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2011-01-27 Britain

England Scraps Nimrod Anti-Submarine System

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-01-27 12:45|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The Russians are their friends now, remember? Why they provide Europe with natural gas and everything...

Posted by Steve White 2011-01-27 15:55|| 2011-01-27 15:55|| Front Page Top

#2 For a few years, the Germans also supplied gas.

Posted by borgboy 2011-01-27 16:12|| 2011-01-27 16:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Meh, don't worry, the Russians are putting all of their fleet development money into that turkey Bulava anyway. Even if it eventually works, they'll never get to use it. (I hope)

Posted by gromky 2011-01-27 16:16|| 2011-01-27 16:16|| Front Page Top

#4 So what are the Brits planning to do for ASW and maritime patrol aircraft?

Posted by SteveS 2011-01-27 18:50|| 2011-01-27 18:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Nothing, I guess. they're planning on being starved into surrender the next serious war they're getting into. And hoping it never happens.

It seems everyone wants to buy a carrier these days, even if they can't afford to put planes on it or make sure it survives more than fifteen minutes of the next war.

I think the US has the same problem; I don't think that, for instance, the DF-21 is "unstoppable," I can think of a lot of things I'd want to try to defend against that sort of threat, but it seems the USN is concentrated on maintaining its eleven carriers than coming up with weapons or weapons platforms/escorts that would actually help the carrier survive. Our last attempt at coming up with a fast transport/minesweeper (with little in the way of CIWS systems) wound up costing over half a billion a piece.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-01-27 21:02|| 2011-01-27 21:02|| Front Page Top

#6 What a bunch of nimrods.

Posted by CincinnatusChili 2011-01-27 21:18|| 2011-01-27 21:18|| Front Page Top

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