Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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29 January 2009
22:4214291#1
We now have the very best Battle ship in the world on the news today the U.S.A. said they only wish they had it, it is 50years ahead of anything they have and more good news four more will be in service by the end of the year, and two if not more aircraft-carriers now being build and all over hear with jobs for 1000s the aircraft -carriers are the biggest ever build in Britain, so that is good news,
Vic Matcham
29 January 2009
22:4314292#2
Yay. More blood. Don't mean to be negative, but, hey, Warships, love 'em....????
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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29 January 2009
22:4814294#3
let us look on the positive side bern, think how many more wars we can get involved in.
maggie and tony would have been licking their lips over it.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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29 January 2009
23:0814298#4
Take some pride in all this they also say now that we are in the top navys in the world again no one have ships like we have the navy is still small in number but in power we are one of the big ones again
Vic M
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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30 January 2009
08:3114308#5
Great news for the navy, but don't our armed forces need investment more ?
Roger
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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30 January 2009
11:1614328#6
Just to be pedantic Vic, technically it's a destroyer, not a battleship - big gun battleships are now consigned to history and naval museums.
As stunning a piece of technology the 'stealth' Type 45 HMS Daring is, at a cost of a billion and with five more planned, one wonders if the money could have spent on more practical vessels. Imagine how many fast patrol craft could have been built for the money to combat Somali pirates, escorting tankers or patrolling the Gulf, i.e. threats that are actually current and relevant. I don't think a Sea Skua missile is much use against a pirate or terrorist-filled rubber dinghy twenty miles away. The Navy were pushing for twelve cheaper destroyers but the powers that be settled on fewer of these more expensive vessels, it's obvious that the original plan would have allowed the Navy to have been deployed further and wider. On the other hand at least many jobs have been created by the construction of these vessels, and it is a stunning symbol of prestige.
Guest 658- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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31 January 2009
10:5314389#7
Sorry to disagree with you Phil but the main benefit of the T45s are its Intel gathering facilities and target acquisition equpt, i may be a little bit biased as no1 daughter is currently on anti pirate patrol as we speak.Having been in the ops room on her frigate you would not believe what they do on a regular basis and that equpt is 20yrs behind the equpt on the T45s.
beer the food of the gods
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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31 January 2009
16:3014406#8
If that had been a british tanker they would not have been paid,but a job for the R.M. backed up by the S.A.S.and R/Navy and they would have got it back without paying a penny +it would never happen again.
Vic M