Looking Forward to an F35 Future – Part 4 (Down to Earth with a Bump)
In Part 3, I looked upon the F35B with an optimistic eye, reflecting on the potential it provides to the UK armed forces. But, I don’t think anyone is under…
RAF Sentinel Quick Look
With the announcement of a single RAF Sentinel R Mk 1 (Number 5 (Army Cooperation) Squadron) being deployed to support the French operation in Mali I thought a quick look at…
An Alternative Solution to Offshore Patrol – Privatise It
A guest post from John Gough A recurring theme on this blog and others has been the ongoing pressure that the RN faces due to the tasks the Government asks…
Towards SDSR 2015 – 01
As the run in to SDSR 2015 starts and inevitably the conversations lead to what cap badge, ship or aircraft is going to be cut I thought it would be…
Would it be wrong to laugh?
Apparently, they are not ruling out sabotage http://www.taringa.net/posts/noticias/16283016/Armada-Argentina-Renovada-y-Operativa.html http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2013/01/23/noticia_0002.html This comment made me chuckle Why don’t we send over a group of scrap metal merchants and….. hang-on, has this been…
The End of a Maritime Strategy?
Thought I would bounce this one out with a provocative title http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/algeria/9814597/War-against-al-Qaeda-in-Africa-could-last-decades.html Does this mean all talk of a maritime decade and the end of protracted land wars is somewhat…
Defence Cooperation with Australia and the Type 26 Global Combat Ship
A lot of the news reporting this week has been focussed on the defence cooperation treaty the UK and Australian defence ministers signed and how it might relate to the…
Looking Forward to an F35 Future – Part 3 (The Promise)
In Part 2 I looked at the recent history of the F35, specifically in the decisions around the switch to the CV F35C and then the subsequent reversion back to the…