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Old 10-26-10, 12:25 PM   #1
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She looks good, and I think she has good capacity and capability,

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Old 10-26-10, 02:15 PM   #2
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Just for a laugh I've put in Bernard + Astute in Google and the top entry included this paragraph:

Dr Tony Rodger became president for “Oklahoma!”, and Bernard Phillips became chairman for “Showboat”. Under Bernard’s astute leadership, the company made excellent progress and his death after he had steered the company through twelve shows was a severe blow. Freddie Walker stepped in temporarily to see the Arcadians through a difficult period, before handing over the chairmanship to Bob Smith.

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Nothing is invincible, but she is rather good, when driven in the right direction.
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You can have all the fancy equipment in the world and still be the worst boat in the fleet. It's the crew that determines how good a boat is, not the boat itself. Therefore she is most vincible, beatable, and detectable to a better crew.
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You can have all the fancy equipment in the world and still be the worst boat in the fleet. It's the crew that determines how good a boat is, not the boat itself. Therefore she is most vincible, beatable, and detectable to a better crew.
Then again if you build the best boat in the world with all the fanciest equipment... then take the crew out of the picture, well you got something dangerous indeed...



...don't think we are not heading towards that, there is talk of arming the RMMVs for the LCS.

Didn't the guy who wrote Das Boot say something like all the crew does is plug the holes in the machinery left by engineers?
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Old 10-27-10, 03:08 AM   #6
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I passed Faslane on Monday and she was tied up beside another sub, apparently still getting checked over for damage. There's a viewing area back on the hill overlooking the base where the military road crosses the hills, and there were a few people looking and taking photos. The publicity in the papers here has been a bit rough for the navy, and it looks like the Astute's commander has had it for this one.
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Old 10-27-10, 03:57 PM   #7
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it looks like the Astute's commander has had it for this one.
During peace time running aground is the quickest way to lose a command. Hitting another ship is number two.
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