I can't see why not?

Mildenhall as a base is a lot quieter these days.

with regards to replacing the C-2 greyhound could the US airforces C-27j's be adapted for carrier use they are Stol transports anyway

this is something the UK should keep an eye on with regards to joining as by 2030 eurofighters going to be 20yrs old and would also need to start being replaced . i'd rather we join this rather than another european effort

isn't the eurossam the same missile as the aster that arms the T-45 destroyers could we not get them they suppose to have a 62 mile range

ok then as a mobile (reserve) sam system do you not think it should be more capable. what about our base in Cyprus could that not do with something ,when we deploy to countries like Oman what about protection for our forces stationed there.

One way that it could be used say a community is being persecuted by a regime and they are using airpower to execute their crackdown. setting up a no fly zone is one thing but we could also set up missile umbrella.

it seems to me that most of us are in agreement of that this is a capability which the UK needs to have jet fighters are extremly capable but they are not the be all and end all of air defence .Take last year with the icelandic volcanic ash where were the fighters then . What about our nuclear power...

how can it be anything other than 617sqdn for obvious reasons.

how about the existing C-27's that you were already buying

Another area of potential conflict might be Pakistan many of us know that this is the country that needs to be honest about their agenda with extremism.after Afghanistan i don't know how much longer the US wil tolerate its behaviour espeially now that the US is getting more friendlier with India.Chi...

they are posting on the queens jubilee celebrations that there wil be a flypast in london on tuesday the 5th june aswell

Actually we should try and convince the US to buy our tranch 1 eurofighters to equip their agressor squadrons as everyone knows how to fight F-16's but a more advanced enemy is needed

Look i love my country but we can't keep buying british if it means we are going to be too late and too much. Why has the cost of conversion trippled and if they can't justify it don't scrap it . find someone who can do it even if it means going abroad time to tell these companies no more ripping us...

thats why i was asking wether the raptor pod could be adapted to fit insidethe jsf .Or even better are we going to buy a ucav that can do recce/sead as soon as. You could equip the cv's with 30 jsf's plus say 6-10 ucavs i would even go as far as if we can't sought the jsf out soon just use ucavs onl...

isn't the A-330 already called voyageur

its a shame i would always have liked to see the jaguar with the saint on it fly again.

I've said that before that we should wait for the replacement for the F-18 superhornet and lease aircraft in the mean time also like you said that stealth is overkill for the stovl variant and a internal fuel tank would be useful were the weapons go. can some one say could you find a way to fit the ...

maybe what the Us means is in a coalition operation you can simultaniously operate 2 carriers one for launching one for recovering and vice-versa.And with a conventional carrier layout you could still operate the stovl variant anyway. Maybe when the next defence review is done and the uk does get ri...

I'm only guessing but one reason maybe that my father served on board the old HMS eagle and stated quite often in seas around the falklands the sea state is too rough to operate conventional aircraft off the carriers . So having the stovl variant would keep operations going theres no point having a ...

I know this is a bit off topic but in the latest round of ''dutch defence cuts weren't they dispanding some of their patriot missile batteries if so couldn't we swap them for say some c-130's that are about to be replaced by A-400m's and deploy them to the falklands that would mess up any plans that...