Lachlan Sun
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@deepdownderp @passcoderonald Because it's the conflict that has deep psyche on the British public. Its a war that reasserted at least temporarily British military power
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@HMSBritannia82 @passcoderonald Britain will do fine against Argentina, the UK has a sizeable garrison in the Falklands for this eventuality, not to mention the Argentine navy and airforce is frankly a mess; no serviceable warships and their f-16s are a generation behind Britain's f-35/typhoon
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@fritz29700 @passcoderonald I know.
Russia is far weaker today and nato is much stronger
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@HMSBritannia82 @passcoderonald This is Argentina we are talking about not Russia. Their country is in a prolonged economic crisis not to mention like all South American armies are a generation or two behind in their military compared to western militaries
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@fritz29700 @passcoderonald The British military in 2026 is designed to fight alongside close NATO allies not alone
The telegraph doesn’t understand this and thinks we it needs to fight Germany tommorow
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@SnowmanJoe25 @star_excelsior Trump is just a reactionary by principle.
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@fritz29700 @star_excelsior Strange that Trump wants a similar tech on the BBG. EMALS is the way all carriers are going but it was pushed into production way too soon. Now all he does he yell how he wants steam catapults back.
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Cooked navy. Slow building the frigates. Only considering VLS and proper ASW for flight 2. Small number of expensive battleships on top.
Virtual Bayonet@VirtualBayonet
FF(X) frigate procurements are one in FY27, one in FY 29, and 2 in FY 31, with an eventual 22 total. Flight I will consist of "at least" the first 2 ships, Flight II Preliminary Design seems to start in FY27. Flight II will consider VLS and ASW capabilities. USN budget info.
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@SnowmanJoe25 @star_excelsior But the US navy is a carrier force. All of its power projection comes from its carriers and having a technology that can improve sortie rates and efficiency makes all the difference.
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@fritz29700 @star_excelsior Like EMALS that Trump hates so much. The Navy thought it wasn’t ready for Ford and wanted to wait from the second ship. Rumsfeld thought it was cool and ordered it included on the Ford which added Billions. It works now but was t ready for the Ford.
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@fritz29700 @star_excelsior It can be a money pit, which is a good reason to just keep as an R&D program. It really only interferes with ship deployment when you do decide it’s necessary and develop a deployable system. The BBG people is that it’s shown as rhe only option for flight 1 and it’s not ready.
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@ewangibbs It wouldnt be a war compared to 1982 it would be wholesale slaughter of the Argentine military by the British
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Are the pieces all falling into place for Starmer to be saved by a Falklands War launched by a desperate right-wing Argentine government?
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@SnowmanJoe25 @star_excelsior I understand the rationale but I just think its still a bit of money pit when there are higher priority areas the USN needs to focus on like as you mentioned scrapping BBG and increase ship production of their FF(X) programme
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@fritz29700 @star_excelsior But with a guided hypersonic projectile they could should down ballistic missiles, so the Navy views it as a cheap future weapon that could be used against Chinese anti-ship ballistic missiles. Conventional guns don’t quite cut it. Anyway it’s a future possibility at this point.
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@boganintel @MUDRATmp3 @ChrisMinnsMP @AlboMP @AustralianLabor Yes because ASIO is so scared about people attending a rave with some pro Palestine messaging. Grow up
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“From the river to the Sea, till Palestine is free, take all you want from me…” - @MUDRATmp3
There is a bubbling revolution happening in the youth of Australia, and there is nothing that @ChrisMinnsMP, @AlboMP, and @AustralianLabor can do so stuff it back in their Zionist bag.
Listen to the youth of Australia, or perish fighting them.
#freepalestine
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@SnowmanJoe25 @star_excelsior I fail to really see the advantages of rail guns other than maybe a more cost effective way to shoot down missiles and drones in which Direct energy weapons can do the job easier with less risk. Surface and naval warfare the standard 127mm can do the job.
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@fritz29700 @star_excelsior The rail gun was scrapped in 2021 due to technical hurdles. Low level R&D was only recently revived due to progress on some of technology. It’s not ready for either ship, but could be retrofitted sometime in the mid-2030s. It’s only there because it’s cool at this point.
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@fritz29700 @passcoderonald It's incredibly funny that the Falklands is the one fight we're pretty much ready for
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@Bangershell11 Fix your own collapsing economy and stop being Trump's lapdog first.
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Argue all you want about Argentine sovereignty — but Britain's claim to the Malvinas? That's the real stretch. They really have no claim to the Malvinas.
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@SnowmanJoe25 @star_excelsior I agree the BBG is too large to be practical and is a modern day Bismarck. Very well armed and dangerous but a missile magnet and a priority target for any adversary not to mention too few to make a difference
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@star_excelsior @fritz29700 @TBrit90 In the case of a Burke you are tripling the tonnage for a couple more VLS (but 3 Burkes = 288 cells) and a little more powerful radar. So again why? Why on earth would anyone pay all that money for what amounts to its bigger and has more armor?
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@star_excelsior @SnowmanJoe25 Scrap the rail gun. It's not worth the investment imo. They should focus on power generation for the direct energy weapons and the integration of the hypersonic missiles into the destroyer.
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@fritz29700 @SnowmanJoe25 @TBrit90 If it makes you feel better, the Navy has explicitly said as such. The tech and the program itself is all grown out of the DD. The only real difference is the size and the possible rail gun.
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The only reason drone warfare isn’t treated like nerve gas or land mines under international law is because it isn’t the West’s sons dying from it. As soon as it’s not Ivans being blown to bits but Johns and Toms the “discussion on the ethics of drone warfare” will become a mainstream talking point.
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Drone warfare has reached such a level that many fighters have lost hope of escaping or resisting. For example, the final strike on the barracks is terrifying.
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