[News] For the sailor boys on here.

[Dave the OAP]

I thought prince of Wales was being mothballed?



Sailing into Portsmouth this afternoon.

 

[daveinplzen]

Impressive war canoe

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Impressive war canoe

Scrap it.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Scrap it.

Corbyn will sell them both

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Corbyn will sell them both

White elephants both of them, and a total waste of money.

 

[Triggaaar]

I thought prince of Wales was being mothballed?

Eh?

 

[Nottseagull]

White elephants both of them, and a total waste of money.

Deterrence is a necessity, whether that be for Russia or Spain.

 

[Winker]

White elephants both of them, and a total waste of money.

There's a saying that 'Generals are always preparing for the last war', if today's threat is coming from terrorism and cyberspace then you have to wonder what is the point.

 

[Icy Gull]

Deterrence is a necessity, whether that be for Russia or Spain.

I wonder how many equivalents of an Exocet it would take to sink it

 

[Bry Nylon]

I wonder how many equivalents of an Exocet it would take to sink it

None, I should imagine. These days you'd probably just get some 14-year old kid to hack it's software from 3000 miles away and render it operationally useless.

 

[vegster]

Corbyn will sell them both

I expected better from you PB.

 

[aberdare seagull]

I thought prince of Wales was being mothballed?

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Sailing into Portsmouth this afternoon.

Probably will be once its finished sea trials and be commissioned into the fleet. Navy hasn't got the manpower to fully man 2 carriers long-term

 

[vegster]

I wonder how many equivalents of an Exocet it would take to sink it

Probably constantly tracked by Russki subs, the minute anything goes of it will have a couple of fish in her.

 

[daveinplzen]

Probably constantly tracked by Russki subs, the minute anything goes of it will have a couple of fish in her.

When I was on the old Ark Royal, it was normal to have Russian ''trawler'' waiting for us from wherever we sailed from. We even had to give them a spot within the screen and include them in manoevering orders to avoid accidents.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Corbyn will sell them both

Probably will be once its finished sea trials and be commissioned into the fleet. Navy hasn't got the manpower to fully man 2 carriers long-term

On the contrary, despite wanting to dump our nuclear deterrent, Labour plan to increase manpower in the forces.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Probably constantly tracked by Russki subs, the minute anything goes of it will have a couple of fish in her.

Which is why she has Merlin choppers fitted with anti submarine warfare weaponry.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

There's a saying that 'Generals are always preparing for the last war', if today's threat is coming from terrorism and cyberspace then you have to wonder what is the point.

Because many of attacks on isis were launch from sea ......



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[Weststander]

Corbyn will sell them both

To Russia or Venezuela?

 

[Dick Swiveller]

I thought prince of Wales was being mothballed?

No. That's the Duke of York you are thinking of. In which case, you meant 'Mothballed'. Don't think he will go to Paris any time soon.

 

[Weststander]

Which is why she has Merlin choppers fitted with anti submarine warfare weaponry.

Plus destroyers and an escorting hunter killer submarine.