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UK: Whitehall report - Navy would struggle to fight a war
The Telegraph ^ | 12/2/2007 | Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent

Posted on 12/01/2007 7:58:47 PM PST by bruinbirdman

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1 posted on 12/01/2007 7:58:48 PM PST by bruinbirdman
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In 1987 35 ships patrolled UK waters, compared with just 10 today

Ten?
2 posted on 12/01/2007 8:03:54 PM PST by kinoxi
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On the plus side, however, gays get free run of the military and the newest destroyer is decked out like a cruise boat.


3 posted on 12/01/2007 8:05:19 PM PST by Ronin (Bushed out!!! Another tragic victim of BDS.)
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That’s it?! That is the ENTIRE Royal Navy?! WTF?! The Navy that once RULED THE WORLD is now smaller, I daresay, than most ASEAN countries fleets!! Unbelievable! Oh, well, at least they have (substandard—no dental plan) socialized medicine, huh?


4 posted on 12/01/2007 8:06:07 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
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The UK has been too busy with spending for Muzzies on the dole.


5 posted on 12/01/2007 8:08:28 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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And I do not and have never believed the new carrier program will be completed as projected. If the RN can’t afford to run frigates it can’t afford carrier groups.


6 posted on 12/01/2007 8:08:56 PM PST by tlb
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If Hillary gets in the White House, this can be the future of out military too.


7 posted on 12/01/2007 8:13:35 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: Jeff Head

Memo to Argentina: The Coast is Clear.


8 posted on 12/01/2007 8:15:07 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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If Hillary gets in the White House, this can be the future of our military too.
9 posted on 12/01/2007 8:15:27 PM PST by Blue Highway
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Current order of battle is one thing but far more important is what’s in the pipeline. Ships aren’t built overnight.


10 posted on 12/01/2007 8:16:04 PM PST by Billthedrill
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There will not always be an England.

11 posted on 12/01/2007 8:17:19 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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She should be in prison. I doubt she’ll get elected. obama and edwards are worse in their policies. This election is going to suck in my best guesstimation.


12 posted on 12/01/2007 8:19:56 PM PST by kinoxi
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And I do not and have never believed the new carrier program will be completed as projected. If the RN can’t afford to run frigates it can’t afford carrier groups.

Yep. And they aren't even operating all three of the current carriers listed. INVINCIBLE is in ready mothballs.

13 posted on 12/01/2007 8:23:50 PM PST by GATOR NAVY
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They'll always where they have to be.

Before GPS, I always found it amazing how they could navigate with a sextant in worst conditions.
14 posted on 12/01/2007 8:26:19 PM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since 1991.)
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Some British Freepers recently informed a few of us that Britain is building its military forces up more than adequately.


15 posted on 12/01/2007 9:00:53 PM PST by familyop (Roma est perdita)
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Besides, the UK has more tridents operational. If worse came to worst, she could use the Goliath option.

;-)


16 posted on 12/01/2007 9:03:41 PM PST by familyop ("G-d is on our side because he hates the Yanks." --St. Tuco, in the "Good, the Bad, and the Ugly")
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"That’s it?!"

I suppose they do have some tactical nukes. Won't have to worry about an invasion.

The navy is a little larger than Canada's.

yitbos

17 posted on 12/01/2007 9:15:07 PM PST by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
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I wonder how many ships they could build if they weren’t footing the welfare bill for certain ethnic communities to a tidy tune each year?


18 posted on 12/01/2007 9:17:39 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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I believe the bottom line of the UK report is just as applicable to the US Navy and the US Armed Forces in general. Billary and Hillary did not hide their contempt for U.S. forces; they gutted the numbers and capabilties of the Armed Forces and Intel forces for some inexplicable reason.

Had they not eliminated so much of the Military’s capabilities, we would have been able to field a much more decisive effort against OBL while still maintaining the ability to contest two or more other sizable efforts elsewhere.


19 posted on 12/01/2007 9:26:13 PM PST by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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Nothing a little paint here and there can’t cover up, a little dent buffed out here and there on their remaining battered (formerly battle) ships. Oh and a couple on hot tubs and a steam bath for they gay sailors.


20 posted on 12/01/2007 9:35:51 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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