The Russians are Coming
If you have been living on the moon week there is an outside chance you might not have seen the wall to wall coverage of a pair of Russian Tu-95’s on their south coast sightseeing tour. An MoD spokesman said While…
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Perceptions
The A10 is a fascinating case study on the perception of a weapon systems effectiveness from different perspectives. The leadership of the USAF think it is an over-rated cold war legacy aircraft that belongs in a museum, Congress and much…
RAF 2019 – Mind the Gap
January 9th 2015 is an historic day for the Royal Air Force as it marks the first increase in the number of frontline combat squadrons since the mid-1980’s. In a dangerous world where putting ‘boots on the ground’ is increasingly politically difficult the RAF is inevitably thrust to the front row of the UK’s force projection.
Navalised Typhoon
Navalised Typhoon cutaway
Typhoon, F35, Italy and the UK
This is an interesting article from SLD Info that describes how the UK and Italy are planning for integrated operations with the F35 and Typhoon Click the link to visit…
Typhoon and Paveway IV
From the MoD this morning, news about Paveway IV and Typhoon READ MORE ABOUT UK COMPLEX WEAPONS UK Complex (Guided) Weapons – Reference
UK F35B Joint Strike Fighter Orders
Not sure if this is correct but in what seems to be a scoop, the Economic Times (India) has a story about UK F35B orders, you know, those Unicorn like fabled orders that have been ‘coming shortly’ for ages. Britain…
OP SHADER Pictures and Video
A collection of images and videos from Operation SHADER, the UK operation against ISIS, in Iraq. RAF Tornado aircraft armed with Paveway IV precision guided bombs and supported by Voyager tankers have conducted a number of armed recce missions over…
Another Decade for the RAF’s War Horse?
Interesting news and hint dropping about the RAF’s ageing but hugely effective Tornado aircraft. [browser-shot width=”700″ url=”;] If you read between the lines there are all sorts of things to speculate about (mostly related to the F35) but I tend…