06-29-2017, 05:18 AM
Location: Great Britain
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It's still better than there rusty old warships that nearly break down off our coastline.
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Russia has dismissed the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier as "just a convenient, large maritime target".
Russian defence ministry spokesman Maj Gen Igor Konashenkov was hitting back at the uk for criticism of Russia's ageing carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
HMS Queen Elizabeth set sail on monday from rosyth dockyard in scotland.
Later uk defence secretary Michael Fallon called the Admiral Kuznetsov "old, dilapidated".
The ship sailed through the English Channel last year.
The 26-year-old Kuznetsov rarely goes anywhere without a naval tug, in case it breaks down.
Last october it was part of a Russian Flotilla that sailed to Syrian coastal waters via the North Sea, English Channel and Mediterranean.
The thick, black smoke belching from the giant soviet-era ship attracted some mockery on social media.
russia says new uk aircraft carrier 'a convenient target' - bbc news
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06-29-2017, 05:28 AM
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You are right, the Russian ships carry a set of jumper cables and the captains have AAA roadside assistance. Their equipment is not exactly what we might call state of the art.
06-29-2017, 05:29 AM
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06-29-2017, 05:31 AM
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Brave New World
It's still better than there rusty old warships that nearly break down off our coastline.
I thought you guys were having problems with your shinny new battleships breaking down due to too much heat?
06-29-2017, 05:59 AM
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I thought you guys were having problems with your shinny new battleships breaking down due to too much heat?
Our battleships are being fixed by Rolls Royce, unlike the Russian ones which just squirt smoke everywhere.
Rolls-Royce prepares to test 'fix' for unreliable Type 45 destroyer engines on the open sea
Nobody wants to go to the seaside whe the Russians are passing by.
06-29-2017, 06:05 AM
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Isn't that the aircraft carrier the UK built with no aircraft that can use it?
06-29-2017, 06:08 AM
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Isn't that the aircraft carrier the UK built with no aircraft that can use it?
Of course aircraft can use it, it will operate F-35B Aircraft and helicopters.
The UK is to receive 138 F-35B's, with the first training squadron having recently received the aicraft.
United Kingdom F-35 | F-35 Lightning II - F35.com
Lightning II
F35 Joint Strike Fighter | Royal Navy
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06-29-2017, 06:24 AM
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Of course aircraft can use it, it will operate F-35B Aircraft and helicopters.
The UK is to receive 138 F-35B's, with the first training squadron having recently received the aicraft.
So in other words, I was correct. The UK currently has no fighter jets that can use that aircraft carrier.
IMO, they should have put catapults on the thing. That is, afterall, a British invention.
06-29-2017, 06:25 AM
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Sounds like that is what it is, along with a huge waste of their taxpayer money.
06-29-2017, 06:32 AM
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Actually Im happy to see some NATO members actually spending on defense.
Note I mean defense, not sand war offense.
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