Competition is a wonderful thing ! . Who builds best, fastest & cheapest gets the next contract ? .……. Whay a revolutionary” idea, perhaps it could be used (re-used) for Warship construction.

Icebergs in the Black Sea ?

Because He (or She) Who dares Wins!

Training might be a problem ?

“Defeat Day” Parade on 9th May ?

For Six months ? Their employers WILL be pleased !

All very well, but you would have thought that Devonport would have been a more appropriate destination for a visit by an LHD.

Shame that she is not currently operating Lightning2’s ! That would soon cause meltdown / ease removal.

It used to be called growing up. She is just going to have to accept it!

Depends what the MRSS turns out to be. Who knows, they could even be the amphibious. equivalent of “through-deck cruisers”!

Or a Fourth!

Poiyutrewq wrote: The argument that the T23 class were conceived during the Cold War and the world is a much less dangerous place now does not really stand up to scrutiny anymore It never did. It was merely a triumph of optimism over reality, that had politicians jumping. On the bandwagon and making...

Yes they do and they also have mountainous areas to defend. French & Italian forces would also have a much longer distance to travel to Scandinavia. Perhaps you think that we should re-enforce Southern NATO Countries, while they re-enforce the Northern NATO countries. At the very least it would ...

When the USN starts to remove them from their CVNs, that will be the time that the game (for Phalanx) will be up, but not a moment before then. Perhaps you are suggesting a return to Goalkeeper!

A “Strike Carrier” should NEVER be risked in this way and particularly so, without any defensive/offensive/early warning aircraft on board. Remember we have only two expensive and irreplaceable QEC Aircraft Carriers. There is a fair chance that the “Second Carrier” would not be available either. To ...

Anyone have any news about Ron5? Seems to have dropped of the radar last December!

Would need a sizeable order of new Merlins!

AUACUS - Australian Anti-Clockwise Underwater Screw ?

Q1. What does Putin deduce from the Ukraine War? Q2. What did he hope to gain? A1. Army not up to scratch, let’s try the Naval and Air arms instead? A2. What Putin has clearly sought to do from 2014 onwards, is to ease and increase Russia’s access to Warm-water ports. To view the Ukraine War as an A...

Which is why layers of the “onion” should NEVER be stripped away!

Treasury probably regard them as just “Nice to have”, after all they think that we managed ok without them for a number of years !

Let alone elsewhere across the globe (when required) !

Shame that they did not take on more apprentices at an early enough time then. If they had, then they would not now be facing a need to recruit (such a large number, anyway) !

But looking on the bright side, I suppose they could always poach (from Ferguson).

But you are arguing for precisely that ????

And enemies of “the people”!