Thai navy joins pirate patrol

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.

nothing on a scale comparable with WWII though.

Well the Falklands was the last time two evenly matched naval and air forces met in battle. And the forces on both sides were quite large.

UK:
2 x CVs
1 x ACV (Atlantic Conveyor)
6 x DDGs
17 x FFs
5 x SSNs
1 x SSK
8 x Anphibs
5 x Minesweepers
3 x Armed Auxiliaries
+/-54 x Auxiliaries

28 x Sea Harriers
32 x Sea Kings
~80 x Helicopters
~15 x Maritime Patrol
4 x Heavy Bombers
~20 x Tankers
~6 x assorted aircraft

1 x Marine Brigade
1 x Inf Brigade

Arg:
1 x CV
1 x CL
2 x DDG
5 x DDs
3 x FFs
4 x PCs
2 x SS
1 x Anphib
26 x Auxiliaries

92 x Fighters and light attack jets
12 x Carrier Attack Jets
24+ x Lighter bombers
8 x Medium Bombers
~60 x Support Aircraft
8 x ASW Aircraft (6 Carrier Based)
~25 x Helicopters

2 x Mech Inf Brigades
2 x Arty Brigades
1 x Marine Battalion
1 x Marine Arty Battalion

[CaptainMattJ.]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Well the Falklands was the last time two evenly matched naval and air forces met in battle. And the forces on both sides were quite large.

UK:
2 x CVs
1 x ACV (Atlantic Conveyor)
6 x DDGs
17 x FFs
5 x SSNs
1 x SSK
8 x Anphibs
5 x Minesweepers
3 x Armed Auxiliaries
+/-54 x Auxiliaries

28 x Sea Harriers
32 x Sea Kings
~80 x Helicopters
~15 x Maritime Patrol
4 x Heavy Bombers
~20 x Tankers
~6 x assorted aircraft

1 x Marine Brigade
1 x Inf Brigade

Arg:
1 x CV
1 x CL
2 x DDG
5 x DDs
3 x FFs
4 x PCs
2 x SS
1 x Anphib
26 x Auxiliaries

92 x Fighters and light attack jets
12 x Carrier Attack Jets
24+ x Lighter bombers
8 x Medium Bombers
~60 x Support Aircraft
8 x ASW Aircraft (6 Carrier Based)
~25 x Helicopters

2 x Mech Inf Brigades
2 x Arty Brigades
1 x Marine Battalion
1 x Marine Arty Battalion

still, considering all gun vs gun battles in WWII it still isnt on a scale with WWII

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.

still, considering all gun vs gun battles in WWII it still isnt on a scale with WWII

I would say forces involved are about equal to those involved in some of the naval battles in the Solomons and Guadalcanal campaigns or the Java sea battles.

[CaptainMattJ.]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

I would say forces involved are about equal to those involved in some of the naval battles in the Solomons and Guadalcanal campaigns or the Java sea battles.

i meant total

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.

i meant total

Short of a war between China and Russia/India or the entire mid east attacking Israel and the US that not going to happen in the current political climate.

[CaptainMattJ.]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Short of a war between China and Russia/India or the entire mid east attacking Israel and the US that not going to happen in the current political climate.

exactly. WWII is Insanely interesting to me. Its every aspect of all eras of naval combat rolled into one. not to mention the tech on land and all the oeprations and attacks. fascinating to me.

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.

still, considering all gun vs gun battles in WWII it still isnt on a scale with WWII

Yet WWII doesn't even come close to WWI when it comes to the scale of gun battles.