Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!amdcad!military From: james@castle.ed.ac.uk (J Gillespie) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: RN AEW (was PS-890) Message-ID: <1991Apr17.055638.13928@amd.com> Date: 16 Apr 91 14:56:09 GMT References: <1991Apr12.055505.14825@amd.com> Sender: military@amd.com Organization: Edinburgh University Lines: 37 Approved: military@amd.com From: J Gillespie A few quibbles/corrections wcsswag@ccs.carleton.ca (Alex Klaus) writes: >The RN still had in 1982 AEW potential however, it was limited to some >Shakeltons, fitted with Gannett AEW radar. Problems with this design, the That's "Shackleton" (I hope), as in the explorer. >They hoped the Shackleton would hold up until the Nimrod AEW Mk.2 >came into service. The Nimrod AEW was going to be the Mk. 3. Mk. 2's are very capable ASW aircraft, and have been for a number of years. >(Note: strange the Sea King AEW got finished, but the Nimrod didn't) >My books say the time scale to finish the Sea King AEW project was about days. The Sea King was an altogether much less ambitious project, which basically consisted of bolting a radar set onto a Sea King under wartime conditions, i.e. to get something working FAST. The Nimrod AEW project was much more ambitious to start with, carried out under peace time conditions (not much hurry), on top of which the MoD kept altering the goals. Net result: billions of pounds and several years wasted on a project which was never finished. >Hope this answers your question Me too :-) -- James Gillespie Edinburgh University james@ed.ac.uk