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@mpwarwick @thinkdefence I am bemused why some people seemingly claim to *know* this idea is the best idea since sliced bread. And forget that hull numbers suggested now only ever go down in the future. It is right to be severely worried (although also one shouldnt be surprised!)

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@FennellJW I wonder if we need to have a deliberate pivot from any expectation of providing any real manpower for an army in the event of a Russian conflict and focusing on being a naval, tech, intelligence bastion. Is the historical lesson we finance coalitions and have a strong navy 🤷🏼‍♂️?

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@jpwarchaeology I’m sure there is a clever maths point about the first of something may be a single but the second single something makes a plural… I’ll stick to enjoying some history 😂

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@jpwarchaeology I mean I was going to give it a miss, but if Dr Norton approves I’d best buy it 😜 I jest, it was very much on the list and glad you’re already getting rave reviews!

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@FennellJW One could go the opposite end of the conspiracy chart and say ‘military now patrolling alongside the police’ as if its heading to a military coup led by ‘our Al Cairns’. Wow, conspiracies are fun - who needs facts, context, logic etc!

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@NavyLookout The videos of the RM boarding team doing clearance with the camera *in front of them* was just tacky. Says it all I reckon

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@FlightPolish @SpitfireFilly Well with that line-up, no choice in the matter! See you all Sunday

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@UKDefJournal @smileyplankton

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@navalhistorian This is what I am so angry about at all politicians. They stand and spout about these things with serious faces but don’t put the money where their mouth is. Men and women die when these things are said, sums not paid and the ultimate sacrifice called for and answered 😡

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@pegge49 @NavyLookout @Furetank @key2med I know 😂

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@pegge49 @NavyLookout @Furetank @key2med Is this supporting or crushing my dreams 😂

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@MtarfaL Fundamentally every ship should have multiple UAVs (of one or more types) with the express instruction to do everything the crew can do in realistic scenarios to break them, with points for a) realistic nature of the scenario along a spectrum and b) number of solutions suggested

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@FennellJW @TheSubHunter1 This is the difficulty with the approach of all govts to the defence question. Many of the decisions are not about this year, next or even the maximum potential time to the next election. Skills and industrial atrophy is a long term issue but quickly lost

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@SeaSpitfires

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@HMWarships I love this class. Maybe because they are brutally practical warships, able to take the fight to the enemy in the relative context of their deployment purpose. Or maybe its just those two forward mounts just look like they mean business

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@IntercityFC Maybe I’m biased, but is there anything more glorious than British tannoy or radio commentary of ongoing action

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@MtarfaL @navalhistorian @on_pubwatch Exactly. Good enough (properly deployed) always has!

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@navalhistorian @on_pubwatch @MtarfaL Never sure how much of the Falklands fleet fell into ‘good enough’ rather than ‘best in class’

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@SeaSpitfires They may have meant very small wooden ships…