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2025-06-03 Britain

Britain plans to build 12 nuclear attack submarines

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Posted by badanov 2025-06-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [236 views ] Top

#1 British PM Keir Starmer moves UK military into 'war-fighting readiness'

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-03 01:19|| 2025-06-03 01:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Does he plan to attack Russia or Israel?

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-03 01:38|| 2025-06-03 01:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Dreaming of the time when Britannia ruled the waves…

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-03 03:15|| 2025-06-03 03:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Cheap talk to appease Trump. It will never happen.

Posted by Xyz 2025-06-03 04:40|| 2025-06-03 04:40|| Front Page Top

#5
Given the UK's increasing lean toward ISLAM.
Will IRAN get them?

Posted by NN2N1 2025-06-03 07:24|| 2025-06-03 07:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Re #2: Yes

Posted by Rambler 2025-06-03 07:38|| 2025-06-03 07:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Will IRAN get them?

Mostly Sunnis from Pakistan in Britain. So not Iran — maybe Pakistan?

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-03 09:07|| 2025-06-03 09:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Just where are they planning to get the crews from?
The RN has new destroyers tied up to piers for lack of sailors, and it's always been harder to crew subs.

Posted by ed in texas 2025-06-03 10:30|| 2025-06-03 10:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Perfidious Albion is very adept at getting someone else to shoulder the load.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-06-03 10:37|| 2025-06-03 10:37|| Front Page Top

#10 #8 -- At the rate the RN builds ships (not that the USN has room to brag) the crews for these subs are 8 years old right now.

Posted by Matt 2025-06-03 11:40|| 2025-06-03 11:40|| Front Page Top

#11 Although they may be able to improve recruiting by naming this group the Mecca class.

Posted by Matt 2025-06-03 11:46|| 2025-06-03 11:46|| Front Page Top

#12 the crews for these subs are 8 years old right now.

Certainly a recruiting point for Islamists

Posted by Frank G 2025-06-03 11:52|| 2025-06-03 11:52|| Front Page Top

#13 #12 the crews for these subs are 8 years old right now.

Certainly a recruiting point for Islamists

Now *that* is snarky!

Posted by SteveS 2025-06-03 12:28|| 2025-06-03 12:28|| Front Page Top

#14 Now that's a zinger.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-06-03 17:19|| 2025-06-03 17:19|| Front Page Top

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