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I am just wondering why nations don't operate SSN's and SSK's together in the west? For me SSN's are very complex and expensive. SSK's are also very complex and expensive now. However there are different advantages from modern SSK's in terms of shallower water operations and the numbers which...

They don't get much love and aren't really talked about compared to the Centurion and Russian tanks of the same era. So I was wondering if they were bad tanks compared to the British and Russian designs?

I have been thinking about this for a couple weeks and doing geo-political research into what Britain's overall great strategy should be going forward. Having looked at it the options are as follows. Global Britain, where Britain projects its hard and soft power globally and mainly into the...

People talk about CANZUK within Anglo-online culture. However I don't think any of them have thought about or understand military and logistical requirements for the structure or union to be possible. The combined CANZUK spend 85.2 billion a year on defence. This is about a third of what they...

I am interested in the fact that the British army has successfully defeated the French in the War of the Spanish succession, defeated Napoleon and comparatively fared well against the Germans in WW1 and WW2. Whereas the American army hasn't done as well against other nations armies. It seems to...

Britain became a major power because its had strategic depth, by controlling the waters around Britain and Ireland. It meant no Europe power could threaten Britain directly, allowing Britain to build up its forces and project them to other parts of Europe and the world. Three things happened...

I don't agree with anything he says in the video. However it is interesting.

For me its clear that the US navy isn't fit for purpose anymore after 30 years of mistaken ship design and not evolving from the cold war. If the Americans want to turn this around they would need a bold strategy, one could say a crazy strategy. The problem for the Americans is the carriers...

I think the answer is yes. Only the Italians and French have a navy of note, the Spanish/Germans/Dutch have professional navies but aren't very capable. Apart from that the Swedish have subs and stealth corvettes which can't operates outside the Baltic. I can't think of anyone else with more...

I am just wonder who people think has the best army in the world at the moment, in terms of a one on one fight in an arcade game, where the two nations are put together, who has the best army? I would say China just because it is big and best equipped compared to the other big armies.

I am just wanting to compare the Ford class to the QE class and the difference between hyper-carriers and fleet carriers in strategic terms. Obviously a one to one comparison the Ford class is much better, much more powerful, more advanced. However if I look at the crew requirements it is 3-1...

I was talking to a girl from Kharkov and it reminded me about the battle of Kharkov, where Von Manstein counter encircled the Russian army after a operational retreat. One of the best maneuvers of the war by one of the best commanders of all time. Genius level stuff. And the last great German...

Just walking around my field thinking about the future of naval warfare, and I believe it comes down to hyper-sonic missiles, SSN's and orbital/sub-orbital bombardment. We know the missiles and subs, but not much about the bombardment. So I was thinking how it could work. Basically you build a...

I view the UK/US/Canada/New Zealand/Australia as the English civilization, and they are now involved in a 5th generation or unrestricted war against China. Just wanted to make a threat to discuss this as the war continues over the coming years. The Chinese have 1.5 billion people, the English...

Why is the Saudi navy built so ridiculously? I mean they have hundreds of billions in capital they could spend, they could easily have the most powerful navy in the Gulf and Red sea, why don't they? I mean 3 minesweepers when they know the main weapon of the Iranians will be to mine the...

Just on my evening walk thinking about what's happened in Afghanistan over the past week and indeed past 40 years. For me it shows yet another conclusive case that 2nd generation warfare can't withstand 4th generation warfare. And contrary to the statements from the white house and Neo-cons in...

Queen Elizabeth class 2 Type 45 Destoryer class 8 Type 26 Frigate class 16 Astute class Submarine 12 Strategic Combat fleet 38 Fast multi-role replenishment ship 5 Multi-role replenishment ship 2 Solid Stores replenishment ship 3 Liquid Stores replenishment...

Please move this thread if I am posting in the wrong place. Its becoming more and more clear that the UK can't abide the Northern Irish protocol or the Irish sea border between Britain and Northern Ireland. Its clear the Irish and EU are using it to economically blockade trade from Britain to...

From a recent post I made about how the US and Western nations are failing to counter what the Chinese are doing, it got me thinking what the options could be for countering the Chinese counter measures against the US carrier groups. So the main weapon the Chinese have is thousands of land...