British Military Pictures Thread

[FuManChu]

The most up-to-date picture I have seen so far - launch on Tuesday!

[Obi Wan Russell]

Some more Type 45 under construction pics.

[bd popeye]

1) A British Royal Air Force (RAF) GR-4 Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft takes off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), (Released to Public) Location: EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, ALASKA (AK) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) DoD photo by: SMSGT CHRIS DRUDGE, USAF

2) Three Royal British Army (UK) Soldiers armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles, assigned with the British Royal Gurkha Rifles, monitor activities around the Coalition Provisional Authority compound in Baghdad, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Pictured left-to-right are Mr. Tej Bahadur, Mr. Gopal Gurung, and Mr. Chitra Bahadur Chhetri. (Released to Public)
DoD photo by: SSGT QUINTON RUSS, USAF

3) Armed with Enfield L85A1 automatic rifles, members of the 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, British Army, demonstrate vehicle checkpoint security for the Marines at landing strip Viper, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Released to Public) DoD photo by: SGT MAURICIO CAMPINO, USMC

4) A British Light Armored Field Radar Vehicle Transportpanzer 1 Carrier sits at a Living Support Area (LSA) belonging to Regimental Combat Team 5, in Kuwait (KWT), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Released to Public)
DoD photo by: SGT KEVIN R. REED, USMC

5) A British FV432 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) visits Camp Coyote during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Released to Public) DoD photo by: SGT PAUL L. ANSTINE II, USMC

Nice pics huh???. go here and type in your search!

http://www.defenselink.mil/multimedia/

[FuManChu]

HMS Daring fitted out, heading off for sea trials.

[bd popeye]

Originally Posted by FuManChu

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HMS Daring fitted out, heading off for sea trials.

This is awesome to see HMS Daring going to sea. Fair winds and folling seas to the RN. I pray this ship lives up to the hype...Unilke the USN USS San Antonio LPD-17 which is beset by problems...

[FuManChu]

Originally Posted by bd popeye

This is awesome to see HMS Daring going to sea. Fair winds and folling seas to the RN. I pray this ship lives up to the hype...Unkile the USN USS San Antonio LPD-17 which is beset by problems...

Hey, Popeye, you'd better not jinx it! Otherwise you might wake up one morning to see a Sea Dart coming towards your bedroom window.

Though I am sorry to hear about the USS Antonio. Can the DoD force the contractors to fix the work for not too much more money, or did they get someone else to sort it out?

[bd popeye]

Though I am sorry to hear about the USS Antonio. Can the DoD force the contractors to fix the work for not too much more money, or did they get someone else to sort it out?

I don't think the USN can do more than gripe. They did take delivery of the ship and the ship passed sea trails...

Read about the woes of LPD-17 in this link;

http://content.hamptonroads.com/stor...2873&ran=35858

[FuManChu]

Originally Posted by bd popeye

I don't think the USN can do more than gripe. They did take delivery of the ship and the ship passed sea trails...

Oh, so they can't claim because the ship is now having trouble? I don't know how it works with military vessels, but in the UK any work/product has to last a reasonable amount of time and be carried out with all necessary skill and care. You can't avoid that by having any disclaimers or refusal of warranty.

Thanks for the link.

[bd popeye]

Reguarding the LPD-17. I'm sure there are warranty issues that the builder and sub-contractors will take care of..
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Great Picture of the Royal Navy's HMS Daring

[FuManChu]

This has to be the best picture I have seen yet of HMS Daring!!!

[Obi Wan Russell]

Here's a quick doodle of how a CTOL CVF might look. Fingers crossed for some of us...

[bd popeye]

I found these pics of HMS Daring on SKY News web site...

[FuManChu]

She really is a handsome ship. I honestly can't remember the last time I thought that about a warship in the last few years.

[bd popeye]

British soldiers keep guard near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday Aug. 25, 2007. A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy carrying foreigners near the Afghan capital Saturday, wounding two foreigners and four Afghans, officials said. (AP Photo/Fraidoon Pooya)

[bd popeye]

British soldiers tie a damaged US military vehicle to a truck after a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, 06 October 2007. A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-filled car into a US military convoy in Kabul killing six people, including a US soldier. The suicide attack was the third by the Taliban militants since 29 September to hit Kabul which has targeted the Afghan army and police and claimed more than 40 lives