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    Type 26 and 31

    What is the respective costs of the Type 26 and Type 31. What would be the economy of scale if only Type 26 built for the entire 13 ship requirement.
    • JohnR
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    • cold war ii royal navy united kingdom
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    • Forum: Military
  2. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    Air Staff Target 9003 Photo-Reconaissance Satellite (Early 1960s)

    Source: Norman Friedman's Seapower and Space p365-366. AST.9003 envisaged satellites orbiting at 200 miles in 97 degree (sun-synchronous) orbits carrying two cameras with television readout, and an ELINT Antenna. Resolution of the cameras would be 25 and 5 yards with swath widths of 45 and 7...
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    Cultivator Number 6

    Hi, I searched the entire forum, but I did not find a thread about the Cultivator Number 6, a projected trenching machine; maybe it is well known to some of the readers, but I think it need a thread due to its particularity. Here the Cultivator as described by Winston Churchill in his book...
    • Temistocle
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    • british army department of naval land equipment directorate of naval construction mine plough ministry of supply royal engineers royal navy united kingdom white rabbit number six world war ii
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  4. Z

    The U.K. develops the gas turbine significantly quicker

    Inspired by the “What if the gas turbine hadn’t happened“ I always thought of a different angle. This considers what would have happened if just two men had a different mindset at just one meeting? Ref “Genesis of the Jet” John Golley. This book documents Frank Whittle struggle to develop the...
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    The AFVG option

    May 17 1965 - with some differences. The supersonic requirement for a trainer is canned, end result is an AlphaJet / Hawk hybrid. Staunchly subsonic, can't growth into Jaguar. Breguet still goes under and is forced into Dassault as a job program 1967-69. The program is consolidated as a Fouga...
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    Cancelled UK smart anti-tank munition

    I've been researching flight trials of a doppler-sharpened millimetric radar which took place in early 1990s (possibly 1990-4). I've been informed (by an ex-project member) that: Trial was in connection with a smart "fire-and-forget" UK anti-tank munition. Used a dual-mode...
  7. Z

    RN Ark Royal AH carrier starting 1920's

    RN opts for Scheme C (as opposed to real life they adopted Scheme B) of 25,000tons 1923. Ordered 1926....? LBP 780ft, LOA 820ft Beam 92ft Draught fed 23.5ft, aft 25.5ft Displacement 25,000tons Deep 29,500tons SHP 180,000shp Speed 34.5kts Deep 33kts Fuel 4,000tons Endurance 6,000nm Complement...
  8. Z

    Going Swedish for the UK?

    Could it have happened? Certainly the Lansen is a capable aircraft and the UK sold a number of Hunters to carry the Swedish Airforce over until the Fighter variant came on stream. The Drakken is very attractive and bar rate of climb compared favourably with the Lightning. The A.36 has if...
  9. Hood

    RTM.322 Turbofan Variant

    I have come across a turbofan variant of the RTM.322, the RTM.322-20 rated at 2,338lbf. The project was circa 1984. The only aircraft I know of proposed for the engine was the BAe P.164-108A trainer. I found a diagram of the RTM.322-20 which is attached. Does anyone have any further details...
    • Hood
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    • 1980s cold war france rolls-royce rolls-royce turbomeca turbomeca united kingdom
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Propulsion
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    British Army of the Rhine alternatives

    The British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) based in Germany for the duration of the Cold War was a significant component of British defence spending and equipment in the postwar era. It is a very complicated subject, and . unlike the Royal Navy or the RAF has not been such a popular subject for books...
  11. Grey Havoc

    Major General Percy Hobart

    • Grey Havoc
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    • british army croft pike hobart's funnies home guard major-general hobart the tank museum united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  12. Grey Havoc

    History of the Black Cab

    • Grey Havoc
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    • automotive history british taxis great britain hackney london black cab public carriage office united kingdom
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Bar
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    British Light/Civil Aircraft and Projects,Post WWI

    From British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Mr. F. W. Broughton built a single seat parasol wing light monoplane,powered by one 30 hp Carden,developed from Perman Parasol,called Broughton-Blayney Brawney.
  14. Grey Havoc

    How to drink tea in a tank

    • Grey Havoc
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    • a drink for a more civilised age bovington tank museum british army royal tank regiment the tank museum united kingdom world of tanks
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Military
  15. Grey Havoc

    VE Day

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52577473 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52585652 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/08/ve-day-2020-75-anniversary-celebrations-live-latest-news/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/07/ve-day-2020-celebrations-pictures/...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1940s 2020 allies united kingdom victory in europe day world war ii
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Military
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    Cirrus aero engines

    The ADC Cirrus was the first reliable and affordable aero engine and together with the de Havilland Moth, in the mid-1920s it created the golden age of private flying. It was also the first of the mass-produced small air-cooled four-cylinder inline light aircraft engines. And it has a curious...
    • steelpillow
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    • blackburn interwar period united kingdom
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Propulsion
  17. Grey Havoc

    Type 4X/ Type 83 Destroyer

    https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/the-type-4x-destroyer-an-early-look-at-an-early-concept/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2019 anti-air warfare area air defence cold war ii light destroyer nuclear powered vessels project castlemaine royal navy t4x type 26 offshoot type 45 destroyer replacement program united kingdom
    • Replies: 266
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  18. Grey Havoc

    Rapidly Manufactured Ventilator System scheme

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/specification-for-ventilators-to-be-used-in-uk-hospitals-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak UK’s new ventilators still awaiting regulatory green light (ft.com, registration may be required)
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2020 civil defence covid-19 crisis management department of health and social care emergency procurement medical equipment united kingdom ventilators wuhan coronavirus
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: The Bar
  19. Grey Havoc

    Royal Navy XLUUV program (Manta-class drone submarine)

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/03/05/royal-navy-to-get-first-large-autonomous-submarine/#338120f1f0b6 https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/manta-the-royal-navy-gets-its-first-extra-large-autonomous-submarine/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war ii dasa ministry of defence moray msubs ltd royal navy s201 united kingdom uuv
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  20. Grey Havoc

    Multi Role Support Ship (MRSS) - previously Future Littoral Strike Ship (FLSS)

    https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/a-closer-look-at-the-littoral-strike-ship-concept/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2019 bmt cold war ii littoral strike group ministry of defence mrss mrv prevail partners royal navy transformation fund uk commando force united kingdom
    • Replies: 108
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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