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# ![@FennellJW Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1662460616156561412.png) @FennellJW JamesFennell MBE

JamesFennell MBE posts on X about defence, command, germany, rolls royce the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and 5382 posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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[defence](/topic/defence) #450, [command](/topic/command) #580, [germany](/topic/germany) #2753, [rolls royce](/topic/rolls-royce), [built in](/topic/built-in) #612, [norway](/topic/norway) #738, [ukraine](/topic/ukraine) #1863, [the british](/topic/the-british), [strike](/topic/strike), [sea](/topic/sea)

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Another quiet win for the UK shipbuilding industry is RAN's selection of the Japanese Mogami class patrol frigates which are powered by Rolls Royce MT30 Gas Turbines built in Bristol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1963180524085583983)  2025-09-03T10:01Z 4849 followers, 33.5K engagements


"The Baltimore Whore. The Martin B-26 Marauder was a misunderstood much maligned but ultimately successful medium bomber with the lowest combat loss rate of any USAAF bomber 0.5%. Its story demonstrates both the pitfalls and opportunites of rapid rearmament"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1996718000448176392)  2025-12-04T23:07Z 4851 followers, 1088 engagements


"@MikeyFourth Don't be mean spirited. Small numbers mostly recruited from PoWs captured in Malaya fought for the INA but dwarfed by the vast volunteer Army that fought for the British. Just as small numbers of Irishmen fought for the Germans but vastly more for the British in WW1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1997989421396738382)  2025-12-08T11:19Z 4853 followers, XXX engagements


"Atlantic Shield - - first autonomous air defence escort in the water within X years Atlantic Strike - - first autonomous fast jet demonstrator off the deck of a carrier next year working closely with RAF. - Commando force re-rolling for High North to protect Norwegian coast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998000635648618981)  2025-12-08T12:04Z 4853 followers, 2211 engagements


"@the_mantress @Geordie_Brigand @mikecosgrove45 Sea time can be made more attractive - more command opporutinies and more actual just below the threshold work to do at sea. Also cross decking with Norwegians and opportunites to deploy to Norway Iceland etc. Need to be creative"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998010492535570504)  2025-12-08T12:43Z 4855 followers, XXX engagements


"@pegge49 Have you factored in the exponential increaae in BAES and Babcock's shipbuilding workforce and apprentices and new build hall at Govan and putting Hall B in Portsmouth back into service and maybe increasing block production at Cammel Laird by moving RFA refits to Inchgreen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998103494272618620)  2025-12-08T18:52Z 4853 followers, XX engagements


"@ArmchairAdml So was Biden and the USA it was only British intelligence that said the invasion was likely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998323758738587840)  2025-12-09T09:28Z 4850 followers, XX engagements


"@PompeyWeilian @Albrochier @DuxVul Education in general is one of the few recent success stories funding is however hamstrung but not encouraging universites to leverage their research through start-up investment funds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998384052986876381)  2025-12-09T13:27Z 4855 followers, XX engagements


"@seektruthfromfx @bazzdgrogan @Thomas977673521 I doubt it although it could have transformed the campaign in 1944. 2nd Division and X Cdo brigade were available and trained for amphibious operations but the quality of the Japanese in Burma and Malaya was very good. It needed Spitfires and more jungle trained divisions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998440805543948338)  2025-12-09T17:13Z 4851 followers, XXX engagements


"@bazzdgrogan @seektruthfromfx @Thomas977673521 The Manchurian Army in China was pretty much a law to itself and rather like the British Indian Army not a modern force in the same way as those used for the operations to expand the Empire in 1941. Those in South East Asia and the Pacific were both better equipped & trained"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998464486521340205)  2025-12-09T18:47Z 4852 followers, XX engagements


"Neptune and the weather plus the gazillions of $$$ needed to overcome them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1994894750059827563)  2025-11-29T22:22Z 4853 followers, 4091 engagements


"Because they were fighting in Italy and Burma and flying Spitfires over the beaches"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1997800942327193942)  2025-12-07T22:50Z 4856 followers, 25K engagements


"@trenchgun91 Huntingdon Inglis - US shipbuilder. They are bidding to replace Constellation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998056685399576729)  2025-12-08T15:46Z 4859 followers, XXX engagements


"This can't hold. It will encourage Putin put Ukraine in jeopardy and make further instability in Europe more likely. The government has to fund the SDR and do it now. Kicking defence into the long grass hoping growth will magically increase 'next year' puts us in danger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998068851171369427)  2025-12-08T16:35Z 4859 followers, 9484 engagements


"@VeteranGamerUK @PompeyWeilian Large amounts of that off-shoring went into Lithuania Poland and Romania - essentially part of an extended German industrial ecosystem (a lot used to be Germany). They can harness that better than offshoring to China (which BTW was largely to do with cost not birthrate)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998130466202026454)  2025-12-08T20:40Z 4856 followers, XX engagements


"@DisavowedWilly Which is why I mentioned the Carribean - my point was about lifting the colour bar in 1939 and that both Imdian and other non-white aircrew could and did serve in the RAF. I believe one Indian was a test pilot at RAE too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998168615032586564)  2025-12-08T23:11Z 4859 followers, XX engagements


"@PompeyWeilian Bangladesh has experienced good growth in recent years it has money"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998384670753407129)  2025-12-09T13:30Z 4856 followers, XXX engagements


"Great home movie of RAF Changi in 1967. At that time RAF FEAF had a six combat sqns of Lightnings Hunters & Canberras a transport wing with C-130 Andover Argosy a helo wing with Whirlwind and Belvadere MR sqns with Shacks & target flt w/Meteor TTs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1851171151566823574)  2024-10-29T07:56Z 4861 followers, XXX engagements


"Noting that Dauntless the first T45 with PIP upgrades performed well this time around. None of the T45 mechanical failures that marked CSG21"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1995066185940086810)  2025-11-30T09:43Z 4861 followers, 21.3K engagements


"5./ Even before it got a Merlin USAAF wanted it but could not get out of contracts with Bell Lockheed and Curtis-Wright so they simply redesignated it a dive bomber to use an unspent budget line and NA obligingly fitted dive brakes and bomb racks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1996397548593136023)  2025-12-04T01:54Z 4862 followers, XXX engagements


"6./ Rolls Royce did some inspired tinkering to drop in a Merlin XX. Even the Heath Robinson Mustang X prototype could make 440mph at 26000ft. 35mph faster than a Spitfire IX. 7./ NA and Packard picked up the baton rapidly and redesigned the airframe for the Merlin 61"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1996398866841927777)  2025-12-04T01:59Z 4862 followers, XXX engagements


"Even though the P-51 was thrown together in a couple of months and then spiral developed through the exegencies of wartime experience and inspired tinkering it nevertheless ended up both a war winnin machine and a timeless classic the last leaving operational service in 1982"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1996405534472523819)  2025-12-04T02:25Z 4862 followers, XXX engagements


"It was the very antithesis of the overthinking 'system of systems' nonsense of present day weapons design. North American were asked to build a P-40 and said they could do better and in XX days they did. Rolls Royce knew a good thing when they saw it and how to make it better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1996407157231894635)  2025-12-04T02:32Z 4861 followers, XXX engagements


"@Hugin_1977 Agreed the UK's Trinity House agreement with Germany includes collaboration on ASW with P-8s and probably submarines so hopefully that is also on the cards"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998112880441561414)  2025-12-08T19:30Z 4861 followers, XX engagements


"If we need a war leader and we may do very soon Al Cairns may be the man for Labour or even a National Govenrment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998142147300565037)  2025-12-08T21:26Z 4860 followers, 11.5K engagements


"@heavymetalracin @UKDefJournal Its not a cutbackits a pivot to Europe - less desert counter-insurgency and jungle training more Arctic and armoured warfare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998325991882510743)  2025-12-09T09:36Z 4861 followers, XX engagements


"Facinating series by @TheRestHistory on Jack the Ripper and late 19th century London. Especially apposite is the role played by immigration in newspaper coverage. London and New York had seen mass immigration of European Jews after Russian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998343864319434838)  2025-12-09T10:47Z 4861 followers, XXX engagements


"@Grepsul We suffered from obsolescent shipbuilding methods however. Welding did not really become the norm until post war (also affected tank production). We have a chance to skip to the latest machine tools and methods now as Germany did post-war"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998345290835718425)  2025-12-09T10:53Z 4861 followers, XX engagements


"Bangladesh to buy Typhoon in deal with Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998374962558906647)  2025-12-09T12:51Z 4861 followers, 7688 engagements


"@PompeyWeilian @Albrochier @DuxVul Many post-2000 universities have entered the top ten in areas e.g. Edge Hill for paramedics Harpury for sport its not only about overall rankings - small universities have limited sets of courses and can't compete with Oxford or London but are specialists in niche areas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998383472281309488)  2025-12-09T13:25Z 4863 followers, XX engagements


"@PaulSmyth2015 We will undoubtedly continue to contribute via Cyprus and forces in Kosovo and Romania but it will not be the focus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998709998596272435)  2025-12-10T11:02Z 4861 followers, XX engagements


"2./ joint SOF (RM and Norwegian SF) based in the Arctic citcle at Bardofuss for littoral ops supported by Merlin CS and CSAR helicopters. 3./ joint MCM and subsea maritime infrastrcuture protection on the continental shelf including joint procurement of Norwegian Vanguard OSVs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1996581096566280533)  2025-12-04T14:03Z 4861 followers, 1752 engagements


"You would need to be locked inside a sound proofed room not to draw this conclusion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998701841656234351)  2025-12-10T10:30Z 4863 followers, XXX engagements


"@PaulSmyth2015 Nope - UK's geography is critical to defending the North Atlantic and the French will provide the Strategic Reserve for the southern Flank. With a US pull back Norway Sweden Denmark Canada Finland and the Baltics will need us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998709728185299274)  2025-12-10T11:01Z 4860 followers, XXX engagements


"Helsing and Kongsberg cooperating on the development of an ISR and Targeting satelitte constellation for Norway and Germany"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998814522719764893)  2025-12-10T17:58Z 4861 followers, XXX engagements


"4./ Joint P-8 operations and joint purchase of Stingray Mod X torpedos and possibly joint operation of MQ-9B Sea Guardian/Protector alongside P-8. 5./ Forward support base for the Army's Strategic Reserve Corps Joint purchase of AW149 CS helicopters for both armies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1996582970690343261)  2025-12-04T14:10Z 4861 followers, 2521 engagements


"Today 1SL Gywn Jenkins spoke about 'The Atlantic Fleet'. Atalntic Bastion - sub surface defence Antlantic Shield - naval contribution to air defence. Atlantic Strike - attack and destroy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1997994727132569797)  2025-12-08T11:40Z 4861 followers, 13.1K engagements


"Babcock pitching a concept to the RN to partner Type XX as a command vessel for the Hundingdon Inglis Industries Romulus family of LUSVs or Atlantic Bastion ASW ops. Making Type XX ASW capable as an autonomous systems command ship would offer the RN a route to increased mass"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998114468966846953)  2025-12-08T19:36Z 4861 followers, 14.4K engagements


"Pivoting training to Europe and the Arctic is necessary"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998325654522093577)  2025-12-09T09:35Z 4861 followers, 6354 engagements


"Solutions for short or zero length take offs and landings from carriers should be easier to implement on drones than crewed aircraft. They can tailsit or perform other extreme attitude changes have extra space for lift engines and are smaller and lighter than conventional fast jets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998717923418931571)  2025-12-10T11:34Z 4861 followers, 1089 engagements


"@71Tonka Yes your are right. The Canadians pioneered them by removing the guns from their M7s and plating over the aperture. Halftracks were considered too flimsy to accompany tanks in an assualt. But 79th Division would not get Ram Kangaroos until after the Great Swan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998719975452799123)  2025-12-10T11:42Z 4861 followers, XX engagements


"6./ Ukrpecsystems will produce the new Octopus interceptor drone jointly developed by the UK and Ukraine at their new Mildenhall factory from next year for a range of European armed forces as part of the Drone Wall along Europe's frontiers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998765044738437496)  2025-12-10T14:41Z 4861 followers, 1196 engagements


"7./ British SME Flyby is also building a new drone factory in Swindon which is rapidly becoming a drone hub. Flyby will produce an improved version of their VTOL Jackal attack drone which has previously been built in Turkey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998766491752103983)  2025-12-10T14:47Z 4861 followers, 1150 engagements


"@paul_bamford35 Some of this is the result of government policy basically insisting that anything MOD buys for Ukraine is built in the UK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998771814483607668)  2025-12-10T15:08Z 4861 followers, XXX engagements


"Not all new weapons are produced in multimillion pound new factories Modini currently the UK's only manufacturer of one-way effectors (long range attack drones) is based in a tiny workshop behind a Wiltshire business park - they get XXX cyber attacks a day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998783581418623187)  2025-12-10T15:55Z 4861 followers, 10.3K engagements


"When I was last in Afghanistan it was Titantic that was all the rage now it seems Brummie 'Yow yow' culture has gripped the nation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1998834854234919390)  2025-12-10T19:19Z 4861 followers, XXX engagements


"@MtarfaL @MrHarryCole To be fair he was responding to a question which began by stating that Labour started Ajax (they started FRES) but it was the Coalition that signed the contract for Ajax with GDLS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1999083753684259309)  2025-12-11T11:48Z 4861 followers, XX engagements


"@agbdrilling Yes major warship deficits are the slowest problem to reverse as they take so long to build. We restarted building battleships in 1935 but they were not comissioned until 1941-2. This makes Ajax even more shocking as an armoured vehicle should not take longer than a warship"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1999100908811018316)  2025-12-11T12:56Z 4862 followers, XXX engagements


"Three RAF 'Groups' were assigned to 2TAF. These were the equivalent of USAAF 'Conmands'. XX Group and XX Group were newly formed Fighter Groups containing units detached from Fighter Command and X Group comprised tactical light ad medium bombers detached from Bomber Command"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1999118766043459702)  2025-12-11T14:07Z 4861 followers, XXX engagements


"The ORBAT was designed so that XX Group could directly provide tactical air support to 1st Canadian Army and XX Group to 2nd British Army with command embedded with those Army HQs. 2TAF HQ and X Group command elements were attached directly to Montgomery's 21st Army Group HQ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1999120623436513410)  2025-12-11T14:14Z 4861 followers, XXX engagements


"85 Base Group was equipped and organised differently for its role protecting the advanced airfields from the Luftwaffe. Its day fighter squadrons were given the RAF's 'hot rods' the Griffon-powered Spitfire XIV and the brand new Hawker Tempest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1999144344981315685)  2025-12-11T15:48Z 4861 followers, XXX engagements


"85 Group also operated six squadrons of Mosquito XII and XIII night fighters both for base defence and as night intruders and a wing of barrage balloons to protect captured towns and ports. Mosquitos were first into action over Luftwaffe airfields on the night of D-Day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1999146507786744130)  2025-12-11T15:57Z 4861 followers, XXX engagements


"Order some more Or is M-subs going to sit on its hands now while we do two years of trials"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1999168998521680364)  2025-12-11T17:26Z 4862 followers, 4683 engagements


"@trenchgun91 Buy interate evolve that's what we need to do - its a truck to drop off payloads they can buy some and some of the Herne too and get on with in. We don't have time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1999195532820942993)  2025-12-11T19:12Z 4861 followers, XX engagements


"@night_waker @MilitaryBanter @thepagey @thetimes Yes they should have gone with BAE and CV90 but gov was having a fight with BAE over a scandal in Saudi at the time. This whole mess has been due to not using the experienced contractor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FennellJW/status/1999238702157934713)  2025-12-11T22:03Z 4861 followers, XX engagements