one of the notable 'le grande cock ups' was the UK's decision to invest in the MRAP programme, then pull out…

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Warfighter Alert

  • Post author:Think Defence
  • Post published:July 25, 2011
  • Post category:News
  • Post comments:19 Comments

The more you look the more you find the ridiculous term 'warfighter' In March this year I commented that the term was as usual, a pathetic attempt at following US…

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FRES UV – a modest proposal for a family of “Protected Utility Vehicles”

  • Post author:Think Defence
  • Post published:July 25, 2011
  • Post category:News
  • Post comments:66 Comments

  A guest post from Jed A major part of the FRES program is to procure a fleet of “utility vehicles” to replace a very broad range of vehicles from…

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On Soft Ground

  • Post author:Think Defence
  • Post published:July 21, 2011
  • Post category:News
  • Post comments:8 Comments

Continuing my quest to find the most obscure subjects to write about, the next in line is Trackway and Matting. Vehicles Soft ground obviously creates problems for all types of…

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Battlefield Medicine, Afghanistan 2011

  • Post author:Think Defence
  • Post published:July 19, 2011
  • Post category:News
  • Post comments:16 Comments

Guest post from Phil; This article aims to explore the provision of medical assets, training and equipment in Afghanistan as currently practised. The provision of medical assets in theatre is…

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The Pros and 7 Cons of an RAF Voyager

  • Post author:Think Defence
  • Post published:July 18, 2011
  • Post category:News
  • Post comments:41 Comments

Announced this week was the official naming ceremony of the RAF's newest and largest aircraft, the Voyager On the 15th of July the MoD wrote The RAF's largest ever aircraft…

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A light weight supplement to a medium weight FRE SV

  • Post author:Think Defence
  • Post published:July 16, 2011
  • Post category:News
  • Post comments:104 Comments

A guest post from Jed, currently enjoying Florida I think! In his article “A need to rethink FRES” our friend Monty provided a number of alternative designs for a light…

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