Brit Destroyer Sails Along Russian Coast???

[Richiew]

What I don’t get is why you put up with being buzzed on a warship…. Weapons systems active at 100 miles and fire to kill at 75 …. It’s a warship not a bloody showboat

I think politicians have to declare hostilities and start WW3 rather than ship commanders.

 

[jerrytug]

Just buy whatever the Americans have, save yourselves all the trouble.

Indeed, and already knowing the ships and weapons capabilities will help them tell our admirals where to send it next

 

[mr haynes]

Indeed, and already knowing the ships and weapons capabilities will help them tell our admirals where to send it next

Problem with yank ordnance is they have friendly fire default mode....

 

[Onoff]

The Russians could probably jam all our ECM on the frigate and hack the probable Windows XP OS...wasn't it our subs still running XP?

 

[mike os]

I think politicians have to declare hostilities and start WW3 rather than ship commanders.

And that’s where the world falls to pieces

 

[Ross365]

Of course, you never really know how good or how bad a weapons system is until you try it in a real warfare situation. The big thing about the T45 is supposed be the state-of-the-art radar and the ability to track numerous threats at the same time, very much the issue that overwhelmed the Sheffield when the Exorcet got through in the Falklands. Ironic then, that all the missiles on the T45's are French-made Aster missiles.

 

[ronan]

Exactly if someone of any colour, creed or orientation wants to come and do the work and graft, they have my praise. But I don’t see why companies need to go out of their way to include them and make special arrangements, that then isn’t equality.

The western world has killed itself with regulations, laws, quango's, taxes, corporate taxes, council taxes, environmental regulations, employment regulations, etc etc etc. Who in their right mind would open a factory anywhere in Europe or America ?

 

[ronan]

I think politicians have to declare hostilities and start WW3 rather than ship commanders.

Ah crap, and i was looking forward to the firework display

 

[Lewis_RX8]

The Russians could probably jam all our ECM on the frigate and hack the probable Windows XP OS...wasn't it our subs still running XP?

US Navy Nuclear Subs all run on Linux and I their one of the biggest active users of that operating system

 

[ronan]

Not quite. They are told to get stuck in or else

what you see on YT is what they want you to see, not what really happens

Have some very interesting stories I’ve picked up over the last year.

don’t trust em one little bit

Do that over here and they'd complain to their local representatives about being harrassed. The Chinese ? No i don't trust them either, they are behind all manner of skullduggery, including the vast bulk of cyberhacking i hear. They don't play by the rules at all.

 

[jerrytug]

The Russians could probably jam all our ECM on the frigate and hack the probable Windows XP OS...wasn't it our subs still running XP?

We had a tour of HMS Bulwark; the Combined Ops room (the main difference between Bulwark and a grey ferry) had whole bulkheads covered with rows of humming CRT screens, with an old Windows screen displayed on all of them; I asked someone if they were having a laugh, but he said the old O/S is more robust and reliable.
( The guy also showed me a roll of sticky tape which could 'instantly seal leaks in HP hydraulic lines' though, they make up any old crap to tell civvies...)

 

[PhillipM]

For good reason, old O/S are stripped down and hardened against attacks, and old, slow processors are much more resistant against both memory attacks and any form of electronic warefare or radiation based attack, because they're build on much larger, higher voltage process nodes than modern equipment.

 

[500e]

If you think we're in trouble check out the muddle the Aussies have got themselves into with their submarines.

And the NH90 helicopters

 

[jerrytug]

For good reason, old O/S are stripped down and hardened against attacks, and old, slow processors are much more resistant against both memory attacks and any form of electronic warefare or radiation based attack, because they're build on much larger, higher voltage process nodes than modern equipment.

Interesting thanks

 

[Onoff]

US Navy Nuclear Subs all run on Linux and I their one of the biggest active users of that operating system

As do I believe a number of Caribbean COUNTRIES.

One can only hope the US sub fleet chose an aquatic themed distro!

Bionic Beaver, Cosmic Cuttlefish, Saucy Salamander, Natty Narwhale...

We'd never do that, no big kickbacks for the procuring civil servant / minister from MS.

 

[frank horton]

a bionic beaver....now there's a thing......lol

wasn't there another complete f up over the Chinook Helicopter electronics....
wont mention the Nimrod farse....

 

[4String.]

At BAE Barroe they have a manager on god knows how much a year, making sure LGBT employees are looked after, respected and hired into the yard. That’s where the money goes. Quango jobs and departments like that.

I still don't understand this LGBT nonsense .

I get the lettuce bacon and tomato but what's the "g"? It can't be gammon because that's another form of bacon. And surely they don't need a manager to sort out the butty run, send an apprentice and threaten him with a damn good thrashing if he tries to fiddle the change to pay for his own butty. It worked perfectly well in my day .

 

[addjunkie]

I still don't understand this LGBT nonsense .

I get the lettuce bacon and tomato but what's the "g"? It can't be gammon because that's another form of bacon. And surely they don't need a manager to sort out the butty run, send an apprentice and threaten him with a damn good thrashing if he tries to fiddle the change to pay for his own butty. It worked perfectly well in my day .

Its all about equality. But as we know not all butties are equal. I mean if its got marg in how can it be a butty!

As for warships there are those in our establishment that would paint rainbows on the side of them and park them off Brighton beach.

 

[Bravheart]

Does nobody think that it's strange that this ship has an embedded bbc news crew on board? Seems like we have gone out to be confrontational and let the world know.

 

[Miranda]

Its all about equality. But as we know not all butties are equal. I mean if its got marg in how can it be a butty!

As for warships there are those in our establishment that would paint rainbows on the side of them and park them off Brighton beach.

But ….. Butties Lives Matter.