This is Why The UK Spent Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Buying These New Missiles

[@flyingdutchman7757]

Martlet offers a highly accurate one shot, one kill option, from small arms ranges (400m) out to 8km, where it could supplement warship’s heavy weaponry. Instead of chasing tiny, highly agile targets and trying to line up a gun run, while avoiding hitting the friendly warship and probably taking incoming fire from the swarm, a Martlet equipped helo can sit at a safe stand off distance, sending deadly accurate, laser guided rockets against them. A Wildcat could safely engage and destroy twenty targets in less time than a dedicated gunship could currently engage just one. It’s also a lorry load cheaper than the current generation of guided missiles, much smaller and considerably lighter. Wildcat has a new wing mount which can carry up to twenty of them, or a combination of other weapons including the new Sea Venom light anti-ship missile.

[@ArthurWright-uv4ww]

Thanks for this info

[@MostlyPennyCat]

This is just one of the reasons the new Type 31 would wreck any attempts at symmetric or asymmetric warfare. Considered a poorly armed "economy" frigate, its armament is thus: 1 Bofors 57mm 3P 2 Bofors 40mm 3Ps Strike length mk41s VLS cassette, taking TLAM, Naval Strike Missile and quad packed Seaceptor short to medium range air defense missiles. 1 Wildcat with everything it can carry All tied into the AESA fire control radar via an integrated defense system. Those Bofors are _savage,_ programmable 3P ammo point, delay or timed airburst allows it to easily destroy asymmetric threats on sea and air and engage and destroy ships at 10 miles. Wildcat can feed targeting data into the defense system for cueing NSM.

[@robertwalker1742]

Finally our country is waking up to see that the Royal Navy has been run down for far too long.The building of more powerful surface fleet is a priority that the new government must accelerate .

[@paulhill1665]

There is a defense review underway, by the new government. No official announcements as yet, but rumors say the proposed Tempest aircraft will be cancelled, as will the replacement helicopter for the, now, very old Puma, and a new anti drone system currently under development is at threat. For the last 80 years defense reviews result only in cuts. Do not be suprised if further cuts to the RN are announced, the 2 LPD’s have to be at risk.

[@Paul-of2yq]

@@paulhill1665Hi there not sure about the other stuff but I get updates the the uk defence journal and it appears to be still progressing ? I think it could be a politically bad move to cancel tempest ? That said they could expand those involved with a move to closer defence ties to Europe and the uncertainty about NATO and US involvement? I am led to believe the US will not sell their 6th gen fighter ?

[@ryanparker7258]

We’ve got a labour government and they have always cut the defence budget, wouldn’t surprise me if starmer cut the military down for a smoother hand over to the A`holes slowly taking over already.

[@paulturner9958]

Labour will cut any spending and the next Government being either Labour or Reform or Tories they will also cut any spending. Its how they think in the UK

[@regarded9702]

​@@paulhill1665 there are also rumours I had relations with the Queen, best not give 'rumours' too much credit.

[@drmarkintexas-400]

🎖️🏆⭐🙏🇺🇲 Thank you for sharing this

[@William366Evans]

Your government should of know or to slow 😂🇺🇸 from 🇬🇧

[@davidfenn4444]

I'm no expert on these things but it does seem to have a very short range.

[@grahamjones3259]

You have the wrong PM in this video. He’s now yesterday’s man.

[@mikeycraig8970]

Yeah, what we have now is a hundred times worse!

[@cedhome7945]

@@mikeycraig8970 and getting ready for a white flag.....it's cheaper so he can house all his new rubber boat voters

[@regarded9702]

​@@mikeycraig8970 very little has actually changed so far so I don't know how he is a hundred times worse.

[@mikeycraig8970]

@@regarded9702 Well apart from the native people are a targeted majority, yeah I'm sure nothing's changed at all!

[@notreallydavid]

He was the one who sent the first lot of Martlets to Ukraine - so he was the right PM to show in the vid.

[@DireW0lf0]

I can see the Navy using this for anti speed-boat swarm and anti pirate use! Current missiles were just to expensive to use.

[@antonypelling9194]

Why bother, the nation is under attack from within.

[@mastermariner490]

Follow the money i bet you end up in the kremlin

[@borderlanduk3885]

The racists will crawl back under their rocks once a few more go to prison.

[@regarded9702]

Best not be attacked from both within and without then.

[@mastermariner490]

You and your boyfriends again then

[@hughwilson-gm9bw]

Yes the right-wing fascists!

[@marccouasnon6973]

Thalès est devenu un monstre dans cette industrie" mortelle" !

[@somebloke13]

Good.

[@paulbriody297]

Too little, too late.

[@Oligodendrocyte139]

Think we buy in pounds not dollars old chap.

[@cybertrade7908]

The Ukrainians are manufacturing 100,000 drones, every MONTH ! That's 1.2 MILLION drones per year!

[@spitfire12able]

would the uk army apaches get this missile capability as well being the can technically use the starstreak missile?

[@Doc25034103]

Can we get anti personnel missiles ….

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

This seems like Thales UK trying to rebrand their Blowpipe missile from the 70s with a new warhead as a new missile. Why can't companies just make something new these days? They've even retained the stupid sliding fin arrangement, even though that was only a benefit as a MANPADS to make the launch tube easier to carry.

[@ArthurWright-uv4ww]

Seems to be cost effective.

[@Sandhoeflyerhome]

It’s not “Agoooster” .. the word is pronounced …. Ag-uster.

[@jt5765]

It's Leonardo now if you want to get pedantic about it

[@Sandhoeflyerhome]

@@jt5765 Of course but the machine was built in the time of Agusta I should know owned 3 of their helicopters

[@jt5765]

@@Sandhoeflyerhome & they have all been upgraded since the name change. I should know I work there & have been part of the team integrating & trialling all this new kit.

[@norfolkronin6307]

Oooo err kittens. Calm down. You both know some shit. Get together and make love. Not war!🤣 Peace!

[@norfolkronin6307]

Does make you wonder how some American's pronounce the months of the year. Blessings from Narch. I mean Norwich. Which happens to have a company which produced the most powerful machine guns for the americans after the uss cole incident. Surprising what little innocuous companies are up to. Bless

[@kevinrobb86]

I hope they dont expect the British to fight and die for this country

[@mikeycraig8970]

Its pronounced TALIS!

[@darthgardner]

AI voiceover stinks !!

[@norfolkronin6307]

And Narch is meant to be pronounced Norwich!🤣 This makes you wonder how they pronounce the months of the year though. If you like a laugh turn the subtitles on when a British or Irish traveller is talking. Funny. Bless

[@fredhunter7129]

You can’t use these on illegal migrants

[@William366Evans]

100000% great idea

[@waynebarker1680]

Hmmmm, I wonder when they will be deploying these against their own people! Gotta make some room for the “guests” 😂

[@newton18311]

But will they stop Rubber dinghy's.

[@alex-E7WHU]

Should not be continually poking the bear. We could use that money on our own betterment.

[@regarded9702]

Self defence is not 'poking the bear' you coward.

[@Markus117d]

Yes, lets let the Bear do whatever it wants, Until it's got nothing left to take apart from our land..

[@norfolkronin6307]

@@Markus117d it's already been taken. Scuttled ship mate.