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02-10-17, 07:07 AM | #1 | |
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Royal Navy's entire fleet of attack submarines out of action
Royal Navy's entire fleet of attack submarines out of action
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Sounds like the #2 NATO partner needs to step up their game and commit some resources to their navy. Only seven attack subs? And none capable of doing their job? That's not good.
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02-10-17, 07:47 AM | #2 |
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Transition periods, they're always a sod. Seven SSNs is all we're getting though, even when the Astutes are all online and the Traffies withdrawn we're only going to have seven Astutes, we only had seven Traffies, but we also had the Swiftsures running down at the same time (and there was only ever six of those). Our SSN fleet hasn't really gone above double figures in decades. We just don't have the manpower or money for it, and I can't see that changing post-Brexit.
Pretty unusual for all of them to be offline at the same time though, I mean they're not that old, no older than the Los Angeles class. Must be that the problem lies more with maintenance costs and scheduling. Not too surprised that Astute might be offline though, she's been a bit of a problem boat since her launch, and Ambush ambushed a merchant with its conning tower last year , so I imagine if one boat is active it'll probably be Artful. EDIT: According to the Beeb just now, Astute is the one who is at sea after maintenance so Artful must be in dock for repairs for some reason. Last edited by Oberon; 02-10-17 at 08:22 AM. |
02-10-17, 08:23 AM | #3 |
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Reminds me of a conversation I had recently with an ex-colleague who has a son in the service. He tells me they are commonly referred to as the 'Unmagnificent Seven'
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02-10-17, 08:25 AM | #4 |
Lucky Jack
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Oh dear, between this and the Upholders teething problems something has rather gone wrong at Barrow, hasn't it?
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02-10-17, 08:27 AM | #5 |
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I honestly can't say I know where the fault stems from but something is certainly not right/as it should be.
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02-10-17, 05:42 PM | #6 |
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Canada says 'thank for the effort'.
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02-10-17, 05:50 PM | #7 |
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We still got pea shooters and spud guns...Bring it on.
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02-10-17, 08:30 AM | #8 | |
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This is what is meant by being caught with your pants down.
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02-10-17, 11:10 AM | #9 | |
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Minnesota (not so) Nice!
Buggery, then, on both sides of 'the English speaking pond' as I 'astutely' pointed out in my 'post recently! http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2460041&postcount=1800
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02-10-17, 11:15 AM | #10 |
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02-10-17, 03:37 PM | #11 |
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It's certainly the lowest number of boats we've had in my lifetime, very sad.
For an interesting and in-depth view on the problems of supply vs demand vs time to build, read The Silent Deep by Hennessy and Jinks.
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02-10-17, 04:00 PM | #12 |
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Better bring back Downton Abbey
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02-11-17, 07:14 AM | #13 |
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We only have 6 in total IIRC.
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02-12-17, 03:00 PM | #14 |
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But we have eight Airbus transporters
oh, wait... http://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/d...ustriert-.html But.. one
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02-12-17, 03:24 PM | #15 | |
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