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No These Aren't Starships In Space Dock, They Are Nuclear Submarines Under Construction
The Drive ^
| 9 Dec 2019
| TYLER ROGOWAY
Posted on 12/10/2019 6:44:52 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
The 270,000 square foot installation was built in the mid-1980s for Vickers Shipbuilding. Shortly after opening in 1986, it garnered the nickname "Maggie's Farm" as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was a staunch supporter of making the upgrade from the Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) system to the Trident SLBM system and building the submarines that were required to accommodate it.
10 weeks of patrol the 100 strong crew of an Astute-class submarine eats 18,000 sausages and 4,200 Weetabix.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: submarines
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Many nice photos.
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posted on
12/10/2019 6:44:52 PM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
10 weeks of patrol the 100 strong crew of an Astute-class submarine eats 18,000 sausages and 4,200 Weetabix.That's a lot of bangers!
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posted on
12/10/2019 6:48:04 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
that building is a pretty big target out in the open.
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posted on
12/10/2019 6:49:27 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
12/10/2019 6:49:42 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
As a mariner I can confirm what you see in the pictures is true:
all good things require lots of Bondo.
Marine Bondo, Mil-Spec Bondo, Thousand-Dollar-an-Ounce Bondo...
Bondo.
Good things need Bondo.
Really, really good things need even more Bondo.
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posted on
12/10/2019 6:51:06 PM PST
by
golux
To: DUMBGRUNT
I’m not going to get on it unless it has a midnight chocolate buffet and glass shower doors.
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posted on
12/10/2019 6:54:10 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
12/10/2019 6:54:47 PM PST
by
blam
To: golux
A toast to the memory of Kenny Bunk, who must have used a lot of Bondo.
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posted on
12/10/2019 6:59:28 PM PST
by
Pelham
(Coup d'etat tickets available, dial 1 800 Obama)
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
12/10/2019 7:01:14 PM PST
by
Sgt_Schultze
(When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
To: Sgt_Schultze
Hahahahahahaha I love that movie!
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posted on
12/10/2019 7:10:07 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(Finding middle ground with tyranny or evil makes you either a tyrant or evil. Often both.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Another class of Dreadnoughts coming.
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posted on
12/10/2019 7:11:13 PM PST
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Wow! They even have a Death Star
wonder when it will be fully operational
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posted on
12/10/2019 7:14:30 PM PST
by
digger48
To: golux
To: blueunicorn6
“I’m not going to get on it unless it has a midnight chocolate buffet and glass shower doors.”
And of course, you require clear glass shower doors.
To: DUMBGRUNT
Good to know that a budding caliphate will have the latest in submarines at their disposal...
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posted on
12/10/2019 7:25:33 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Anyone who has ever driven in Calgary (or Vancouver) will understand this comment:
When the accident occurred, was the ‘driver’ of Chinese descent?
To: Sgt_Schultze; All
“Teww me, Shewiff, is it twue what they say about you peopwe?
Oh, it’s twue, it’s twue”!
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posted on
12/10/2019 7:46:56 PM PST
by
mozarky2
(Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist...)
To: golux
and EB-Green...
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posted on
12/10/2019 7:47:44 PM PST
by
Chode
(Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
To: mozarky2; Rummyfan
Hahaha! This film could never be made today. Just think of how banal film will soon become, even more than today.
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posted on
12/10/2019 7:50:03 PM PST
by
Sgt_Schultze
(When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
To: Chode
That green dye makes it Marine Grade...
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posted on
12/10/2019 7:58:35 PM PST
by
golux
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