Defensiebegrotingen en -problematiek, niet NL

[Elzenga]

Gelukkig zijn dergelijke gezegden en algemeenheden absoluut niet van toepassing op de F16 vervanger voor Noorwegen of wilde je suggereren dat de Zweden belangrijker voor het Noorse veiligheidsbeleid zijn als de VS?

Dat denk ik in de huidige realiteit wel ja. De VS zal zich steeds meer op elders gaan focussen en ook minder bereid zijn voor Europa op te treden. Dus zouden de Noren en Zweden er zeker verstandig aan doen meer samen te werken. Dat gebeurd op landmachtgebied al wel (CV90 o.a.) maar blijkbaar is er ook bij de Noorse luchtmacht een nogal sterke fixatie op made in USA. Een niet geheel onbekend verschijnsel. 

[Mourning]

Of gewoon heel slim dat ze in ieder geval niet voor de Grippen NG gaan 

Een goede buur is altijd beter dan een verre vriend.

Gelukkig zijn dergelijke gezegden en algemeenheden absoluut niet van toepassing op de F16 vervanger voor Noorwegen of wilde je suggereren dat de Zweden belangrijker voor het Noorse veiligheidsbeleid zijn als de VS?

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Vind ik weinig slims aan...maar de Noren staan nu eenmaal bekend om hun eigenzinnige gedrag. Dat gaat goed zolang ze olie en gasvoorraden hebben..Daarna is dat over. Dus nu nog erg pro-Atlantische koers, maar dat zal in komende decennia wel bijdraaien.

Laat de opvolger van de F16 opvolger dan maar Europees zijn (if ever)

[Elzenga]

Toch dom dat ze voor de F-35 willen gaan.

Of gewoon heel slim dat ze in ieder geval niet voor de Grippen NG gaan 

Vind ik weinig slims aan...maar de Noren staan nu eenmaal bekend om hun eigenzinnige gedrag. Dat gaat goed zolang ze olie en gasvoorraden hebben..Daarna is dat over. Dus nu nog erg pro-Atlantische koers, maar dat zal in komende decennia wel bijdraaien.

[IPA NG]

Volgens wie?

Volgens mij.

Nu moeten ze parachutes aan dat lompe bakbeest van een toestel zien te hangen terwijl de SAAB een STOL toestel is.

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Dat toestel had anders wel beter gepast binnen hun doctrine.

Volgens wie?

[IPA NG]

Of gewoon heel slim dat ze in ieder geval niet voor de Grippen NG gaan 

Dat toestel had anders wel beter gepast binnen hun doctrine.

[Ace1]

Of gewoon heel slim dat ze in ieder geval niet voor de Grippen NG gaan 

Een goede buur is altijd beter dan een verre vriend.

[Mourning]

Toch dom dat ze voor de F-35 willen gaan.

Of gewoon heel slim dat ze in ieder geval niet voor de Grippen NG gaan 

[StrataNL]

Toch dom dat ze voor de F-35 willen gaan.

Zij passen tenminste het budget ervoor aan ipv minder toestellen te kopen!!

[IPA NG]

Toch dom dat ze voor de F-35 willen gaan.

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Norway increasing its 2013 defense budget, including 30% boost for cyber security

Jorge Benitez | October 08, 2012

From Ministry of Defense of Norway:  The Norwegian government proposes to spend nearly USD 7.4 billion/EUR 5,5 billion/NOK 42.2 billion on defence in 2013, a real increase from 2012 of USD 52.5 million/EUR 39 million/NOK 300 million. This comes on top of continued efficiency gains which will lead to a combined net total funding increase of USD 100 million/EUR 76.8 million/NOK 568 million that will fund more training and additional measures to improve the readiness of the Norwegian Armed Forces. This is in accordance with the priorities set out by the Long Term Plan for the Armed Forces that was passed in June of 2012.

-This proves that the current government helps guarantee the continued development of modern and relevant Armed Forces for Norway. During 2013 we will continue to invest in training, readiness and new capabilities, all of which puts us on a solid footing for the future, says Norwegian Minister of Defence, Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen.

Investing in National Resilience
In the wake of the tragedy that struck Norway on the 22nd of July 2011, the Defence sector is also taking steps to help improve the resilience of Norwegian society. In 2013 this will include a number of new measures, including:
•Proposing a significant increase in the funding for the National Security Authority of 30 %. The Norwegian NSA is funded by the Ministry of Defence, but reports to both the ministries of Defence and Justice. It has an overall responsibility for planning and preparing preventive and protective digital security measures in Norway. The agency also provides advice on securing vulnerable infrastructure.
•Continuing investments in new Cyber Defence Force, increased funding for Military Intelligence. The Norwegian Armed Forces in September 2012 established the Cyber Defence Force as a separate entity tasked with securing the Armed Forces against cyber threats. Military Intelligence also plays an important part in ensuring that Norwegian decision makers have the information they need to make the right decisions about our security, and their ability to do so will be strengthened further. . . .

Preparing for the future
Continued modernisation of the Norwegian Armed Forces remains a priority, and as a result the Norwegian government will invest more than USD 1.5 billion/EUR 1.2 billion/NOK 8.77 billion in new equipment in 2013. . . .

This budget allows us to move forward on ensuring that our Armed Forces are equipped to meet the challenges of the future. I am particularly pleased that we have been able to secure significant funding for the F-35 for 2013 that will allow us to move forward on our plans to receive the first aircraft already in 2015, says Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen.

http://www.acus.org/natosource/norway-increasing-its-2013-defense-budget-including-30-boost-cyber-security

[Flyguy]

Klinkt als een interessant ontwerp, zeker met die 2 grote potentiële hulls.

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Romney Plan for Navy Would Require A Lot More Money

(Source: Lexington Institute; issued October 8, 2012)

The Obama Administration has requested $156 billion in funding for the Navy in the fiscal year that began October 1. That's a $10 billion reduction from what the White House sought in the prior fiscal year, but still more than any other nation spends on its entire defense establishment (China's official military budget is a bit over $100 billion).

Now comes Romney defense advisor John F. Lehman with plans to greatly expand naval expenditures, probably to around $200 billion annually by the end of the next presidential term. The details of the Romney plan, which former Navy Secretary Lehman played a major part in crafting, are laid out this week in an exclusive interview with Christopher P. Cavas of Defense News.

Lehman does not question the foundations of the current Navy force structure. He simply proposes to add to it by expanding the size of the fleet from less than 300 warships today to about 350 in ten years.

This would be accomplished by increasing the pace of shipbuilding over 50% -- from around nine warships annually in the Obama plan to 15 each year. Among the areas where he would increase efforts:

-- The number of amphibious ships supporting Marine expeditionary warfare operations would be increased by a third, to 39.

-- A new missile-defense ship would be developed based on the hull design of the LPD-17 amphibious vessel or the canceled DDG-1000 destroyer.

-- A new frigate program would be initiated, but the Littoral Combat ship conceived to replace frigates in shallow-water operations would continue.

-- Enough submarines and destroyers would be purchased to sustain competitive annual buys, which means funding shipyards to maintain all the necessary skills.

-- The number of large-deck aircraft carriers would be held steady at 11, but one additional air wing would be formed to provide a surge reserve.

Lehman says Romney would also keep the F/A-18 Super Hornet multi-role fighter in production rather than closing the line in 2014 as the next-generation F-35C fighter ramps up to serial production. And Romney would increase the number of sailors in the active-duty force available for deployments in the expanded fleet. Lehman proposed a series of steps in the interview to cover increased costs, including early stabilization of engineering requirements, cutbacks in unneeded staff, and greater reliance on competition to discipline pricing.

Such steps would barely begin to cover all the increased costs entailed by the plan that Lehman describes. For instance, the amphibious fleet has never expanded to the ideal number of ships specified by the Marine Corps because even at the height of the Bush defense buildup, there wasn't enough money available to get there. Similarly, the Navy canceled both the DDG-1000 destroyer and the "CG-X" missile-defense cruiser because they were deemed unaffordable within projected budgets. As for fostering annual competitions in naval ship construction, that would necessarily require much greater investment in shipyard infrastructure and skills to get beyond the division of labor now favored in building vessels such as the Virginia-class attack sub.

Given the fact that future federal budgets are expected to be deeply in deficit, the Romney plan would appear to require borrowing additional money from China to field a Navy capable of more effectively thwarting Chinese military goals in the Western Pacific. That's the stark tradeoff that Governor Romney posed in last week's presidential debate, and it makes his ambitious plans for the Navy seem both paradoxical and improbable.

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/139137/romney-plan-for-navy-requires-much-more-money.html

[Flyguy]

Missile defense ship?

Ook wel bekend als Aegis. 

misschien kunnen we ze de smart-l aansmeren?

Is het een nieuw scheepsontwerp (vervanging ticos)?