ARmy Rumour SErvice

**sunnoficarus** · 11-05-2012, 16:41

Originally Posted by jagman

Yeh yeh. Hence the 5000 redundancies.....

You ain't seen nothing yet… off on leave next week, straight back into a bloodbath in June.

**A2_Matelot** · 11-05-2012, 20:37

Originally Posted by jagman

Yeh yeh. Hence the 5000 redundancies.....

Even before that we were stretched...now?

**sunnoficarus** · 11-05-2012, 21:02

Originally Posted by A2_Matelot

Even before that we were stretched...now?

I don't think the public have the foggiest how bad things are in RN land and how much worse they are about to get.

**tekirdag** · 11-05-2012, 22:32

Originally Posted by cokecan

i'm serious, we could end up with two carriers and nothing to fly off them - both because of cost, and that if they get canned by the US nothing else can take their place.

That's exactly what is going to happen - watch this space.

But the announcement will not be made until we have a new government/P.M., so a couple of years to go.

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**tekirdag** · 11-05-2012, 22:40

Originally Posted by sunnoficarus

Watch my lips, I will only say this once…

WE CAN'T MAN, NOR DO WE HAVE SUFFICIENT ESCORTS, TO DEPLOY TWO CARRIERS ALONG WITH THE NECESSARY ESCORT SCREENS AND RFA'S.

We shall be down to using the old 'well-used trawler' screen soon. Sorry, what was that .... ? we don't have any trawlers either .... ??!!

Lets hope we don't have another Dunkirk moment.

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**jim30** · 11-05-2012, 22:50

I've tried to be positive about this on the old blog - any thoughts are always welcome. Personally I dont think its as bad as mad out to be.

Thin Pinstriped Line: A positive view on the F35 Announcement

**tekirdag** · 11-05-2012, 23:09

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An article in praise of having a STOVL carrier fleet. Worth reading, especially for the likes of Suno.

The turn-round on carriers is right: Why the wrong course in the first place? | Mail Online

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**jimmys_best_mate** · 12-05-2012, 08:24

Originally Posted by tekirdag

We shall be down to using the old 'well-used trawler' screen soon. Sorry, what was that .... ? we don't have any trawlers either .... ??!!

Lets hope we don't have another Dunkirk moment.

Considering the BEF was bigger than the entire British Army is now and much bigger than we will be in a couple of years and there's more chance of Nicole Scherzingher and Nicky Minaj turning up at my front door and demanding that I service them until my cock drops off than there is of the UK being involved in a mainland European war in the next few years, I don't think a Dunkirk moment is all that likely.

**jimmys_best_mate** · 12-05-2012, 08:29

Originally Posted by tekirdag

An article in praise of having a STOVL carrier fleet. Worth reading, especially for the likes of Suno.

The turn-round on carriers is right: Why the wrong course in the first place? | Mail Online

What qualifications to having an opinion on carrier strike does Mallinson have that anyone on this thread doesn't?

A man who thinks that developing a military alliance with those giants of the international scene and military colossus that is Italy is a better idea than being mates with France and that being able to operate with the USMC (as good as they are) only instead of being able to operate with the French and US Navies with their real carrier air groups and still being able to host the USMC is better, by the way.