Royal Navy's entire fleet of attack submarines out of action

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

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.

This is what is meant by being caught with your pants down.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

This is what is meant by being caught with your pants down.

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

These defective parts, each probably valued on the order of $10,000 or less, have kept the $2.7 billion attack submarine Minnesota languishing in an overhaul for two years, while engineers attempt to cut out and replace a difficult to reach part near the nuclear reactor. Meanwhile, Navy engineers are scouring aircraft carriers and other submarines for problems and criminal investigators are gathering evidence.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

[COLOR=orange]Buggery,

Buggery on the high seas!!!

[lesrae]

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.

[em2nought]

Better bring back Downton Abbey