As the Tempest II and F-X programs merged into the GCAP, I think that it's better to create a specific topic.
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/tempest-uk-future-fighter-programme.30547/
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/japanese-next-generation-fighter-studies-aka-i3-f-3.11566/...
please no politics, no general discussion news and analytics
it's was planned as clear technical aspect topic about weapons shipments and closely related themes
Britain said on Monday it had begun supplying Ukraine with anti-tank weapons to help it defend itself from a potential invasion...
LOL. Looks like this company didn't shy away from getting a bit creative with the naming scheme, because of course a drone that proudly displays a "SEXBOMB" livery traveling at hypersonic speeds while the surface temperature of its skin raises sounds sexy :D...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/22/quango-hands-8bn-year-failed-meet-efficiency-target-instead/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Research_and_Innovation
https://www.ukri.org/
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-research-and-innovation
Incidentally, UKRI is the parent...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/10/20/ukraine-news-russia-war-putin-martial-law-strikes-drones/
Apparently a genuine malfunction, but the incident hasn't helped present tensions any.
I was pretty amazed when I first read this story that this was occurring.
https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/oct/18/raf-pilots-chinese-military-law-change-james-heappey
If things get more interesting, what targets in the UK might Putin nuke? An interesting video, and some backup data:
UK Limited Nuclear War Target List
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYWcgF4Wwog
cold war
cold war ii
electronic warfare
emp / emi
great britain
nuclear battlefield
russian federation
soviet union
sub-strategic nuke
tactical nuke
ukrainian crisis
unitedkingdom
A little bit of background on the Irish situation first:
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2022/0829/1319302-ireland-electricity-shortages-blackouts-energy-crisis/
https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2022/0906/1320973-ireland-energy-security-blackouts-winter/
As things stand this week...
I've been thinking recently about exports of UK combat aircraft. What examples do people think were "successful"?
In my mind success is some sort of function of export numbers relative to UK numbers, and numbers of different export countries. My list of "successes" from post WW2 is below...
2022
20th century
21st century
british commonwealth
british empire
british royal family
cold war
cold war ii
great britain
modern elizabethan era
post-cold war
second elizabethan age
unitedkingdom
world war ii
Over the decades, been reading up the likes of American uses of first gen night vision / LLTV / E?o systems during the Vietnam War be it,
Bell UH-1M INFANT (Iroquois Night Fighting and Night Targeting) - LLTV etc
Lockheed YO-3A equipped night vision periscope
Air America 'Quiet One' Hughes...
1960s
avionics
cold war
electro-optical
great britain
low light level television
north atlantic treaty organisation
optoelectronics
optronics
thermal imaging
unitedkingdom
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