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[Deebs]

I think I need to have an brain test, am looking for stainless steel pipe with an ID of 18mm and this popped up



How the fuck can the internal diameter be bigger than the outer diameter on a tube?

 

[Scouse]

Client Challenge

HSBC money laundering again?

Wonder if Swiss based banks actually have to pony up their ledgers?

 

[Ormorof]

Doubt it

Last time HSBC was involved in this kind of activity the CEO was made Business Minister so maybe the current chap will end up in the House of Lords. Britain rewards its crooks in banking wouldn’t do to make them unhappy

 

[Embattle]

Why can the Faroe Islands build faster than Britain?

The Faroe Islands has built miles of undersea tunnels for less than a third of what Britain has spent on a consultation for one

www.cityam.com

 

[DaGaffer]

France and Germany abandon joint project to build European fighter jet

Paris and Berlin conclude firms involved unable to agree on way forward in blow to Europe’s common defence push

www.theguardian.com

What a shock. Said no-one who'd followed the French aerospace industry ever. Germany will now join the other (British-led) consortium, and France will do it's own thing. Again.

 

[Embattle]

France and Germany abandon joint project to build European fighter jet

Paris and Berlin conclude firms involved unable to agree on way forward in blow to Europe’s common defence push

www.theguardian.com

What a shock. Said no-one who'd followed the French aerospace industry ever. Germany will now join the other (British-led) consortium, and France will do it's own thing. Again.

I think the Germans were also considering a joint Swedish project as well.

 

[DaGaffer]

I think the Germans were also considering a joint Swedish project as well.

Sweden is in the UK consortium along with Japan and Italy.

 

[Embattle]

Sweden is in the UK consortium along with Japan and Italy.

The next generation SAAB Gripen, not GCAP.

 

[DaGaffer]

The next generation SAAB Gripen, not GCAP.

That would seem a wee bit pointless given they already have Typhoon and F-35.

 

[Embattle]

That would seem a wee bit pointless given they already have Typhoon and F-35.

It seems to be a consideration, I personally don't think that'll work for such an expensive next generation fighter.

 

[DaGaffer]

It seems to be a consideration, I personally don't think that'll work for such an expensive next generation fighter.

It turns out Sweden is hedging it's bets a bit about GCAP and won't make a decision to join until 2029, so maybe Ze Germans think that gives them a window.

I'm not sure Europe can afford three separate 6th gen programs; lack of economies of scale has been a problem for everybody with the current platforms. On the other hand, competition is good for capability.