Recent content by Admiral Beez

I hope the Kerch bridge is permanently destroyed before the end of the month…. So Monday.

It's an odd thing that two wings of the same company were each working on an eight gun fighter for the RAF. It seems like such a needless duplication of effort and waste of resources, time and money when instead the Vickers division could be expediting the Wellington program (also first...

The average age of the frontline Ukrainian soldier is reportedly forty years. And these old-timers have been serving, with rotations since Feb 2022. They have to be getting down in spirit, especially after being pushed backwards continuously this year due to lack of ammunition. Now that...

The 2024 campaign will come down to mass vs. precision. So far Russia has had the win in 2024. Hopefully now the Ukrainians have the tools to turn the tide.

While the Ukrainians are getting excellent results with their own missiles and drones, I wonder if there’s some heavy duty anti ship missiles coming in the US or NATO aid packages. Are there any TASMs available?

Indeed. Yes, the British lost a carrier in April 1940, but they had replacements coming, with HMS Illustrious and Formidable entering service in a few months, plus Victorious and Indomitable the following year. OTOH, Norway was a disaster for the Kriegsmarine's surface fleet, with three...

Considering that Vickers-Supermarine made the beautiful Spitfire, it's surprising that the same conglomerate made the ugly, kit-plane like Vickers Venom. First flight June 1936. Meanwhile, three months earlier the firm's Spitfire takes its first flight in March 1936. At which point the...

Looks, not utility is the measure here.

Yep. We were all thinking this. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2024/04/24/ukraine-aid-russia-war-crimea-supply-line-us-atacms/#:~:text=But%20the%20newer%20M57%20ATACMS,badly%20damage%20the%20Kerch%20Bridge. Imagine the hundreds of thousands of Russian (and occupied) civilians on...

Vickers Wellesley is a contender.

Interestingly, Ural motorcycles has moved their company and production from Russia to Kazakhstan. https://www.imz-ural.com/about https://www.imz-ural.com/blog/2023/5/5/we-are-back-in-canada Clearly a move to avoid sanctions, but also to give the company, its owners, employees and...

How many Ukrainians soldiers needlessly died and how much territory must now be forcibly regained at great cost due to the US holding back lethal aid to Ukraine? Imagine if the kit provided to Ukraine now was made available in 2022 or even 2023.

And Churchill, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1924 until 1929 was responsible for financially starving the military throughout his tenure. Churchill's policies aimed to balance the budget, often at the expense of military expenditures. These cuts left Britain vulnerable and...

"The British-supplied bombs will offer all-weather and moving-target capabilities, but it's unclear which aircraft will employ them." F-16s, presumably?

That was quick. Now, smack that bridge. Next week, Vipers over Kharkiv?