tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8462776807232268458.post4304172384670196448..comments2023-03-16T12:25:02.587+00:00Comments on The Angry Walrus: The Rules of ProcurementAngry Walrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445750576639087785noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8462776807232268458.post-52373147745823250812009-11-16T10:59:01.928+00:002009-11-16T10:59:01.928+00:00The King of Wrong,
Seriously, don't get me st...The King of Wrong,<br /><br />Seriously, don't get me started on those. It's worth pointing out that we're buying those aircraft to replace our Nimrod R1s, which perform a different mission to the MRA4s. Sigint vs. Maritime Recce.<br /><br />The problem with Sigint is that noone has worked out how to do it easily without a person in the loop. Hence why we can't just stick a few dozen aerials on a Global Hawk.Angry Walrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02445750576639087785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8462776807232268458.post-13769144284370196882009-11-14T11:02:51.556+00:002009-11-14T11:02:51.556+00:00The US is using currently using Stratotankers. The...<i>The US is using currently using Stratotankers. The last of these was delivered in 1965, making the youngest and shiniest of this fleet a mere 44 years old.</i><br /><br />Don't forget that we're on about buying a couple of them, re-fitted to RC-135 ("Rivet Joint") spec, in place of the Nimrod MRA4s... the airframe design is only ten years older than the Nimrod, what could possibly go wrong?The King of Wronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04439966612208152425noreply@blogger.com