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CVF Analysis: Impact of the F-35B Decision: Time Now to Have Two Ships, Not One 11 May 2012 by Dr Lee Willett
The UK Government's decision to opt for the F-35 B, vertical landing Joint Strike Fighter means that aircraft carriers will not be fitted with 'cats-and-traps' and will lose the strategic flexibility originally envisaged. To some degree, that loss can be offset by bringing two aircraft carriers into service. Technology Aerospace Maritime Forces UK Europe Defence Policy
F-A-18 Super Hornet Analysis: 'Cats and Traps': Launching the Carrier Debate in the Right Direction? 27 Apr 2012 by Dr Lee Willett
Media debate on the UK's carrier programme is focusing on the jets, rather than the ships they land on. Central to this discussion is 'cats and traps', the launch and recovery system, which drives the choice of aircraft. Critics who say that this will cost too much overlook the long-term strategic value it will add. Maritime Forces Aerospace Defence Policy UK Europe
F-35 and Carrier artist impression Analysis: Of Jets and Carriers... Again 27 Apr 2012
As the UK government grapples with whether or not to carry out a U-turn over which variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), chiefly because of issues surrounding carrier conversion costs, there are broader issues beyond technical and financial ones, and some echoes from the past. Aerospace Maritime Forces Defence Policy UK Europe
F-15i Analysis: What Would an Air Attack on Iran Look Like? 30 Mar 2012 by Andrew Brookes
A ground invasion is impossible. But Israel lacks the long-range assets unilaterally to neutralise a dispersed Iranian nuclear capability, whereas a large US co-ordinated air campaign against Iranian nuclear weapon facilities is eminently feasible. Nevertheless the effectiveness and fallout from such a campaign remains in doubt. Iran Middle East and North Africa Israel Aerospace
RUSI Defence Systems: Interview: Leading the Guardians of the Royal Air Force's Military Soul 29 Mar 2012 by Simon Michell
Simon Michell talks to the former Commandant General of the Royal Air Force Regiment, Air Commodore Russell La Forte CBE, to discover the nature of the corps’ work Aerospace Land Forces
RUSI Defence Systems: Delivering Sustainable Air Power 29 Mar 2012
Group Captain Maurice Dixon, from the Royal Air Force, explains the steps being taken to ensure that the service is playing its part in achieving a smaller carbon footprint Aerospace Climate Security Global Security Issues Defence Management
RUSI Defence Systems: IBCS – Integrating Air and Missile Defence Systems 29 Mar 2012
How Northrop Grumman met the challenge of developing a common battle command system to enhance the US Army’s integrated air and missile defence capability Aerospace
RUSI Defence Systems: Electric Dragons - Airborne Electronic Warfare Capabilities in China 29 Mar 2012
Robert Hewson reveals some of the results of the vast resources dedicated to military electronics in China Cyber Technology Aerospace China Pacific
RUSI Defence Systems: RUSI Leads the Way on Ballistic Missile Defence 29 Mar 2012
Captain George V Galdorisi, USN (Retd) reviews RUSI’s 12th annual Missile Defence Conference and highlights some of the most pressing international ballistic missile threats Aerospace Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues
RUSI Defence Systems: The 'Baggers' - Royal Navy Sea King Mk 7 Airborne and Surveillance and Control Helicopters 29 Mar 2012 by Simon Michell
Simon Michell reveals the utility of the Sea King Mk 7 helicopter and highlights the crucial contribution that it has made in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya Aerospace Maritime Forces
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