A humiliating end for HMS Ark Royal and the royal navy.

tommo8993 · 03-28-11, 01:46 PM

Like HMS Invincible and some other "surplus" ships shes going to be put on the MOD version of ebay.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12883511

These defence cuts WILL cost lives. Its ok saying that we cannot predict any wars. Did anybody in 1931 predict the size of the fleet we would need in 1941? The falklands we had 2 days warning. A regiment of tanks can be built in less than a week at full speed. A squadren of fighter jets less than a month. An aircraft carrier depending in size can take over 18months at full speed.

They say history repeats itself, the last time we said we were going to cut all our carriers was 1981, a year later was when we needed them. The UK cannot rely on the USA for help, they have never helped us without been attack first. Suez they betrayed us and the falkands they abandoned us.

In short the UK is doomed.

03-28-11, 01:46 PM	#1
tommo8993 Helmsman Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 104 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	A humiliating end for HMS Ark Royal and the royal navy. Like HMS Invincible and some other "surplus" ships shes going to be put on the MOD version of ebay. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12883511 These defence cuts WILL cost lives. Its ok saying that we cannot predict any wars. Did anybody in 1931 predict the size of the fleet we would need in 1941? The falklands we had 2 days warning. A regiment of tanks can be built in less than a week at full speed. A squadren of fighter jets less than a month. An aircraft carrier depending in size can take over 18months at full speed. They say history repeats itself, the last time we said we were going to cut all our carriers was 1981, a year later was when we needed them. The UK cannot rely on the USA for help, they have never helped us without been attack first. Suez they betrayed us and the falkands they abandoned us. In short the UK is doomed.