Recent content by Oldgateboatdriver

That's not a matter of age: I used to fall asleep during most of our parish priests boring sermons too.

And I think the Democrats will have to create a compensation fund for this one to pay for the damages caused and the disruption of their lives.

That! 100% Especially if you want to build something where production can be ramped up quickly in times of need.

Don't you just jettison them in the ocean, like we do in the Navy with our guided torpedoes wires?

I've always found it strange that we, in the West, were always capable of doing something complex in the past, which we seem to be incapable of anymore. The UK used to have no problems maintaining the Swiftsure, Trafalgar and Trident boats, for a total of 17 nuclear boats, during the 1980's to...

IROQUOIS's motto is "Relentless in Pursuit". That would also be a fitting motto for the soft Jihad carried out around the world for decades now under the aegis of Saudi Arabia (yes! Saudi Arabia - not Persia).

Wiki, for what it's worth, says CMS330: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEKO_A-200_DEU-class_frigate

Navyshooter beat me to it, so I'll just put a twist on it this way: Oldgateboatdriver, 3 July 2026 (specifying the year is not as crazy as some might think ;)), KSS III, 12 boats.

Yep! The two rules of Bosn's in the Navy: 1- With a hammer big enough, I can fix anything. 2- If it breaks, it was due for replacement anyway.

I like this quote from the article: "But in April, Hegseth claimed that flu shot requirements were “not rational” and said removing the requirement was “restoring freedom” to military members." To paraphrase a well known military joke: We're here to defend freedom, not to practice it.

Does that mean that in the Navy, we can go back to Shore Patrol Duties, Coxns dealing with disciplinary matters and RCMP/Civilian Police dealing with criminal conduct? :)

After taking out how many NATO warships? Never sell a submarine short.

I love how ignorant the press is of naval matters: Yes, they do say the picture of the warship is only "representative", but for God's sake, don't take a picture of a ship that's been gone for thirty years and is not even German. That's HMS Plymouth - a Rothesay class (Type 12) frigate (before...

But no one in the US has taken it to the extreme of Trump and his ilk, refusing to accept it even after losing all (not just some) the judicial recourse, and being found to be wrong in every single forum where they have tried to employ. No Democrat or non-MAGA Republican has refused to accept...

Or As they said in Trading Places; "Religion is Ok when taken in moderation"