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  1. Grey Havoc

    ‘BLACK SWAN’ Class Sloop-Of-War

    Via HP&CA, a new MOD concept for the Royal Navy: Detailed specs Joint Concept Note 1/12 This concept is probably DOA. Someone should have told the MOD that Transformation and the like is dead and buried. 'Systems not platforms' is what brought about such disasters as the LCS.
  2. uk 75

    Saunders Roe Hovercraft Aircraft Carrier

    On page 241 of "The Decline of British Seapower" by Desmond Wettern, the then Minister of Aviation (Julian Amery) told a Business Dinner on 9 September 1964 that the Government were considering building an ocean-going "hovership" for the RN. His Ministry and the MOD would make preliminary...
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    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. Johnbr

    BAe Systems Nimrod MRA.4 (Nimrod 2000)

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12281640 Here is a sad story. :(
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    • 1990s 2000s bae systems early 2010s early 21st century late 20th century maritime patrol aircraft ministry of defence nimrod 2000 nimrod mra.4 post-cold war replacement maritime patrol aircraft royal air force staff requirement (air) 420 united kingdom war on terror
    • Replies: 321
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. Triton

    UK MoD Future Protected Vehicle

    From theworacle via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFbbc00jnbQ
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    • 2010s airmobile bae systems british army cybernetics ministry of defence robotics united kingdom
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  5. Mercurius Cantabrigiensis

    Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile

    Thales Air Defence - the company that was formerly Shorts - is about to announce a new missile programme. Known as the Lightweight Multi-Role Missile, it is apparently intended to take the company beyond its traditional field of light SAM systems. Details will be officially released on 2 June.
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    • air-to-air missile air-to-surface missile british army cold war ii fflmm / fury future air-to-surface guided weapon (light) marlet missile system ministry of defence post-cold war royal navy short brothers plc surface-to-air missile surface-to-surface missile textron systems thales air defence thales group thales uk ukrainian crisis united kingdom war on terror
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  6. overscan (PaulMM)

    BAE EAP

    If anyone has original pictures of EAP from Paris or Farnborough airshows, or elsewhere, please get in touch.
  7. P

    Sea Ceptor - CAMM Sea Wolf replacement

    European missile manufacturer MBDA is starting to flesh out its plans for a common family of anti-air weapons, being supported by research funding from the UK Defense Ministry. The family, known as the Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM), is aimed at meeting tri-service requirements from...
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    • Replies: 125
    • Forum: Military
  8. overscan (PaulMM)

    UK Requirements: SR(A) 1236 CASOM

    Contenders General Dynamics Tomahawk/Airhawk AGM-137 TSSM Loral Vought ALCAM (ATACMS derivative) McDonnell-Douglas AGM-84E Rockwell Extended-Range AGM-130E with Williams P8300 turbofan Brunswick Defense ITALD Texas Instruments JSOW Rafael AGM-142 DASA/Hunting/Bofors KEPD250 Aerospatiale ASMP-C...
  9. overscan (PaulMM)

    UK Requirements: SR(A) 1244

    Contenders Aerospatiale ASLP Boeing SRAM-T (SRAM-2 derivative) Martin Marietta/BAeD/Hunting TASM-UK Source: John Fricker "RAF Operational Requirements" Air International May 1993
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    • aérospatiale boeing cold war fleet air arm great britain martin marietta ministry of defence nuclear battlefield post-cold war raf strike command royal air force royal navy tactical nuke united kingdom
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
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