British Navy to take on Ahadinejad and Co

There is still hope, at least the British leadership seems to have guts and brain, which is more than can be said about pussified politically-correct BBC-brainwashed, anti-western British populace (as it's represented on this forum by moonbats of all stripes).

 

Borat;

Sure, it takes a whole heap of ' guts and brain ' to apply a maintenance schedule.

 

Britain is bankrupt.

They were crying desperate to leave Libya because of the cost

 

In this this thankfully short one sentence OP, you spent more time insulting the British public than you did talking about the article you linked. Was the article just a convenient opportunity to whine about "British leftists" or do you actually have something to say about the article ?

 

Sure. Good move, Britain, good for the UK to have intelligent and courageous leaders who are still capable of seeing right from wrong and doing the right and gutsy thing despite the opposition of the pussified uber-PC brainwashed electorate they represent.

PS did my description of the British populace hit a nerve?

 

So this is how the typical escalation of hostilities Works:

# The USA promotes and stimulates Iran’s nuclear programme in the 1960/70’s
# Then suddenly in 2006 Iran is accused of undertaking work aimed at developing a nuclear device.
# The evidence is confined to ‘alleged studies’ said to be contained on a laptop provided to the US in 2004 by a "longtime contact" in Iran who obtained it from someone else now believed to be dead (no joking –Wiki quote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran )
# Iran requested access to the lapop, but was refused. Now get this – not even the IAEA has been granted such access to the critical laptop.
# In its September2008 report the IAEA notes “Iran continued to provide the IAEA with access to declared nuclear material and activities, which continued to be operated under safeguards and with no evidence of any diversion of nuclear material for non-peaceful uses.”
# Yet each year the news explodes that there is evidence that Iran is developing a nuclear device, and each year the source is the exact same 2004 laptop. Nothing more; nothing new.
# So the West imposes sanctions on Iran
# And Iran retaliates with sword waving ...
# … and now we have an ultra-modern UK warship going to the Gulf.

And all of these alarming steps towards conflict are still based on the unavailable laptop!! Imagine this happening to you in a court of law. Mr Moon, we have evidence that you did XXXX to YYYY causing him grevious ZZZZ, and you WILL be punished. What? No, you may not see the evidence. http://www.antiwar.com/orig/sahimi.php?articleid=13559 for more on the amazing invisible laptop.

And this is how the west rattles sabres and tens of thousands of *******s die. Then we wonder why they hate us, our system and our ethics and fly planes into very tall twin buildings.

 

Oh yes, I'm acutely aware of this particular ducking stool.

Motto; Don't let them take you alive. Iraq has followed that advice, I believe, as has Afghanistan and Iran would certainly provide a continuum.

 

Poppycock -

Note - the British government - have NOT sent an aircraft carrier - or other attack vessel it sent HMS Daring, a Type 45 naval radar tracking detroyer, designed for defense rather than attack.


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Does the UK have an active carrier ?

 

LOL, thanks for that bit of common sense. If the type 45 destroyer is the most powerful vessel in the Royal Navy, we are in deep poo indeed.

The Type 23 Duke class frigates have much greater offensive capability, and the aging Trafalgar class attack submarines even more, not to mention a carrier group.

It is, as you say, a highly capable defensive asset, due to its advanced radar tracking capabilities. And it has been deployed as part of an established schedule.

 

HMS Illustrious is still in service as an assault ship. But being a through-deck carrier, can be easily converted to operate Sea Harriers at short notice.

The Queen Elizabeth class carriers are expected in 2016, the first hull was laid down in 2009.

 

the ship's missile defense has never been tested against super sonic missiles Iran possesses and even failed against sub sonic missiles...it's stated range is misleading, due to the curvature of the earth it still won't be able to detect sea skimming missiles until they're 20km away, which if my math is correct gives them 30 seconds to detect, launch and intercept...

 

Has the British government officially renamed the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf? In support of the Arab Spring maybe?

 

The UK is sending its most advanced battleship to the Gulf, thousands of American troops are being deployed to Israel as we speak...you do the math. It's time for you to kiss Ahmadinejad and his nuclear program goodbye. But don't despair, the world (and you) will be better off without them. I promise.

 

Uh, nope. The replacement of the ship is purely routine, as your link clearly demonstrates. So, another attempt at chest-puffing fails Borat. At least you're displaying some consistency.

 

So, how are those US troops going to get to Iran-1000 miles away? The replacement ship is a routine deployment and nothing out of the ordinary. Read your own link!

 

The title of the Telegraph's (and other newspapers/media outlet) article is [gasp]:

Royal Navy sends its mightiest ship to take on the Iranian show of force in the Gulf

What part of 'to take on Iranian show of force' don't your understand? But I have no doubt whatsoever that you and other anonymous anti-western armchair internet jihadists know the intentions of Royal Navy deployment far better than the mainstream media ever will. LOL

 

You may, or may not, have noticed that there is not always a direct correlation between fact and newspaper headlines. Sensationalism, not fact, is what sells newspapers. One perhaps needs to dig a bit deeper than the headlines of the Daily Fail or the Smellygraph to ascertain the facts of the matter.

 

Translation:

"No"

 

Was that an admission that you read no further than the headline before posting ?

 

Careful he is going to add you to his ever growing < paranoid> list of "Jihadists"

 

Not quite. Yes, but not as such, might be more accurate. She still has her runways, and aircraft elevators. All she need do is deploy VTOL or STOL aircraft (such as the Sea Harrier).

 

Ah, it is not an active carrier; but you insist to mention it as one. OK

 

We agree at last - she is not currently deployed as a carrier, but she has the capability without further modification of being so deployed.

 

Oh, we do, and more than once!

Btw, you are welcomed to use our carrier while you do not have any, erm, I mean, while you still have one which is not deployed as such