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No Royal Navy warships left to guard Britain
The News, UK ^
| 1 November 2011
| Michael Powell
Posted on 11/01/2011 7:49:53 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
At the moment, I don’t think their biggest threat is coming by sea.
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posted on
11/01/2011 7:53:32 AM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(...then they came for the guitars, and we kicked their sorry faggot asses into the dust)
To: the invisib1e hand
Perhaps not, but this is so terribly sad.
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posted on
11/01/2011 7:55:29 AM PDT
by
Rannug
("God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware.")
To: Rannug
True enough.
Great tagline, btw.
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posted on
11/01/2011 7:56:59 AM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(...then they came for the guitars, and we kicked their sorry faggot asses into the dust)
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To: the invisib1e hand
Our navy deals with all kinds of non-naval situations, natural disasters, places near the coast where emergency water and power are required, etc.
I'm surprised there has only been one RN vessel filling this roll up until now.
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posted on
11/01/2011 7:58:03 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: sukhoi-30mki; archy
Formerly Great Britain. How sad.
Their present, America’s future, as we transform into welfare entitlement states.
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posted on
11/01/2011 7:58:15 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Not to worry. We shall have “peace in our time.”
To: sukhoi-30mki
"HMS Victory" still floats. Could be a temporary solution.
Alas, I fear that "The Immortal Memory" is now just that...
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posted on
11/01/2011 8:00:54 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Cain/Gingrich 2012!!! because sharing a couch with Pelosi is NOT the same as sharing a bed with her)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.
When Britain first, at heaven's command,
Arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter of the land,
And Guardian Angels sang this strain:
(Chorus)
The nations not so blest as thee
Must, in their turn, to tyrants fall,
While thou shalt flourish great and free:
The dread and envy of them all.
Ahem...well, those days are long gone, eh?
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posted on
11/01/2011 8:01:46 AM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
To: ken5050
hms victory is no longer afloat.
so when will the argentinians take the falklands since the brits can’t do anything and president dumbo supports the argentinians?
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posted on
11/01/2011 8:04:14 AM PDT
by
bravo whiskey
(If the little things really bother you, maybe it's because the big things are going well.)
To: bravo whiskey
Is it in a drydock?..for some reason, I thought it was permanently moored alongside, like The USS Constitution..
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posted on
11/01/2011 8:06:46 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Cain/Gingrich 2012!!! because sharing a couch with Pelosi is NOT the same as sharing a bed with her)
To: sukhoi-30mki
...but we’re equipping Radio Caroline with a couple of pepper-spray canons, so all is well
To: sukhoi-30mki
Now that the Royal Navy has been slashed to ribbons, time to start slashing the number of admirals, unless the 'conservative' (har-har, snicker, snort) government of David Cameron decides to rebuild the fleet.
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posted on
11/01/2011 8:10:20 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(I stand with Herman Cain, a God-fearing, Jesus-loving, Constitution-honoring PATRIOT.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Does this mean that moslem pirates will again start raiding England?
Oh wait! They are already inside the walls!
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posted on
11/01/2011 8:14:17 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Click my name. See my home page, if you dare!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Bet those Spanish are wishing they could get their armada together right about now....
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posted on
11/01/2011 8:16:00 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: sukhoi-30mki
The Royal Navy has been reduced to a very small husk of its former self.
The new Tyrpe 45 destroyers are nice...but they are building ony 6 of them total and they are lacking several critical combat systems to allow them to fulfill their multi-role requirements. Great AAW, but lacking in ASW and anti-surface.
The two new carriers are going to be great...but they have already retired all of their HArriers, and they may well not have any JSF ready when the carriers come out so may be reduced to being helo carriers until they can embark an airwing.
They are showing the path we will tread if we do not get the spending (particularly social spending and foreign aid) under control and balance our budget so we can maintain adequate defense posture.
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posted on
11/01/2011 8:21:24 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: ken5050
HMS Victory is permanently in drydock and does not float under its own power. USS Constitution is not “permanently moored” and does a sail in Boston Harbor every year, with US Navy sailors and officers and US Marines aboard.
The Victory is the oldest commissioned warship, but the Constitution is the oldest “operational” warship.
To: Jeff Head
The navy of the Japanese Defense Force now has more ships than the Royal Navy.
To: sukhoi-30mki
The RPM rate in Lord Nelson’s casket is so high, it is cavitating
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posted on
11/01/2011 8:35:11 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(So much stress was put on Bush's Fault that it finally let go, magnitude 6)
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