Slater Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Their P-3's must be really long in the tooth by now: http://www.dsca.mil/sites/default/files/mas/norway_16-57.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Over 40 years which is pretty good going. Thinking of the size of Norway and its population relative to the UK and they buy five P8s while we're buying nine. Hmmm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 That's bizarre as we have only just finished uprating and rewinging their entire P3 fleet over the last several years. I hope we did a good job....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I saw a Norwegian P-3 at a show in September and it looks like they take good care of them. It certainly didn't look decades old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 21 hours ago, Latinbear said: Over 40 years which is pretty good going. Thinking of the size of Norway and its population relative to the UK and they buy five P8s while we're buying nine. Hmmm. Norway hasn't squandered it's oil and gas revenue so has money to spend to defend those important assets. They have a huge coastline and Russia as near neighbours (who regularly transit vessels through Norway's waters) so they could probably use double the number they have ordered. Duncan B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Presumably their P-3's and P-8's will serve side-by-side for a few years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boman Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Plan is to have all of the 5 P-8's in service by 2022 latest, whereby the P-3's will be gradually withdrawn from use in parallell. Given that decision and Agreement hasn't been made, this is quite quick overall Our coastline is long, and we need a good tool. The rewinging and other service work on the P-3 was completed some 18 months ago, and will by the time the P-8's are delivered have done their work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 2 hours ago, Duncan B said: Norway hasn't squandered it's oil and gas revenue so has money to spend to defend those important assets. They have a huge coastline and Russia as near neighbours (who regularly transit vessels through Norway's waters) so they could probably use double the number they have ordered. Duncan B I agree entirely but I thought to mention or suggest that the UK has squandered much of our oil and gas revenues (and by which I mean not invested or saved a percentage as the Norwegians, Kuwaitis, Saudis and others have done) might be seen as a bit too political. Bearing in mind how far the Nimrods used to roam we could certainly use more than nine aircraft. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 14 hours ago, Latinbear said: I agree entirely but I thought to mention or suggest that the UK has squandered much of our oil and gas revenues (and by which I mean not invested or saved a percentage as the Norwegians, Kuwaitis, Saudis and others have done) might be seen as a bit too political. Bearing in mind how far the Nimrods used to roam we could certainly use more than nine aircraft. Agreed, I originally put the exact same phrase about squandering revenue in but removed it as it might have been taken by some to be a political statement as opposed to stating the facts (no Oil Fund was ever set up in the UK as far as I'm aware unlike most other Oil Producers). Will having P-8s patrolling both sides of the GIUK gap be a positive step with common systems etc or will it provide a sensor gap to be exploited? Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magwitch Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) 17 hours ago, Latinbear said: I agree entirely but I thought to mention or suggest that the UK has squandered much of our oil and gas revenues (and by which I mean not invested or saved a percentage as the Norwegians, Kuwaitis, Saudis and others have done) might be seen as a bit too political. Bearing in mind how far the Nimrods used to roam we could certainly use more than nine aircraft. The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund is used to pay goverment pensions. The UK government used its oil revenue to pay for, among other things, government pensions so there isn't a great deal of difference. The Norwegians used it to smooth out volatility in the income stream from oil but the UK doesn't need to as it has a much more diversified economy and a greater ability to borrow via gilts. Edited December 23, 2016 by magwitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff_B Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I've got a feeling the Norwegians are going to tie up with the UK on the P-8 programme with regards to training and maintenance, so I think that might have sped up the process a bit. As to the UK it was 9 to regenerate the MPA capability I suspect we may see that increase in future SDSR's to replace the Sentinels and cover some of the other battlespace roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 2 hours ago, magwitch said: The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund is used to pay goverment pensions. The UK government used its oil revenue to pay for, among other things, government pensions so there isn't a great deal of difference. The Norwegians used it to smooth out volatility in the income stream from oil but the UK doesn't need to as it has a much more diversified economy and a greater ability to borrow via gilts. Indeed. This is veering off topic but in my mind the question is to what extent the North Sea oil and gas might be seen as a windfall albeit over 40 plus years? it's a naturally diminishing resource which costs more to access over time as the easy reserves are tapped first. I agree that we do have a larger and more diversified economy than Norway and the Gulf states but HM Government's debt levels are eye wateringly high thereby constraining the government's room for manoeuvre. Also had we saved or invested some of the oil and gas revenues then our roads and railways and other infrastructure - including defence - might be in a better condition. Ultimately it of course it comes down to voters, politicians and choices that are made at the time but on the basis that things go up and things go down then any windfalls I am lucky enough to get go into the rainy day fund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 ... which you then splurge in two days at Telford. We know, you know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 38 minutes ago, Seahawk said: ... which you then splurge in two days at Telford. We know, you know! Sshhhh! My wife doesn't know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 From the document: "two thousand (2,000) AN/SSQ-125 Multi-Static Active Coherent (MAC) Source Sonobouys"" Can the UK also use this particular item or are theirs specific to their variant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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