@TrentTelenko Lots of re-engine proposals but most of them were for 4 high bypass engines that would of required extensive and expensive redevelopment of the B-52 itself. Covered well by youtube.com/watch?v=pbCeKN…
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The sad thing is SAC HQ in the 1980's wanted to do this exact high bypass jet engine B-52 upgrade while arming it with lots of smart conventional weapons.
It was killed, along with the existence of Strategic Air Command, by the Bush41 Admin and the Democratic controlled Congress.
Air Power@RealAirPower1
Did you know the B-52J’s new Rolls-Royce F130 engines will increase its range by nearly 40%? It's reported that the new engines are so efficient and reliable that they can keep the BUFF airborne for almost two days with minimal refueling. We are looking at an 80-year-old airframe with 21st-century endurance.
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@Crazymoments01 To be fair he did have a copy of the script beforehand....
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The blue shirt brother is not ordinary. He’s smart at reading situations and reacting at the right time.
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🚨 JOHN TRAVOLTA REAPPEARS — SOMETHING ISN’T RIGHT
Eight years apart.
Look at his face.
What do you see?
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@richardkgill @GarethJennings3 @eurofighter @RoyalAirForce Typhoon has performance and sensors to cover a lot of area and to be in optimal firing position. Cheaper and slower platforms will have tradeoffs.
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First MoD (Crown Copyright) images and video of the @Eurofighter Typhoon and #APKWS combo now in operational counter-#drone use with the @RoyalAirForce's 9 Squadron at RAF #Akrotiri in Cyprus, and across the wider the Middle East...
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@Osinttechnical Can't think why anyone should have approved two very expensive and unique assets to perform in an airshow as a pair in close proximity. Glad all four made it out but there should be consequences for whoever approved this display and for the pilots involved.
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Footage of the mid air collision between a pair of Navy Super Hornets/Growlers during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base moments ago.
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Not even enough to cover the shortfall.
Navy Lookout@NavyLookout
Credible reports Starmer has approved £18bn increase in defence spending (But spread over 4 years). Claims it would fund the recommendations in the strategic defence review, although many analysts think around £28Bn is required. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
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@NavyLookout @AeralisJet I would shed more tears if Airfix went under....
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.@AeralisJet which developed a British fast jet trainer solution, has gone into administration - partly a casualty of the delays to the Defence Investment Plan, combined with 'geopolitical factors affecting funding'
See also navylookout.com/pioneering-a-s…
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@andy9716 @mpwarwick @TomSharpe134 At this point I would take any journalist that confirms stories with primary sources and not what they read on the internet that morning...
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@mpwarwick If only the DT had s highly competent former naval officer on its staff that it could run things like this past?! @TomSharpe134
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... has the Telegraph really interpreted out-of-sequence construction activity as being the ships "built in the wrong order" ...?
Modern Royal Navy@ModernNavy
Babcock International has admitted it built the first two Type 31 frigates in the wrong sequence, forcing it to spend months making £140m of changes @Telegraph @Babcockplc @CommonsDefence @ModernNavy #RoyalNavy archive.is/2026.05.13-200…
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@UKDefJournal @geoallison Odd I think Operation Highmast only embarked 24 jets briefly on the way home in the Med. The operation really was 18 jets. Since this was the second tour to the Far East the RN would/should of known the right number of spares to take.
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UK sent a carrier to sea with 24 F-35s but spare parts for only 12 as Public Accounts chair calls it "entirely unacceptable incompetence". | @geoallison for @ukdefjournal
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3 operational submarines out of 6, numbers the RN can only dream of.
Note: The appalling availability of the Astute Class shows no sign of improving.
4/5/26 update from @TBrit90
The 6th boat, HMS Agamemnon, was laid down 18/7/13 & commissioned 22/9/25, but is still to go to sea
Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Seignelay@FauteuilColbert
Royal Australian Navy (#RAN🇦🇺⚓️) a démontré la disponibilité en opérations de trois sous-marins type Collins sur les six possédés les 10-11 mai 2026, depuis le détroit de Johor 🇸🇬🇲🇾 jusqu’au détroit de Bass 🇦🇺. 👇
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@TBrit90 Aren't these helicopters being bought for the RAF? They may spend their time moving squaddies around but a bit much for the Army to say they don't want them and would like to spend the RAF budget on their own kit...
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We have such a broken defence procurement system. Labour forcing a jobs program on the MOD over desired capability.
Jerome Starkey@jeromestarkey
🚨 SCOOP: Army chief was overruled on £1bn deal to buy helicopters he didn’t want. Ministers pushed through the deal against CGS’ advice. General Sir Roly Walker said the Army had more urgent needs — like drones & digital to get war ready by 2027 thesun.co.uk/news/39078478/…
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@serchbloc @TBrit90 And yes - the UK had been using docks built in another "era" that have been evaluated as not fit for purpose and posed unacceptable risks when dealing with nuclear submarines and materials.
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The submarine force is barely functional. The docks were clearly needed a decade ago.
If UK yards can't build them now then go elsewhere. We don't have time for jobs program bullshit. We need docks now, they are the top priority in defence.
Dr Phil Weir@navalhistorian
1) @ojngill in @thetimes on fears the Programme Euston floating dry docks for the @RoyalNavy's new Dreadnought Class ballistic missile submarines at Faslane may be built abroad. Arguably the bigger fear right now is whether they will be built *at all* (£) thetimes.com/business/compa…
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@serchbloc @TBrit90 Maybe for regular commercial docks but not for something to put a nuclear submarine in. This is why RN is currently maintenance constrained as existing nuclear validated docks are upgraded and certified to higher standards.
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@tanky7 @navalhistorian @ojngill @thetimes @RoyalNavy But its ok for the UK to do the reverse and build warships and major components for Norway, Canada and Australia? Not forgetting the work Babcock is doing in the UK to build the missile tubes for the US Columbia SSBN...
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@navalhistorian @ojngill @thetimes @RoyalNavy we have to stop outsourcing all of the most important things we do. with the state of the world as it is, there is no guarantee any country (other than maybe portugal) will be an ally in 5 years.
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1) @ojngill in @thetimes on fears the Programme Euston floating dry docks for the @RoyalNavy's new Dreadnought Class ballistic missile submarines at Faslane may be built abroad.
Arguably the bigger fear right now is whether they will be built *at all* (£) thetimes.com/business/compa…
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@nicholadrummond Or maybe just use the money to buy stocks of rockets for the M270 we already have. A lesson we surely have to learn is to balance acquisition of more kit with the resources to support and use them.
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One of the most capable artillery systems on the planet. The UK acquisition of 96 HIMARS - enough to equip four regiments would immediately triple British Army lethality. It would make 1st (UK) Division deployable, provide significant operational support for 16 Air Assault Brigade and 3 Commando Brigade. At $4.5 million each, the cost would be $432 million. (I do not work for and have no commercial relationship with Lockheed Martin.)
Marcin Cichowski🇵🇱@SolarMare
WWR M142 HIMARS 1. Brygada Rakiet 🇵🇱Wojsko Polskie
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@thinkdefence And behind it all will be a bunch of keyboard warriors in Moscow and St. Petersburg laughing their asses off how easy it was.
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@BigThickSlices Seems like the smart move is for local councils to start their own social media accounts and start posting videos of themselves clearing the drains and claim the revenue clicks....
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@bdavisrice @_Unknown_D_ So the conservatives are going to campaign on removing the triple lock?
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Disagree.
The British public are often ahead of the politicians. I think there is absolutely room for a fiscally responsible or restrained party message. There were some surveys done by the FT (I think it was) indicating people’s attitudes to welfare spending are hardening. I suspect this will continue towards the next GE, especially as Labour will continue to try and buy votes. The public won’t wear it. We’re not as lazy or feckless as people try to make out.
The Tories have already started signalling this with the golden rule and cracking down on welfare.
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Realistically I can’t see the UK cutting back on government spending until we are in IMF bailout territory, irrespective of which party gets in to power. Fiscal responsibility is unelectable at this point. People have become accustomed to existing state benefits and public services and won’t surrender them unless forced to.
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@declanganley And if you put it to the electorate. A couple more frigates vs. paying doctors and nurses then you know where the countries priorities are. But the real problem is anemic GDP growth and productivity. Solve that and you can have both.
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Britain swapped the Royal Navy for a bloated and chronically inefficient NHS that is the Holy Cow of the modern UK. You can’t criticise it. It sucked the resources as a percentage of GDP that used to go to the navy and the moral status of the Church of England. The Royal Navy was the envy of the world, now official Britain tells itself the NHS is. It isn’t.
Dave@DaveKent101
So the frigate HMS Iron Duke is to be retired after a £105 million refit because there is no money left to keep her going. Absolutely pathetic. Leaves the navy with 5 frigates only... Labour and the Tories have criminally weakened our defences.😡
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