[quote][/quote]Well between 12 and 14 high end ASW/GP platforms and 6+ AAW platforms would see the RN in good stead. In fantasy land we would still be the worlds largest navy and Queen Elizabeth would be a CVN, but we aren't and never will be. What the RN can do in the future will be far different f...

Further thought: Perhaps it is to help the Paint Dry when the Bow is repainted.

If you build ships more quickly without increasing the number ordered, you are going to end up with a Stop/Start programme. 10 x T26 (plus 6 x T45) will not give the number of Escorts "currently deemed necessary". That would require 13! Even the "19" are grossly inadequate. The o...

Only one way to find out!

Same bunch of inadequate politicians making a pigs breakfast of it, as those doing the same with --x--.

To defend against sea skimming missiles in Portsmouth Harbour? Why else be moored "Bows South" at present?

The logical thing is to dispense with those parliamentary "creatures" who feel they have the divine right to redefine what people actually voted for. People did know very well what they were voting for as the government of the day spelt out the risks in a booklet sent to every household in...

A Remainer pandering to Remainer "concerns" that undermined a sensible negotiating strategy. Thereby surrendering from a position of weakness, not negotiating from a position of strength. Anyway, you should not need me to tell you, the evidence is clear for all to see.

You must be looking at what is happening in a mirror. It is the Remainers, who have been trying to frustrate Brexit at every turn, causing the Government to adopt a negotiating strategy that could only have led to an unacceptable deal. They then try to rule out an exit without a deal. They are showi...

A meaningfull vote, is one where Parliament gives it's full support to the British people by voting to leave the EU.

What, another 2 x QEC Aircraft Carriers by 2039?

Pigs might fly

The problem right from the beginning has been the MAYbee. She did not realise that Brexit did not mean Brexit ......... It meant "Leave". She was thus able to fashion it into a Fudge. A Fudge is just not acceptable. Which Government gave a Fig about the opinions of those who opposed member...

Usual process would have been for the French to build and name such an SSBN, and for us to Re-name her after taking her as a "Prize" following misfortune at sea. I can see thee attraction of saving the construction cost of a fourth Dreadnought Class, but I don't think Trident D5 would fit ...

If we must not offend anyone, even down to what our navy's ships are called then maybe we should stop naming them at all. Really these people must need to be "offended" more severely and more often, to build up their immunity to it.

All you need with a roulette wheel to determine the targets.

Destruction, Devastation and the fourth (stretched) one being a sub class, Armageddon.

Don't listen to anything that Weapon of Mass Destruction says. Mr. "Fool Britannia" Bliar strikes again.

Looking forward to a T31e second batch then, (after the first 5 x Austere GP versions) being ASW focussed!

May's deal is not a deal, it is a surrender.

If the crew do not practice ASW regularly, then they are unlikely to be effective when required to be.

If you have 10 chinooks on deck, you may not be able to operate any other aircraft

Arrange for HMS QE to have her next capability insertion period in Gibraltar & with 4 x F35's on board

Recognise Catalonia as a sovereign state.

Sounds a bit like you have been on the Woolarbra Wonga Mate!