You know you are getting old when...

[Iwasgoodonce]

You can remember two Ark Royals being scrapped.

 

[Lysander]

Well, to be fair, they are lettin' them keep a couple of blunderbuss-equipped pedalos.............. :x

 

[tintin40]

Kiss good bye to the Falklands (soonish)

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

Well, to be fair, they are lettin' them keep a couple of blunderbuss-equipped pedalos.............. :x

That might be an upgrade. Didn't they have to shout BANG when doing gunnery practice? Shells are so expensive.

 

[JohnH]

Kiss good bye to the Falklands (soonish)

That's exactly what I thought this afternoon while listening to the news -- especially now that oil's been found...
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-0 ... overy.html

 

[JamesM]

That was my first thought too when they said we will be without a jet carrier.

 

[tintin40]

rather ironic that the Falklands will be lost under a Conservative PM

 

[RobMac]

You can remember two Ark Royals being scrapped.

And the Mayflower :shock:

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[Khane]

That was my first thought too when they said we will be without a jet carrier.

we won't have any jets for it to carry anyway.
the harrier is being scrapped, i dont think the tornado can land on our short arsed carriers, and the replacement is 10 yrs off.

so no real loss lol

 

[tintin40]

That was my first thought too when they said we will be without a jet carrier.

we won't have any jets for it to carry anyway.
the harrier is being scrapped, i dont think the tornado can land on our short arsed carriers, and the replacement is 10 yrs off.

so no real loss lol

On the news the army man said that the land based Harrier can be used on a ship except that the raidar etc is not set up for sea use. :roll:
So we are stuffed