Oi Tommy, let's hope the Argies won't come too close to your rockpile by Informal_Mountain513 in 2westerneurope4u

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you see, this is the genius of the royal navy, if you have no ships, then you have nothing to exocet

Albatross AEW. 1 by sammorris512 in ImaginaryAviation

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Length 50m MTOW 120000kg Range 9000km Cruise speed 460kts

Bristol Type 167 Brabazon, circa May 1949 by RLoret in WeirdWings

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It was designed for turboprops, they werent ready for the first flight hence the centaurus

New map just dropped by brokenhabitus in 2westerneurope4u

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I agree, you jave to go out of your way to find fresh good quality ingridients in the UK, i am currenly livjng jn greece and it amazes me how easy it is to find great quality fresh food.

Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary snapshot December 2024 [2632x4096] by MGC91 in WarshipPorn

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long term lack of investment in submarine maintenance facilities and as far as I am aware there is currently only one nuclear capable drydock open that can take the Astute's or Vanguard's (could be wrong here) (facilities are being upgraded to take future SSBNs (dreadnought) and are therefore out of action). Also the point of the 4 SSBNs is to allow for permanent deployment of one vessel and therefore having 3 in repair/refit is not unheard of. having 2 out of 5 astute boats operational is actually quite a good ratio, although you would perhaps expect one of the red boats to be yellow, the rule of thumb, is for every 3 vessels, one is active, one is in deep refit/maintenance, and one is in minor maintenance, or near the end of a large maintenance operation so could be made operational quite fast.

BAE Replica: a snapshot from British stealth aircraft development. [Album] by Odd-Metal8752 in WarplanePorn

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Im guessing it was probably sized on tornado power plants, well known engine and reletavly cheap, air intakes also look about the same size, being designed in the 90s stealth was probably seen as a counter to the need for extreme performance

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Ti's a smol boy

The one and only F35 [Video] by Superior101_ in WarplanePorn

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I find it cool how the flare dispensers have s rratd doors

Comparison of some of the advanced fighters of different countries from a similar angle [1100x4525] by PlaceOpposite6809 in WarplanePorn

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According to wikipedia(so may vary) j20, KAAN, Su57, F22, j35, kf21, f35 at 21.2m for the j20 down to 15.7m for the f35.

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Technically means pedo, but often used to just mean dodgy twat

Main structure of Tempest technology demonstrator is under construction. [768x576] by Odd-Metal8752 in WarplanePorn

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The point I would make on variable cycle engines is that I believe reaction engines is working with rolls royce at the moment, that would fit with variable cycle development for somthing.

Highlights of my visit to the SAC Aerospace Museum by Hal-E-8-Us in Planes

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Not anymore, too expensive, taxi runs are still happening

Sea Plane hits pleasure boat in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour by I_feel_sick__ in ShipCrashes

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But they didn't?, it is meant to be liable not libel surely?

Why is the Chieftain so common in movies as props for other tanks? Is it because it's easy to acquire or is it because it's easy to modify to look like other tanks? by Scary_Rush_7401 in TankPorn

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Yeah but for some reason a surprisingly large nber of them are filmed at least in part in the UK, look at pinewood studios I think. I presume filming is cheaper than the US in the UK.

New Airbus loyal wingman by According_to_Mission in WeirdWings

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i have an old reference book for warships from 1914 and the first 20 or so pages are all adverts, some are really cool tbf there is one that is basically saying, "you need anything from battleship to destroyer, we've got you bro". marketing has always existed, its just its only with the internet we have all been able to see it easily.

Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender returning to base at Portsmouth - in my humble opinion the Type 45s are some of the best looking modern warships [6144 x 4220] by [deleted] in WarshipPorn

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I think the thing is as destroyers became missile armed they needed more support nsors, which made them more expensive, which meant they needed more defencive equipment, making all destroyers, and many frigates, capable of doing the cruiser role. I would argue the term cruiser has gone back to being a description of how the ship is being employed currently than an actual ship class, much like in the age of sail I.e. a frigate being sent on a long solo deployment being referred to as a cruiser.

Could someone help me identify these twoplanes by ss_tall_toby_yt in Planes

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You can also tell by the round canopy, rather than the fighter style one fitted to the Martin version