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Land Shark
@LandSharkUK
Engineer, controls & automation. Interests in the UK Armed Force.
Jan 16 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Unfortunately the Marines had a bad decade. And have generally been without direction in their post Afghanistan world.

Here's some thoughts on a path forward. 1/12 Image They've attempted to exist as they did pre Afghanistan, which failed. Then they proposed small forward deployed units, which failed. So here 2024 is with the Royal Marines lacking purpose and direction, making an easy target for the spreadsheet warriors. 2/12 Image
Jun 19, 2018 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
There are a handful of good options for the RAF's E3 replacement.

Here are the two most realistic;
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail
Saab / bombardier global eye.

(Thread) Here are 3 less realistic options, and one option for unicorns.

The Japanese Boeing E-767 
The Japanese extended range E-2
The Israeli IAI EL/W-2085
The Hogwarts A330 AEW