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Royal Navy a 'laughing stock' with three quarters of its warships out of action and 'struggling to p

Discussion in 'Latest US & World News' started by Destroyer of illusions, Sep 16, 2017.

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  1. tecoyah

    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Likely because it is true. Just as Russia does not run the Iranian Navy......or does it?
     
    tecoyah, Sep 21, 2017
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    katzgar Banned

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    Actually it's because Canada ain't got nothing
     
    katzgar, Sep 21, 2017
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    Nice spin, they have pics of the tug with a tow line on the carrier.
     
    EMTdaniel86, Sep 21, 2017
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    EMTdaniel86 Banned

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    He isn't to far off actually.
     
    EMTdaniel86, Sep 21, 2017
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  5. Destroyer of illusions

    Destroyer of illusions Banned

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    Russia appoints US presidents. All the American media say this....And you say "Iran".
     
    Destroyer of illusions, Sep 21, 2017
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  6. Destroyer of illusions

    Destroyer of illusions Banned

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    In what century do you live? In the 9th century? Or before our era?....Do you think that filling the ship into the sea can take place without a reliable hitch between the ships? :roflol::roflol::roflol:
    Propagandists in such media rely on idiots who can believe them.:roflol::roflol::roflol:

    Maybe you'd better talk about how the Russians appoint US presidents?
     
    Destroyer of illusions, Sep 21, 2017
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  7. tecoyah

    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Wow you folks must get American Media we don't.
     
    tecoyah, Sep 21, 2017
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  8. wombat

    wombat Well-Known Member

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    "Immature homosexual generals" ??? What does their sexual lean have to do with it? I think you should grow up and not be so homophobic.
     
    wombat, Sep 21, 2017
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    Nice Propaganda spin.
     
    EMTdaniel86, Sep 21, 2017
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  10. tecoyah

    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    He is compensating for both his own closet thoughts and the "Navy" his country tries to keep afloat.

    At least the Brits have boats that float.
     
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    wombat Well-Known Member

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    Canucker doesnt disclose his country. Likely too embarrassed.
     
    wombat, Sep 21, 2017
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    wombat Well-Known Member

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    And your country is? Come on, dont be shy......it cant be the US as all your posts are treasonous
     
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    This is because in the US there is censorship. And from you hide real facts .... Russia is the freest country in the world, so Russians can read any information.
     
    Destroyer of illusions, Sep 22, 2017
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    All navies in the world have a portion of their ships in port for retrofitting, outfitting, maintenence, updating, and repairs. America aircraft carriers spend more than a quarter of their lives in port. Aircraft carriers are especially maintenance intensive because they have all the complexity of a typical warship plus the huge demands of air operations which are brutal on catapults and arrester gear and the pounding of 25 ton jets crashing onto them at 100 miles per hour dozens of times a day. I am not seeing this as a problem and when you compare the amount of time that other countries warships spend in port the British fleet issues seems pretty unremarkable.

    The second issue is how routine procurement of ships in navies around the world happens on a regular basis. The navy purchases ships and does not purchase spare parts with the initial purchase, Politicians understand the need for more ships and they will okay that purchase, but in a PR move, they do not order spare parts which can raise the price of a ship 25% or more. Once the ship breaks down and has to spend time in port, then an urgent cry for spares parts comes out, usually in the form of something similar to the link of the OP, and then politicians can go ahead and order the spares that they should have ordered initially. Again, this is very typical of all navies and is not worth making a fuss about. It is just how military funding works.
     
    Lee S, Sep 22, 2017
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    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I see...so Russia gets the pre-censored news while we only get the fake stuff? How does that work for live shots, multiple source confirmation, international reporting....etc....do they coordinate time travel agendas?

    Did you folks hear about Chernobyl yet....'cause it esploded.
     
    tecoyah, Sep 22, 2017
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  16. Destroyer of illusions

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    There is no censorship in Russia. This is different Russia from the United States and the EU.

    Because of censorship in United States, you have problems with geography. Chernobyl is Ukraine.
     
    Destroyer of illusions, Sep 23, 2017
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    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Apparently you also don't receive past updates....at the time Ukraine was part of U.S.S R. and they decided not to tell anyone until the contamination cloud spread to Europe and they complained.
     
    tecoyah, Sep 23, 2017
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    In that case, why do not we discuss freedom of speech in the Roman Empire or Byzantium? If you are inclined to discuss not existing countries.
     
    Destroyer of illusions, Sep 24, 2017
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    And to think we were once an empire? Now we're little more than an effing banana republic er, I mean banana monarchy? The humiliation, the humiliation. :lonely: Don't tell your President in case he laughs at it so much he gives himself a hernia? :roflol:
     
    cerberus, Sep 24, 2017
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  20. tecoyah

    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I see you wish to avoid discussing this anymore because you have been trounced. It's okay, this is a normal reaction from most children when they can not longer get their way and is common until adolescence. Distraction technique is also used by mythical monsters living under bridges in tales for those children to entertain them.

    Unfortunately adults are seldom entertained similarly.
     
    tecoyah, Sep 24, 2017
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    Not to worry. They still have plenty of Admirals and a great Royal Marine Band Service.
     
    JET3534, Sep 25, 2017
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    ?
     
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    Gee, the above reply is the most childish I've read for quite some time
     
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    You are called Wombat so you are from Australia. He is called Canucker so he is from Canada.

    Carriers use tugs to navigate into ports.
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    Most big ships do.
     
    Baff, Sep 25, 2017
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    I don't think for a second that anyone actually believes you have spent a drop of blood defending anyone else's country.
    I think most would doubt that you have spent a drop of blood defending your own either.

    I can't imagine you have spent a single penny defending Canada either. It hasn't been attacked in your life time and the last people to attack it, indeed the only people to ever attack it, were your people.

    You are the reason they have an army. Not the reason they don't have an army.
     
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