An Alternative History
A guest post from Jed TD’s recent Atlantic Conveyor and Harrier FOB pieces have allowed a few of our regular commentor’s to indulge in some “what if” scenario development. As…
Someone is Gonna Shit a Stickebrick
One of our more maritime oriented commenters bought my attention to this. It raised a smile, not least because I can image people exploding with rage across the internet when…
Tough Decisions on Ship Building Ahoy
There is a decision looming, possibly towards the end of the year that will see the future military surface shipbuilding landscape in the UK defined. As the Type 45 build…
HMS Astute Grounding and Paper Charts
The MoD have today released the inquiry findings into the grounding of HMS Astute off the isle of Sky on October 22, 2010 Click here for the full report and…
Leakage and the F35 Saga
Is this a new low for the senior officers and civil servants at the MoD? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9217918/Fighter-jets-about-turn-will-harm-capability.html If the report that Thomas Harding has supposedly seen and reported on was actually…
The First UK F35 in Flight
The first flight for the U.K.’s first F-35, known as BK-1, took place on April 13, 2012. BK-1 is also the first international F-35. The timing of course, could not…
More GEMS Gems
Now I know this isn't as sexy as the F35, Type 26 or FRES but GEMS has, and is, proving its worth many times over. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa6xG4vnSgk With the rush to…
Helpful
Am I alone in thinking this kind of carrier obsessed myopic nonsense makes things more difficult to manage the situation, avoid escalation and generally keep the lid on things? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/9200047/Argentina-to-invade-Falklands-after-30th-anniversary-furore-dies-down-commander-warns.html…