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Fantasy Fleet: July 2011
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Monday, July 18, 2011. Counter Counter Insurgency (Long Term In Afganistan). Put simply we will never win in Afghanistan. The reason for this is that our view of victory is unachievable. We are not even sure what victory would look like. Having a McDonald's on every street corner seems to have been the original aim however in a place that is anything from 500 to 1000 years behind the rest of the world culturally is this possible? We need a strategy that can allow us to permanently destabilise the Taliban...
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Fantasy Fleet: 2015 A Clean Slate (Part 1)
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011. 2015 A Clean Slate (Part 1). The world today is a pretty grim place. Economic woes as well as the legacy of two of the most vicious. And hard fought wars we have fought in 50 years have left all branches of the military greatly reduced in both capability and numbers. However things will not always be as bad. A government coming into power in 2015 my inherit a very different set of circumstances. There would be a number of big advantages to the new government coming in. The RAF...
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Fantasy Fleet: The Need for Grand Strategy
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Saturday, May 28, 2011. The Need for Grand Strategy. I have to say that if we can see an example of any country out there with grand strategy its China. China is even building a network of colonies with 99 year leases on huge territories from Kazakhstan to Sudan. How many soldiers does China have deployed on UN missions across the world? Zero How many conflicts has China entered into to protect civilians? Zero They simply sit on the sidelines and exploit the weakness in other countries. What made Britain...
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Fantasy Fleet: August 2010
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Tornados, Typhoons and Lightnings. The Mother of all storms SDSR. F35 taking of from HMS Queen Elizabeth. With the current SDSR being debated across the year one of the main areas for review is the choice for the Joint Combat Aircraft. This aircraft will replace the Harrier GR9 and be operated by both the Fleet Air Arm and the Royal Navy. Its principal mission will be to conduct strike mission flying from the new Queen Elizabeth Class Carriers. With this in mind the F35 would se...
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Fantasy Fleet: July 2010
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Monday, July 26, 2010. Taranis a Chance for Greatness. From the indications the Taranis demonstrator is almost a fully capable platform able to carry (although it wont) and simulate weapons drops in its testing program. While with such a new technology it is hard to estimate the potential market it is possible to make assumptions. Assumption 1 The US will produce its own UCAV and as with the F22 refuse to sell it to anyone else even its allies. Taranis represent a new oppertunity for us to regain our lea...
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Fantasy Fleet: Counter Counter Insurgency (Long Term In Afganistan)
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Monday, July 18, 2011. Counter Counter Insurgency (Long Term In Afganistan). Put simply we will never win in Afghanistan. The reason for this is that our view of victory is unachievable. We are not even sure what victory would look like. Having a McDonald's on every street corner seems to have been the original aim however in a place that is anything from 500 to 1000 years behind the rest of the world culturally is this possible? We need a strategy that can allow us to permanently destabilise the Taliban...
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Fantasy Fleet: February 2011
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Libya shows Navy's inability to act. A big fat T22 can be handy when you need to evacuate people. Finding A Better Way. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Libya shows Navys inability to act. Project Update and a Question. A regular update on the long form projects. One of my intentions with these longer posts is to keep them up to date and relevant by adding content and up. Stuart Yeomans SAY Connected. New Earth Funds – Factsheet. A New American Destroyer : Part 2.
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Fantasy Fleet: October 2010
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Finding a Home for Ark Royal. If we had a core of FAA pilots we could likely supplement these aviators with RAF types but what we are now faced with is starting completely from scratch in 10 years time. That will mean throwing away 93 years of experience in operating aircraft at sea. What is in it for us? Whats is in it for Australia? Sunday, October 24, 2010. Fleet Deployments Under a Maratime Strategy (RSDR). Fleet Deployment Map Major Surface Units. We have to question the i...
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Fantasy Fleet: March 2011
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Friday, March 18, 2011. We won't be having a war until after 2015. So much for David Cameron's view on defence strategy. Now Cameron has Tony Blairites promising all sorts let see what our forces can actually deliver in conjunction with the French. A couple of Stormshadows and Tomahawks at best from us an next to nothing from the French I am guessing. Lets just hope the US is fully committed or we will end up with another Bosnia. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). We wont be having a war until after 2015. What ...
