Saturday, December 5, 2009

Britain's New £1Bn Super-Ship .... But The Missiles Do Not Work

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Dwarfing the harbour's buildings, the Royal Navy's newest warship entered her home port of Portsmouth for the first time this week

HMS Whoops! It's Britain's New £1bn Super-Ship, With iPod Stations And Luxury Quarters. One Problem... The State-Of-The-Art Missiles Don't Work -- The Daily Mail

At last, the Royal Navy has something to cheer about. As of today, it has a new and suitably menacing £1 billion ship which should form a central plank of Britain's defences for the next 30 years.

Yesterday morning, with the top brass assembled on a Portsmouth quayside, a chap from British Aerospace handed over the keys to one of the most advanced ships in the world and a chap in a uniform raised the Royal Navy's white ensign. HMS Dauntless is now part of the Fleet. Watch your step, Johnny Foreigner . . .

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My Comment: They should have bought the Aegis system .... at least that one works.

There are some good graphics and pictures on this post ... check it all out.

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