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Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Aug 2022, 22:41
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Think there are also fewer targets now.

Think there are also fewer targets now.
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Aug 2021, 22:09
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Surely yes, any of the 'Stans' is a fine...

Surely yes, any of the 'Stans' is a fine candidate.
If the Taliban were nationalists, they would focus on rebuilding and developing their country, something China would be eager to help them do, if...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2021, 00:41
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Fair point, France does still have superior...

Fair point, France does still have superior functioning military capability, even though Germany spends more on defense than France,
That said, the French forces have failed entirely to contain the...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2021, 22:31
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Spendthrifts from the perspective of France or...

Spendthrifts from the perspective of France or Germany, who don't even pretend to have a fully capable military.
China, who knows. Wonder whether Xi has a word for 'contemptible'?
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2021, 20:49
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Think that is a safe bet. Even the USAF is...

Think that is a safe bet.
Even the USAF is getting fed up with the F-35s voracious appetite for cash and unimpressive in service rates.
With drones coming on strong, why would HMG buy more than the...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2021, 21:31
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Maybe adding Chinese targets to the strike plans?

Maybe adding Chinese targets to the strike plans?
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2021, 17:28
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Please note that I'm not making excuses, just...

Please note that I'm not making excuses, just that Russia has demonstrated that it will strike ruthlessly and effectively, whereas in these two cases the presumed targets survived.
Two botched...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Mar 2021, 16:43
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

No argument that China gets a pass because they...

No argument that China gets a pass because they supply us with lots of stuff, unlike Russia. That said, it is doubtful that Russia is poisoning people left, right and center.
The reported poisonings...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Mar 2021, 13:16
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Breathtakingly silly. Chjna has just torn up its...

Breathtakingly silly. Chjna has just torn up its Hong Kong agreements, while Russia has acquiesced in an aggressive NATO expansion into eastern Europe.
Russia. a declining state, with a sub...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2021, 22:52
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Can anyone make sense of this? Scrap this, reduce...

Can anyone make sense of this? Scrap this, reduce that, promise more of those and fewer of these, how does it all hang together?
Iirc Churchill once rejected a pudding on the grounds that it had no...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Feb 2021, 13:59
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Absent a clear leader, the process is inevitably...

Absent a clear leader, the process is inevitably degenerating into an intra-service scrap, with the Treasury taking copious notes about the weaknesses pointed out in each service's presentations be...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Nov 2020, 20:04
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

I'm delighted that optimists still frequent this...

I'm delighted that optimists still frequent this sector of PPRuNe. I thought that long experience would have dissuaded them.
Fact is that of course it will be screwed up, there is no program, no...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2020, 19:30
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Is there any entity that provides broad spectrum...

Is there any entity that provides broad spectrum modeling which might actually be useful for considering national strategy?
It seems, looking from a ways off, that this 'strategic review' is just...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Nov 2020, 21:54
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Sadly there is no strategy at all today, because...

Sadly there is no strategy at all today, because the UK government has not decided where to go.
A Euro centric focus would be mostly business as usual, deter the Russians somewhere, maybe along the...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2020, 18:13
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Upgrade the radar and the engines, sure to be a...

Upgrade the radar and the engines, sure to be a lot cheaper than the Tempest.
Do I see a political platform emerging??
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2020, 20:20
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Apart from the financial implications, does there...

Apart from the financial implications, does there not need to be a framework for a strategic review to have any utility?
Given the current Brexit mess, plus the parlous state of NATO, is such a...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jul 2020, 16:47
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Spot on, the delusion that the Police is a...

Spot on, the delusion that the Police is a domestic version of the military has poisoned Police/Community relations here in the US, with the Police seen as an occupying force rather than as a member...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Dec 2019, 00:07
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

That is exactly the issue, the people doing the...

That is exactly the issue, the people doing the review are in an ongoing process, which makes it very difficult to recognize that the world has changed fundamentally.
Reality today is that managing...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Dec 2019, 23:51
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,379
Posted By etudiant

Is it sensible to have a 'strategic defense...

Is it sensible to have a 'strategic defense review' when the political framework is totally in flux? It is difficult to believe that anyone can develop an effective strategy when the goals are...
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