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Das boot ist kaputt: German navy has zero working subs
2017-12-20
[ArsTechnica] Perhaps they can borrow some of those they sold to Israel on generous terms.
Posted by:Bright Pebbles

#10  Back in 2014 they only had 8 of 109 fighter aircraft operational - I sense a trend
Posted by: Graviter Flesh6929   2017-12-20 21:29  

#9  Correction: they HALF work, the sinking part. Its the UNsinking part that is kaput.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2017-12-20 13:59  

#8  No, it's just the Israelis are better at maintenance and upgrades.
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-12-20 11:51  

#7  Is this supposed to be a bad thing?
(I guess they sold all the working ones to the Israelis...)
Posted by: ed in texas   2017-12-20 10:52  

#6  Because Muslims don't swim...

Paraphrasing "The Red Green Show." Canada lost half its navy. One of its two canoes sank.

Sorry, a typical Minnesota Iron Range joke.
Posted by: Woodrow   2017-12-20 07:43  

#5  In Churchill's 1899 book ‘The River War', about Britain's 19th Century war in Sudan, he included a passage condemning Islam that says: “No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith."

He commented at length regarding the fiendish Mohammadan in 'River Wars' but this short sentence captures the gist. My Emphasis added.

Posted by: Besoeker   2017-12-20 06:12  

#4  Churchill was a proper Capitalist.

http://www.landvaluetax.org/current-affairs-comment/winston-churchill-said-it-all-better-then-we-can.html
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-12-20 06:07  

#3  The more I read Churchill, the more I like him. The photo appears to be Churchill the journalist on a Tawleed in SA.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-12-20 05:50  

#2  Well, somewhere Winston is probably smiling
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2017-12-20 04:52  

#1  In the era of Pax Europa, who needs them?
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2017-12-20 01:47  

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