Another major offensive on the horizon?

Homar said:
On who? The Russians or the Chinese or the Iranians? The countries that these will be used against are unable to mount a credible attack on British soil anyway. They'll be used against a defenceless people for geostrategic purposes masquerading as humanitarian intervention.
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So if China kicks off we won’t use our carriers. Ok then.
 
the poster is correct ,its what we have been doing for the last 1000 years ,whats the point of having all these new toys ,and not trying them out its what the defence force do ,
 
It needs saying again.
A carrier is a lumbering target without a support group.
We only have 6 destroyers and not all of them are sea worthy so at any one time we could only deploy one carrier.
 
denislawsbackheel said:
It needs saying again.
A carrier is a lumbering target without a support group.
We only have 6 destroyers and not all of them are sea worthy so at any one time we could only deploy one carrier.
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Im fucking glad Nelson had a bit more positivity than some of you lot on this thread!
 
blueinsa said:
Do you even have the first clue about some of the stuff you talk about?

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Pictures of Carrier battle groups don’t half give me the horn
 
denislawsbackheel said:
It needs saying again.
A carrier is a lumbering target without a support group.
We only have 6 destroyers and not all of them are sea worthy so at any one time we could only deploy one carrier.
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Errr none of them are seaworthy or rather, battle worthy.

The engines can’t provide the power for everything on board especially in heat.

Big design flaw, which is hard to fix as the engines aren’t designed to be removed/replaced.
Iirc extra small engine will be retro fitted somewhere (?!?) to provide extra power, to stop the entire ship blowing fuse.

As to UK aircraft carriers (and the planes that we have to ask to use...), they have swallowed up a large proportion of the shrinking budget.

Add to that, that a decision on Trident replacement (or not) will have to be made soon, and that’s another mega billion off the basic defense expenditure.

We’ve just sold the perfectly decent HMs ocean (a few years after major update) for relative peanuts.

Plus some other newish smaller vessels , again for relative peanuts. (Support/replenishments and small patrol craft)

So we have an aircraft carrier (the other will be mothballed as soon as built), with no decent escorts (or enough for other duties), not enough support vessels to be deployed far afield...

it’s a bit of a mess.

There’s no way the UK could take part in anything major
 
JASR said:
Errr none of them are seaworthy or rather, battle worthy.

The engines can’t provide the power for everything on board especially in heat.

Big design flaw, which is hard to fix as the engines aren’t designed to be removed/replaced.
Iirc extra small engine will be retro fitted somewhere (?!?) to provide extra power, to stop the entire ship blowing fuse.

As to UK aircraft carriers (and the planes that we have to ask to use...), they have swallowed up a large proportion of the shrinking budget.

Add to that, that a decision on Trident replacement (or not) will have to be made soon, and that’s another mega billion off the basic defense expenditure.

We’ve just sold the perfectly decent HMs ocean (a few years after major update) for relative peanuts.

Plus some other newish smaller vessels , again for relative peanuts. (Support/replenishments and small patrol craft)

So we have an aircraft carrier (the other will be mothballed as soon as built), with no decent escorts (or enough for other duties), not enough support vessels to be deployed far afield...

it’s a bit of a mess.

There’s no way the UK could take part in anything major
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Maybe we could ask the Yanks to lend us back our Harriers...
 
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