Lock, Stock and a Sandy Bottom
You are a small island nation with an ageing naval infrastructure and an equally ageing fleet of small patrol vessels in need of replacement. The
June 23, 2013
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Blog Posts
Short-form opinion, updates and information.
The Beach Recovery Vehicle
To recover damaged, destroyed or broken down vehicles from beach areas during amphibious landings specialised vehicles are needed. They must be able to operate in
August 8, 2012
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More Mobility Concepts – Amphibians
Following on from our recent discussion on vehicle mobility this is a video mini-series looking at how vehicle designers approach the need for mobility. The
February 15, 2012
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A Trip Down Mexeflote Lane
With the impending sale of RFA Largs Bay we had an interesting comment on an old post about mexeflotes from an Australian asking if the
April 3, 2011
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The Amphibious Assault Hovercraft – British innovation at its best ?
We have had lots of discussions recently on politics, SDSR etc, but I have used the debate in the blogosphere about the cancelling of the
March 20, 2011
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Haiti and D Day
There has been a lot of blog coverage on the Haiti relief effort and from a defence perspective, much of this has focussed on the
January 19, 2010
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What is a Mexeflote
Whilst we are on the subject of the Royal Navy and about to embark on the amphibious, logistics and submarine element some information on how,
January 9, 2010
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Think Defence
UK defence and security; analysis, reference content, opinions and resources.