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Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:13 pm
by Captain Seafort
Deepcrush wrote:I just don't see a reason for the UK to build a ship this big that is that under powered.
Because it's the biggest and best we can afford. Unlike you, Her Majesty's Armed Forces do not outspend the rest of the planet.
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:15 pm
by McAvoy
Third of the power? Not really. Nimitz class carriers carry, 24 F/A-18E/F, 22 to 24 F/A-18A/C, 4 E/A-6B or 5 E/A-18G, 4 E-2s, and assorted SH-60s.
More like 2/3 or 3/4 the power, on 2/3 the displacement.
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:16 am
by Graham Kennedy
Deepcrush wrote:GrahamKennedy wrote:The new British aircraft carriers
under construction. Awesome stuff, I just wish we would spend more money on defence over here...
So on ship with 40 aircraft and a crew of 1600 that's taking 9 years to build while still being smaller then a Nimitz... Whats the point of this thing again?
You want to argue that if it's not a Nimitz it's pointless? That's kinda a dumb opinion to hold.
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 3:21 am
by Deepcrush
Whats "dumb" is reading my statement questioning the expense v use/ability of something and then treating it as though I said something totally different.
The UK can't afford a Nimitz quality based fleet which is why I brought up the use of jeep carriers. Smaller, cheaper and easier for a smaller power to use.
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:52 pm
by Graham Kennedy
Yeah, coz you sure didn't question whether it had a point at all on the basis that it wasn't a Nimitz. Absolutely not.
We already had what were essentially modern jeep carriers in the Invincibles. They're far from useless but the new ones will offer vastly greater capability. As but one example, having one sat off the coast of Libya right now would have made operations there a hell of a lot easier.
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:00 pm
by Deepcrush
In fact I didn't. So if your whole point of response is to jerk yourself off from your little high horse why don't waste someone else's time.
Ive already posted my concerns and none of them were because "its not Nimitz".
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:20 pm
by Graham Kennedy
In fact you did, though I can understand why you want to dodge it. Go ahead if you need to.
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:54 pm
by Deepcrush
Dodge what??? Seriously, go ahead and post where I said "since its not Nimtiz its pointless". Find the quote or just shut the fuck up and stop wasting time.
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:42 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
Okay...
the video for Weird Al's 'Perform This Way.
So, bets on if he outlasts Gaga?
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:56 pm
by Griffin
Thats brilliant!
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:56 pm
by Mikey
He already has, in spades.
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:10 am
by Coalition
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:10 am
by Graham Kennedy
This is cool... a bunch of Doctor Who fans have arranged a collaborative band. Each person plays the song on an instrument in their own home and submits it to somebody who lays them all over one another to form the complete piece. They're strictly amateur musicians, so far from technically perfect, but I find it rather charming :
I am the Doctor!
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:53 am
by Tsukiyumi
Re: The Youtube video thread!
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:27 pm
by Nutso
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