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Forum: Military Aviation
8th Mar 2023, 15:24
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

As they say: a machinist will work to the...

As they say: a machinist will work to the nearest thou, or less; a carpenter to the nearest 32nd and dockyards to the nearest ship.
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Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2023, 09:50
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

If the three countries/ four builders can get...

If the three countries/ four builders can get their drumbeats synchronised well enough there might be flying welders to go with flying winemakers from dunnunder.

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Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2022, 14:11
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

ORAC. Thanks for that. The USN training and...

ORAC.
Thanks for that. The USN training and qualification period needed by a RN qualified submariner kind of makes my point.

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Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2022, 08:26
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

Yes, and I agree it would have to be either/or,...

Yes, and I agree it would have to be either/or, not both. Setting aside the question of whether the RAN could find sufficient submariners for a sensible cadre in both a USN boat and a RN boat, ...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Sep 2022, 17:11
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

It is generally hard to get even two...

It is generally hard to get even two organisations with considerably different national perspectives to agree on a design, as evidenced by any number of Anglo-French and Franco German equipment...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2022, 10:40
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

The Aussies want to build their subs in Adelaide,...

The Aussies want to build their subs in Adelaide, so it is not really about more UK or US building capacity, with the exception of the reactor section. It is more about extra boat building...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd May 2022, 19:01
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

Terminating a contract in accordance with that...

Terminating a contract in accordance with that contract at a break point which was in the contract can hardly be fairly described as treachery.

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Forum: Military Aviation
23rd May 2022, 11:19
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

HEU, LEU fuelled or whatever, the design of the...

HEU, LEU fuelled or whatever, the design of the reactor, electrical power and propulsion units is not independent of the design of the rest of the boat. It is a fallacy to think that you can easily...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Apr 2022, 12:20
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

$5B is better than $12B++ for boats that are not...

$5B is better than $12B++ for boats that are not what is needed/wanted and which you are stuck with till it is politically possible to replace them.

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Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2021, 08:28
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

But whence cometh 23 or more Australian ...

But whence cometh 23 or more Australian warheads? They will need to be thermonuclear ones to achieve the objective of holding the Chinese population at threat, and they have to fit TLAM Follow on....
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Dec 2021, 10:08
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

The trouble with ICBM is that there is no way to...

The trouble with ICBM is that there is no way to tell whether you are on the inbound end of a conventional version, or a nuclear armed version. Whichever you launch, the recipient is likely to treat...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2021, 12:45
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

"Events, dear boy," and the experience to deal...

"Events, dear boy," and the experience to deal with them. The UK paused submarine building and rapidly found that without any work for the builders all the experience had been paid off. The...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Oct 2021, 09:10
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

Type 26 frigate? N

Type 26 frigate?

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Forum: Military Aviation
11th Oct 2021, 19:28
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

A reason we got Astute number 7 was to keep...

A reason we got Astute number 7 was to keep Barrow busy till the Dreadnought builds came on stream and so avoid repeating the Astute basic SSN building techniques learning process. I daresay Boris,...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Sep 2021, 07:19
Replies: 1,596
Views: 355,945
Posted By Bengo

There is more to this than finding...

There is more to this than finding someone/somewhere to build the boats and training some nuclear submariners. Routes for these things exist and there is quite possibly room in the US or UK...
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