Over the Shore Logistics – San Carlos and Beyond
A look at the over the shore logistics from the San Carlos landings in the 1982 Falklands conflict to FIPASS, still there today.
Tag Logistics
Taking Advantage of Idle Fleets
The MoD obtains equipment by one of two methods, CADMID or UOR CADMID stands for Concept, Assessment, Demonstration, Manufacture, In-Service and Disposal. UOR stands for Urgent Operational Requirement, UCR, for urgent Capability Requirement. The first is a gated and methodical…
Strategic RORO Ships Usage Data
Out of the many FOI requests that are published there are sometimes ones that are very interesting. This one provides the number of times the ‘Point Class’ Strategic RORO ships are used on operations. At £30m operating costs per year,…
A Universal Missile and Rocket Launcher
It is not very often that I have an idea that I don’t think is a bit suspect, so these days, I tend to write about things and pose a question, but on this one, the more I think about…
Whatever Happed to FOBEX
In 2012 I wrote about the Generic Base Architecture and FOBEX, an open systems architecture for bases and a series of development trials designed to test some of the components. So what happened to it? Are fixed bases so last…
BMT Defence Concept Fleet 2015
Although this video is a few months old it has some interesting concepts, like all good concept videos (my favourites are from DCNS) it has littoral warfighting disaster relief! The reason I posted it was to prompt further discussion on…
Water Beyond the Shore
Look at any of the marketing material for any new combat vessel these days and there is always a reference to the potable water generation capacity in relation to how it can support Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Response operations. Water…
Increment 2 – Wave Attenuation
In order to allow safe and efficient offloading at the Pier Head the relative motion between the free floating ship and fixed Pier Head must be minimised. Conventional breakwaters are usually massive reinforced earthworks, sometimes with protective sheet piling. Protection…
Closing Comments
Let me start the summary by saying I am not an offshore or geotechnical expert, just someone interested in the subject. This series of posts should be viewed in that context, an interested party with no great expertise! I make…
Increment 2 – Shore Connector
One of the key objectives for Increment 2 is that it is able to access a variety of shore terrain , not just gently sloping beaches; seawalls, rocks and flood defences for example. If the walking leg jack-up platform option…