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  1. Alzoc
    Asked myself the same question, looking at the video below at 0:49 I guess it is because it seem to be mounted on a testing platform (still weird though): The render of the ship below show it positioned normally
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    To be fair if you manage to accumulate 3000 points in RB, either your team already won the game anyway, or your team completely collapsed and you got most of the kills (which allow you to actually not get screwed over by a terrible team). The amount of points needed to spawn the bomb can always be adjusted if needed.
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    It was only used on Emirati's Leclerc, French army version never used ERA to my knowledge : The urban fighting kit Azur, used by the French and Emirati armies, doesn't use ERA but composite skirts (likely NERA) combined with cage armor : As far as I know, the only time GIAT/Nexter proposed ERA for the Leclerc was for the "Leclerc 2015" project, and only on the turret roof to protect the tank against top attack in combination with 4 hard-kill launchers placed at the corners of the turret : It never went anywhere
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    I think it has partly to do with the Suffren class still being built. The first of its class (Suffren) only launched last year and is still in trial while number 2 and 3 (Duguay-Trouin and Tourville) are being built right now. There are 3 others to build after that and the whole program is already 3 years late IIRC. The last ship of the class, Casabianca, should have been laid down in 2020. The building where they are being assembled can only hold 2 full length hulls at the same time while the sections are constructed elsewhere before being welded together. Photo from Mer et Marine The naval shipyard where our subs are being build is kinda small scale compared to what the US has at it's disposition. Shortly puts there are plenty of potential bottlenecks, especially with programs running late.
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    Third gen SSBN program for the French navy officially launched K22 reactor (evolution of the K15 that will equip the next carrier as well) 16 Modernized M51 missiles 4 heavy torpedo tubes 150 m long 15 000 ton submerged 100 sailors First steel cut in 2023 First delivery in 2035 Class completely phased out by 2090
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    I don't have the technical know how either to judge how far they can go with this idea. But I have to agree with you that at the very least it's not trivial (or it would have been done before).
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    RAF is funding a project of a modular training jet : http://aeralis.com/ Basically the idea as I understand it, is to have a common airframe for which you could switch the wings, engines (singe, twin, large single) as well as the cockpit (single/double). Apparently it would allow to use a single platform for all the stages of jet training, reducing possession costs by 30% according to the manufacturer. I don't know if this has been done before, but the idea to make a military jet modular certainly has merits especially for countries that can't afford to have a bazillion of variants in service. Of course there will be limits on performances (the ideal airframe for a fighter-bomber isn't the same than the one for an interceptor) but it is promising. http://www.opex360.com/2021/02/22/la-royal-air-force-finance-un-projet-davion-dentrainement-trois-en-un/
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    Egypt apparently received their first SCALP cruise missiles and Talios targeting pods for their Rafales The sale had been blocked since 2018 by the US through ITAR regulations (some components of the missiles being manufactured in the US). Some sources says that the restriction were lifted by the US, others that MBDA finally managed to bypass the ITAR regulation by developing alternative components (which is an ongoing effort in the French defence industry as a whole). Not sure how many missiles will be delivered, back in 2015 discussions were about 50 missiles. Janes article say that it is likely that the range has been limited to 300 km in order to comply with the MCTR. No idea if this impact the power balance in the region at all, but that will certainly strengthen Egypt position in Lybia against Turkey.
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    Bunch of archive footage, which for most I never saw before, on synthwave music
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    AFAIK, 35 mm AHEAD on the Oerlikon millenium are already quite anaemic and it need to compensate with a burst rate of fire of 1000 rds/min. So while airburst ammunition exist for calibres as small as 20 mm their charge isn't particularly effective as far as I know (which is admittedly not much on such small calibres)
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    Appart from the 40mm CTA, none that I can think off. To be even remotely useful it would need to be at least a 35mm in order to have some kind of programmable ammunition. It is likely that it is at least a 12,7 mm like on the Leclerc, high caliber coax have been a constant on french MBT designs since the AMX 30. That said since the turret is likely unmanned, the problem of ammunition capacity that existed on the AMX 30 may not be a problem anymore (you could just store the ammo externally). But on the other hand limiting the caliber to 20-25 mm exclude the use of programmable ammunition, which would be pretty stupid, and that coax doesn't look remotely as big as what is, I assume, a 40 mm on the C² version. Since we are looking at what is probably artist vision there's no telling what it really is. Not to mention that it is only the French point of view (Rhm is apparently leaning toward a single platform for the MGCS).
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    Not sure either, the RCWS should be a 7,62 and the coax looks a bit big for an HMG. Given that the French have history with coax autocannon I guess it could be possible.
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    Some artist models on the French vision for the MGCS : Three different versions: Canon which shows a large caliber coax which seem to have en independent elevation (so back to the AMX-30) C² : Command and Control which seem to have a 40mm Missile: Same autocanon as a secondary than the canon version, 6 missiles ready and no RCWS Found on a video from DGA: https://scorpion-future.fr/ Not much change from previous drawings:
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    DGA put out a website on Scorpion, as well as all the subsytems and technology in it and it's replacement (Titan). If you click on one of the title on top of the video it'll make a list of the projects and systems related to it appear. Clicking on one of them will make more informations appear below the main video. https://scorpion-future.fr/ The video can't be embed, and I couldn't find it on youtube but made some screenshot: MAC and VBAE: Some impressions of the MGCS according to the French vision:
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    Quatari air force: Video: http://www.opex360.com/2020/12/17/le-qatar-a-mobilise-presque-tous-ses-avions-rafale-dans-un-exercice-de-type-elephant-walk/
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    70 000-75 000 t 285-295 m lenght 2x K22 reactors (220 MW thermal) : 80 MW for propulsion (spread on 3-4 shafts) 110 MW total (?) Max speed of 26-27 knt (same as CdG) Air wing: 32 naval-NGF ; 2-3 E-2D Hawkeyes ; unspecified number of UCAV : Air wing is about the same size than the one of the CdG but the NGF is projected to be a much bigger aircraft than the Rafale to the point that it was what determined the size of the carrier. 2 lifts (40 t) Three EM catapults (90 m long) Crew of about 2000 (same than on CdG) SeaFire radar PAAMS Aster for self defense (though I don't see where it is located on the picture) + what looks like 40 mm RAPIDFire CTA on the image https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/12/frances-new-aircraft-carrier-will-be-nuclear-powered/
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    And the vision of Naval Group (in charge of the design study). Edit: More pics from different angles in this thread:
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    Somehow missed this: General Atomics - EMS (which will supply the EMALS for the carrier) view of the next French CVN based on their exchanges and requests from the French side. The image was published in Cols Bleus of December (which is the official magazine of the Navy) to officially announce that EMALS were chosen over steam catapults (not that it was much of a surprise). https://lefauteuildecolbert.blogspot.com/2020/12/pang-annonce-du-8-decembre-2020.html http://www.opex360.com/2020/12/05/la-marine-nationale-leve-un-coin-du-voile-sur-le-porte-avions-de-nouvelle-generation/
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    Suffren testing its DDS (Dry Dock Shelter) https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/le-sna-suffren-teste-son-module-dds-concu-pour-les-nageurs-de-combat The DDS will be used to store the PSM3G for combat diver as well as submersibles drones in the future.
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    Though as one comment on twitter said, it seem to be pretty close to the old Thales Shark APS and Rhm ADS (I don't remember if there was some sort of cooperation on those two though): https://defense-update.com/20100612_shark_aps.html
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    There's Nier Automata though (granted she use a sword instead of a gun)
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    SNA Emeraude and BSAM Seine at Guam after a stopover at Perth (Australia): http://www.opex360.com/2020/11/30/le-sous-marin-nucleaire-dattaque-emeraude-fait-escale-a-la-base-navale-americaine-de-guam/
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    EMBT nothing, and we probably won't hear anything else about it, the market for second-hand and/or upgraded Leopard 2 is still going strong and the EMBT makes little sense from an economical standpoint. Ultimately it was just a project to show that Nexter and KMW were playing nice together, but Rheinmetal has created big waves by saying that they intend to take control of KMW and by extension of the MGCS program (which the French side was not exactly happy with). On the MGCS the last new I saw was mid october to say that 200 millions € would be engaged in 2021 to produce 14 Main Technological demonstrator (basically technological bricks) that are to be ready by 2025 for integration in the different platforms of the MGCS. https://forcesoperations.com/200-me-pour-le-programme-mgcs-en-2021/ On parallel the preliminary design studies are still going on should run for 18 months (they started around may 2020). The goal is to finish the demonstration phase by 2025 and to have a demonstrator for the complete system between 2024 and 2027. https://www.rheinmetall-defence.com/en/rheinmetall_defence/public_relations/news/latest_news/index_23936.php https://forcesoperations.com/mgcs-le-1er-contrat-detude-darchitecture-systeme-enfin-notifie/ Following who's doing what and within which time frame is a bit of a headache on this program (at least for me), but as I understand it right now they are focusing on developing the various technological bricks that'll be integrated in the system while the two government try to sort out a list of common requirements for the system. Then once we have a working prototype you'll have the politicians and industrials of the two country bickering between each others to see who gets to produce what. Don't expect to see a prototype before 2025. At best we'll get a list of requirements, some infos on the various technological bricks and maybe some design concepts in the meantime.
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    MHT (long range version of the MMP) selected to replace the Hellfire 2 on the French Tiger Mk3: https://forcesoperations.com/le-missile-mht-de-mbda-retenu-pour-armer-les-tigre-de-lalat/
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