[poconopundit]

Wow $1.3 billion for a destroyer? The Nimitz class aircraft carrier only cost $4.5 billion.

And these destroyers are not working properly? The UK is in serious trouble.

Does the face of Sadiq Khan, mayor of London inspire confidence for the future?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

And to think, 140 years ago there was a book on British-Israelism published called THE TWO STICKS, in which it was claimed Britain was God’s chosen nation because it possessed the gates of it’s enemies, namely South Africa, India, Singapore, the Falklands, Kenya, Gibraltar, and other strategic nations.

Now we see differently as Britain can’t rule the waves anymore and has lost several (not all) of it’s foreign ports.

[dila813]

As dangerous as the world is today, why would they wait?

I find this crazy.

[logi_cal869]

“engine-makers Rolls-Royce claim the Ministry of Defence did not tell them the 8,000-ton vessels would spend long periods in warm waters so they were not designed to operate in the heat.”

SMH

[Billthedrill]

This led to fears that these key vessels – designed to shield the rest of the fleet from air or missile attacks – had become 'sitting ducks'.

Hmm...yes, losing the load and going dead in the water can affect one's tactical capabilities. On the upside, there's very little IR and electronic signature that way...

[READINABLUESTATE]

I have never designed a warship before, but wouldn’t you want it to be able to operate nearly any where in the world? (Except for the arctic)

[Palio di Siena]

Backbone of the fleet - six destroyers?
Manpower issues?
They are too dependent on the US protecting them.
We need to de fund NATO.

[DungeonMaster]

We had nuclear air-craft carriers with the same problem.