Half of British Royal Navy to be mothballed: - Page 2

diver · 01-06-07, 02:16 AM

Officer promotions to be frozen for 5 years.

And 1,500 ratings to be fired.

Tony Blair, you have singlehandedly done what hundreds of years of enemies, from the Spanish to the Argies, could not, kill off the Royal Navy.

Who voted for that goose?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../06/navy06.xml

bradclark1 · 01-06-07, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

Based on the MSM and liberal left that is what the US is doing now with the WOT.
Sorry, but you cannot have it both ways. Pick one and stick to it.

You have me totally confused, and whats MSM and WOT?

Abraham · 01-06-07, 03:21 PM

Well guys, fighting wars is expensive - even when necessairy - and the pain will be felt somewhere, sometime, by somebody...

Subnuts · 01-06-07, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by bradclark1

Quote:

Originally Posted by waste gate

Based on the MSM and liberal left that is what the US is doing now with the WOT.
Sorry, but you cannot have it both ways. Pick one and stick to it.

You have me totally confused, and whats MSM and WOT?

No idea. I guess it's easier for conservatives to speak entirely in acronyms these days.

XabbaRus · 01-06-07, 04:23 PM

Can't believe all this hysteria. It is the Telegraph making a big hooha without prrof.

www.strategypage.com has got a good thread on this in the surface warships section where a current serving officer says he is unaware that any of the ships mentioned are mothballed save for Invincible that is in a state of readiness should she be needed.

nightdagger · 01-06-07, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by bradclark1

Arnold called California a nation state today. Just have to wait for Texas.
Hmmm. The sky appears to be falling.

I have no idea what you're talking about. In Texas we are already a country of our own. We don't need some pansy Terminator to tell us that.

MadMike · 01-06-07, 04:29 PM

"You have me totally confused, and whats MSM and WOT?"

MSM- Main Stream Media
WOT- War on Terror

Yours, Mike

Anyone who was/is an AO, GM(T), WMT, 55 Golf, or ADM tech send me a PM... :rotfl:

badhat17 · 01-06-07, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by diver

It would be even worse for the RN had the argies not decided to get frisky in 1982.

A few more months of Sth atlantic peace and the Invinceible and her Harriers would have been Australia's

Up for sale right now if your still interested, yours to sail away complete with airwing for just four million US dollars if press reports are to be believed.

bradclark1 · 01-06-07, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by MadMike

MSM- Main Stream Media
WOT- War on Terror

Ahh. Thanks Mike. Well that part is straightened out.

Now the other part. (I must be having a senior moment.)

Waste Gate, what can't I have both ways?

bradclark1 · 01-06-07, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by nightdagger

I have no idea what you're talking about. In Texas we are already a country of our own. We don't need some pansy Terminator to tell us that.

Nope. Texans think that but someone of fame has to say it so the rest of the country will know it. Willie Nelson doesn't count because he's always in trouble with the tax man.

MadMike · 01-06-07, 09:37 PM

Yeah, and Texas has a nuclear arsenal...

Yours, Mike

Yahoshua · 01-06-07, 09:59 PM

Well Mike, I wasn't any of those but I could sell you 20 ft of flight line, complete with bucket of paint and paintbrush!!

bradclark1 · 01-06-07, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MadMike

Yeah, and Texas has a nuclear arsenal...

Yours, Mike

A field full of jalapenos aren't a nuclear arsenal unless you are from New York City.

01-06-07, 02:16 AM	#16
diver Engineer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Officer promotions to be frozen for 5 years. And 1,500 ratings to be fired. Tony Blair, you have singlehandedly done what hundreds of years of enemies, from the Spanish to the Argies, could not, kill off the Royal Navy. Who voted for that goose? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../06/navy06.xml Last edited by diver; 01-06-07 at 06:47 AM.

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Abraham Eternal Patrol Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Half of British Royal Navy to be mothballed: Well guys, fighting wars is expensive - even when necessairy - and the pain will be felt somewhere, sometime, by somebody... __________________ RIP Abraham

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XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Can't believe all this hysteria. It is the Telegraph making a big hooha without prrof. www.strategypage.com has got a good thread on this in the surface warships section where a current serving officer says he is unaware that any of the ships mentioned are mothballed save for Invincible that is in a state of readiness should she be needed. __________________

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Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well Mike, I wasn't any of those but I could sell you 20 ft of flight line, complete with bucket of paint and paintbrush!! __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

01-06-07, 04:29 PM	#22
MadMike Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 342 Downloads: 241 Uploads: 0	"You have me totally confused, and whats MSM and WOT?" MSM- Main Stream Media WOT- War on Terror Yours, Mike Anyone who was/is an AO, GM(T), WMT, 55 Golf, or ADM tech send me a PM... :rotfl:

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MadMike Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 342 Downloads: 241 Uploads: 0	Yeah, and Texas has a nuclear arsenal... Yours, Mike