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RAF Typhoons En Route to Red Flag, United States.
06 January 2015

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Jeff Head

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World Maritime News said:
Looking resplendent riding high in No.5 Dock at Cammell Laird’s yard in Birkenhead, RFA Fort Victoria belies her 24 years of age.

And well she might for the supply ship has undergone a revamp costing just shy of £50m – the biggest revamp ever carried out by the world-famous yard on a Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel.

The 31,000-tonne stores ship has gone through a ten-month overhaul on the Mersey – one of nine vessels in the 13-strong RFA flotilla to receive a revamp courtesy of Cammell Laird since 2008.

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navyreco

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United Kingdom could procure Japan's Kawasaki P-1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft
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The Japanese government, lead by Prime Minister Abe, have been pushing for increased export of made in Japan defense systems for the past year. ******* is reporting that United Kingdom is being offered the Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Kawasaki P-1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA).

Initial talks reportedly took place during the Farnborough Airshow in July last year. The United States have also been pitching the Boeing P-8 Poseidon and the Lockheed Martin SC-130J Sea Hercules MPAs.
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It is the first aircraft in the world fitted with fiber-optics flight controls. Their main strength is that they reduce the risk of electromagnetic interference. ASW (anti-submarine warfare) is assisted by an artificial intelligence. The P-1 is fitted with a Toshiba HPS-106 AESA radar with 360 degree coverage,a magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) at the back, and Infrared/Light detection systems.

It has a bomb bay and 8 hardpoints, allowing it to take nearly 9 tons of payloads, including nearly 100 sonobuoys. Its crew consists of a pilot, a co-pilot and 11 operators.
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Air Force Brat

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Those found guilty should be dragged kicking and screaming and SHOT! immediately, and drug out and cast onto a dung heap!
That's the most damning thing I've ever heard of a modern military! GOOD GRIEF! I wish I could forget I had even heard this, and chief , my gosh posting this??

Sexual Assualt should not be tolerated for any reason, yes shoot them all, period, problem solved!
 
SamuraiBlue

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United Kingdom could procure Japan's Kawasaki P-1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft
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In another article it reports;

If Japan can offer a P-1 variant tailored for the British military that is competitive on price and capability, it could represent a viable alternative.

Jointly building a P-1 that taps into Britain’s experience building the Nimrod would allow London to retain rights over radar and sensing technology it would lose by buying a U.S. aircraft regulated by the Pentagon, one source said.
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My pet theory is that BAE will become a licensee and build them in Britain and also allowed to market them to a third nation.
 
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