I’m staying in a small house that has no powered sockets on one side, and I only have a 45m extension coiled extension cord. The length of cable I will be using will be about 8 metres or so, is it safe to leave it plugged in overnight while I sleep with the rest still coiled? It will just be powering a small household bedside lamp. Thanks
Was just thinking, I think the game needs the addition of something to better enhance detection out off your coast where radars either don't reach or just straight can't detect submarines. I think a cool addition would be deployable sonobuoys, which would use the same/similar principles to sea mines (use deployable gear remain active for a set period before self destructing). Make things like MPA and ASW Helis able to deploy them. The game is still lacking a bit in the information and detection ability out into the sea, almost always leaving you completely blind to incoming enemies, cheap expendable deployables would help lesson that blindness and not leave your ships so vulnerable and stretched on your coast.
Belfast Harbour’s iconic yellow gantry shipyard cranes, Samson and Goliath, are returning to regular service for the first time in over two decades at the Queen's Island site, according to a report from Yahoo Finance.
As IndexBox writes, the cranes, long seen as decorative remnants of the city's shipbuilding past, are being reactivated at Navantia UK, with its largest facility at Harland & Wolff. The historic shipbuilder that constructed the White Star liner Titanic is to re-enter the naval market with a major contract from the UK Ministry of Defence.
Peter Rusk, programme manager at the yard, said that Goliath (dating to 1969) had not been used for years and that the facility requires significant investment and modernisation, from dry-dock repairs to new equipment. He added that the cranes are iconic for Belfast.
The Goliath, which was largely constructed at H&W, is positioned furthest from the water and is scheduled to come into service in September, with Samson (dating to 1974), provided in its entirety by Krupps, to follow after receiving the same treatment.
The crane reactivation represents the most symbolic element of a nearly £160m overhaul funded by the new owner, the Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Navantia, through its subsidiary, Navantia UK. The investment prepares Harland & Wolff to build three Fleet Solid Support (FSS) replenishment vessels (to resupply food, fuel, logistics, stores, and ammunition) for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) that is to support the UK’s Royal Navy Maritime Carrier Strike Group.
The last navy ship launched from the yard was the RFA’s fleet tanker RFA Fort Victoria in 1990, and Afloat highlights the last ship ever completed at the yard, the Point-class Sea-lift ro-ro M.V. Anvil Point in 2002, which has been used for the UK MoD.
Specifically it seems when they have fire control set to aggressive. The unit reacts instantly, making you unable to disengage your unit to stop reciprocal attack. I have seen people on here claim that it actually makes no difference if someone has security council, but this is clearly not true, atleast when the unit has aggressive fire control setting active.
Decided to make a hypothetical 2040 Defence forces organisation and wanted to share with people that might have an interest. It’s ambitious in comparison to what will likely materialise, but in terms of general ambition of what an Irish Military could look like I don’t think it is overly so.
For the army I reinstated the 3 brigade structure, reestablishing units disbanded and reassigned them to their original brigades. The army reserve would encompass 2 distinct types, the territorial defence brigades being a “second line” reserve designed for mobilisation in times of national emergency, and a first line reserve augmenting active army units. The armoured brigade is probably an unlikely development, tho it is in truth just a mechanised infantry force mounted in tracked as opposed to wheeled systems with 120mm tracked afvs.
The armoured battalions would contain a company of 120mm light tanks aka an if with a 120mm as opposed to an auto cannon on an ifv variant, and 2 companies of infantry mounted in tracked ifvs. What’s much more likely would be 1 and 2 brigade to transition to light mech and mech brigades and then the establishment of 4 brigade as an armoured force later, however in my design I altered it in order to make the garrisoning of unit types make more sense, ie 4 western brigade in lighter wheeled platforms ie serval, and so on.
It’s definitely ambitious in terms of manpower, and the personnel requirement to raise an additional brigade would likely not be prioritised vs expanding the air and naval branches. The conventional army in this organisation alone would probably be about 15k when you factor in all support elements, would be a split of about 60-40 in combat brigade to support elements.
The armoured/heavy mechanised brigade shouldn’t seem like such a far fetched idea in my opinion, but the wheels vs tracks debate has manifested itself in a way that has rendered it an outright choice for the likes of Ireland as opposed to different units operating different platforms. Ireland has prioritised wheeled platforms as its predominantly structured the force around expedition, but I think for a full national defence capability having tracked systems would be pretty essential for off-road mobility, though of course they also have utility overseas. The likes of the CV90 also are not massively heavier than wheeled IFVs, and can be fitted with rubber tracks for better road mobility.
Realistically I understand the constraints of growing the force to that size, but in theory if defence was viewed with more priority growing the force that much over 15 odd years wouldn’t be completely out of the question, also looking to a potential all Ireland military in a post unity scenario a 3 brigade army would be more desirable.
The rest is pretty self explanatory, and was fun to make. Would love feedback. Hopefully images are clear
link to high def image:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hXiDsJiY_Nx_97lCApmf1fpNCsyIUHRG/view?usp=drive_link
Apologies if not allowed but decided to make a hypothetical 2040 Defence forces organisation and wanted to share with people that might have an interest. It’s ambitious in comparison to what will likely materialise, but in terms of general ambition of what an Irish Military could look like I don’t think it is overly so.
For the army I reinstated the 3 brigade structure, reestablishing units disbanded and reassigned them to their original brigades. The army reserve would encompass 2 distinct types, the territorial defence brigades being a “second line” reserve designed for mobilisation in times of national emergency, and a first line reserve augmenting active army units. The armoured brigade is probably an unlikely development, tho it is in truth just a mechanised infantry force mounted in tracked as opposed to wheeled systems with 120mm tracked afvs.
The armoured battalions would contain a company of 120mm light tanks aka an if with a 120mm as opposed to an auto cannon on an ifv variant, and 2 companies of infantry mounted in tracked ifvs. What’s much more likely would be 1 and 2 brigade to transition to light mech and mech brigades and then the establishment of 4 brigade as an armoured force later, however in my design I altered it in order to make the garrisoning of unit types make more sense, ie 4 western brigade in lighter wheeled platforms ie serval, and so on.
The rest is pretty self explanatory, and was fun to make. Would love
This is most likely as part of the exploration on the replacement and enlargement of the Air Corps fleet of helicopters (to include medium and heavy lift platforms), and also the replacement of the Air Corps PC9 trainer aircraft. The Defence Forces are also still seeking a replacement for the Piranha APCs with a new APC/IFV platform, but that is most likely to be a non Italian system. The Centauro AFV may also be being explored as a fire support option to complement the Piranha/Piranha replacement in the planned new medium brigade as part of the Army's new 2030 force design. Note that the planned French Scorpion armoured vehicle deal is separate to the 8x8 Piranaha replacement programme. Naval platforms are unlikely the focus given the current still ongoing issues with personnel numbers in the Naval Service.
Italy produces and exports a number of platforms, including (as pictured) the AW149 Medium Lift Helicopter, AW101 Heavy Lift Helicopter, M346 Jet Trainer and Light Attack Aircraft, Centauro 2 Armoured Fighting Vehicle, VBM Infantry Fighting Vehicle, Multi Purpose Combat Ship Offshore Patrol Vessel/Frigate, and the FREMM EVO AAW and ASW Frigate.