Matthew Warwick
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@mpwarwick
Graduate in International Politics & Strategic Studies. Dabble in naval history. Frequently distracted by cricket.
Frigates. 17 in service in 2009 - 4 x Type 22s and 13 x Type 23s. The Type 22s were to decommission 2019-22, with the Type 23s following from 2023. Replacement plans in the air under the C1/C2/C3 concept. 8/18
Honouring Service, Preparing for the Future. HMS Iron Duke, HMS Richmond and HMS Chiddingfold to be retired after over a century of combined service. Link for further info: royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/july…
Torreta del acorazado Yamato vs Tanque Tiger vs un proyectil del navío. Una comparación que sirve para denotar el gran tamaño de las torretas del acorazado nipon.
The MOD says crewed and uncrewed ships together bring more missiles and mass, while the exquisite Type 83 would have meant too few ships for the Navy's tasks. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-outlines-th…
The DiP is final proof that the old ‘church’ of @DefenceHQ and its liturgies has failed. (The spin around announcements doesn’t last a day now.👇) Yet the old clerisy still trots out the same, lame scriptures. So what level of strategic shock *will* force the badly needed reset? (Sadly, one has to admit now that Healey’s Defence Reform, which could have been the catalyst for the reset, largely stalled at the rebadging stage. I wish Rupert Pearce well in building the NAD into what it needs to be but he is now battling the clerisy.)
This NDP image shows Type 91, 92 and 94 alongside a Type 26 for scale. Type 94 carries the air defence radar and is the largest of the three, around 100m length. Type 91 and 92 are planned to be 70 and 90m in length. That suggest displacements anywhere from 800-3,500 tons.
65% of the Luftwaffe was deployed in the eastern front. If you seriously think that the RAF, as brave and as hard as they fought in the battle of Brittan could’ve held out against nearly the entire Luftwaffe, you’re nuts. Russia would’ve collapsed, and an occupation Army left in place. The Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht would’ve transferred the vast majority of those millions of soldiers to the west, now full of fuel from the captured Caucuses and hardened by going at it with the Red Army and established absolute air dominance over the channel and starved and bombed Britain into a negotiated surrender. Sure, the parliament and royal family would’ve relocated to Canada. The crown jewels will be hidden, the fleet would move overseas; the war would have continued from the Dominions – but Britain itself would almost certainly have been forced to negotiate if the Russians left the war. Without the convoys, Russia falls. If the Russians fall, it is only a matter of time until England falls between theU-Boats and the bombing. This is not detract from the courage of the RN or the RAF or the English people. It is pure math- and it’s born out by what happened to Japan. And don’t take my word for it. Stalin repeatedly used the implied threat of collapse and or negotiated surrender to manipulate the allies into doing what you wanted specifically increase lend-lease supplies, as well as the opening of second front take German pressure off of the Russian homeland. You can pretend you didn’t need US assistance all you want, but it was an Allied effort that defeated the Axis- and the early and most important contribution of the U.S. was food, fuel, ammunition and raw materials to an island nation under seige to allow them to survive until we could get our armies into the fight to help.
