1 posted on
02/01/2006 5:21:33 PM PST by
Cornpone
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To: Cornpone
Better to be shaken and shocked than simply stirred.
2 posted on
02/01/2006 5:24:22 PM PST by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: Cornpone
Daring will be able to track and destroy a target the size of a cricket ball traveling at more than three times the speed of sound, a "quantum leap forward in the Navy's capabilities"
That sounds fetched.
3 posted on
02/01/2006 5:25:16 PM PST by
MarkeyD
(Cowards cut and run. Marines finish the job. I really, really loathe liberals.)
To: Cornpone
4 posted on
02/01/2006 5:27:51 PM PST by
bmwcyle
(We got permits, yes we DO! We got permits, how 'bout YOU?;))
To: Cornpone
I hope they hurry up. Build them quickly... And sell us the anti-incoming/missle intercept system.
The new chinese "sunburn" missles really move...
To: Cornpone
I'm glad they're on our side! BTW, you have an excellent home page!
6 posted on
02/01/2006 5:30:24 PM PST by
Tangaray
To: Cornpone
9 posted on
02/01/2006 5:35:12 PM PST by
NCjim
(The more I use Windows, the more I love UNIX)
To: Cornpone
"track and destroy a target the size of a cricket ball travelling at more than three times the speed of sound..."
Not that it matters, but isn't that about the radar cross section of an F-35?
Guess we better not get into a tiff with the brits. ;->
11 posted on
02/01/2006 5:36:53 PM PST by
Wiseghy
("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
To: Cornpone
What else can one say but, "Rule Britannia!"
To: Cornpone
Well, I like the Brits, they're our allies and all, but all the braggadocio upon launching this ship brings the Titanic to mind ... they're tempting fate.
To: Cornpone
Still HMS Daring sounds a lot better than USS Carter.
18 posted on
02/01/2006 5:48:28 PM PST by
NonValueAdded
(What ever happened to "Politics stops at the water's edge?")
To: Cornpone
I welcome our allies the Brits back to the water they never should have left.
22 posted on
02/01/2006 5:56:13 PM PST by
gatorgriz
("The world is full of bastards - the number ever increasing the further one gets from Missoula, MT")
To: Cornpone
If it runs on oil, it is a waste of money unless England has some oil wells.
To: Cornpone
Isn't this thing what some of you sub guys call a "target"? What do you want to bet that a bunch of rags in a motorized rubber boat full of explosives are the first to sink one?
38 posted on
02/01/2006 6:15:42 PM PST by
Hardastarboard
(Bush spied so that no one died.)
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40 posted on
02/01/2006 6:23:06 PM PST by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Our enemies act on ecstatic revelations from their god. We act on the advice of lawyers.)
To: Cornpone
That's all well and good, but the Brits need to get back to what made their navy great:
"Over the centuries, the amount of rum changed from time to time. Prior to 1740, Pusser's Rum was issued to the men neat, that is without water. They received 1/2-pint twice daily!"
"In 1970, the Admiralty Board decreed that there was no place for the daily issue of rum in a modern navy, and so ended the daily issue of Pusser's Rum in the Royal Navy on July31st,1970. This date since then, is referred to "Black Tot Day".
42 posted on
02/01/2006 6:36:46 PM PST by
Ken H
52 posted on
02/01/2006 7:35:02 PM PST by
GretchenM
(What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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To: Cornpone
I've always loved the names the British give their war ships. No fooling around with wimpy names.
How are these for a list of some past and present names
Dreadnought.....Warspite.....Valiant.....Revenge.....Resolution.....Superb.....Conqueror.....Thunderer.....Magnificent.....Majestic.....Victorious.....Formidable.....Implacable.....Triumph.....Immovable.....Terror.....Victory.
My favorites, HMS Spanker, HMS Audacious and HMS Irresistable, LOL.
Hail, Brittania!
Leni
58 posted on
02/01/2006 8:47:42 PM PST by
MinuteGal
("FReeps Ahoy 4" thread is up. Click red "4" in Keywords list on top of "Latest Posts" page)
To: Cornpone
"Daring will be able to track and destroy a target the size of a cricket ball travelling at more than three times the speed of sound, a "quantum leap forward in the Navy's capabilities", according the Royal Navy."
Pretty impressive considering the balls of a cricket would likely be rather smallish, depending on the size of the ricket, of course.
To: Cornpone
At US $ 1.1 Billion a pop it had better be good.
75 posted on
02/02/2006 2:57:21 AM PST by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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