Brit Destroyer Sails Along Russian Coast???

[Bravheart]

Same old. At least it gave the news something interesting to report

Or the government to get some bad news out that nobody picks up on.

Did we miss ouwt?

 

[Onoff]

I've got an electric roller garage door and one day I will get the theme to Thunderbirds to automatically play when the door goes up and down.

Probably a ready made module here that would do that or a kit if you fancy getting the soldering iron out!

Digital Record-Playback Modules

www.esr.co.uk

 

[Seadog]

No, she was hit by one Exorcet, caused by the command making a series of mistakes.

Don't forget the loss of The Coventry, where the software bug in the control system for Sea Dart meant that they had to reboot the system and, in doing so, lost all of the coordinates.

Meanwhile Broadsword, who also had a lock had Coventry turn across its bows so causing loss of radar lock. A very sad loss. Have you read "Forgotten Voices of the Falklands?"

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The Coventry, where the software bug in the control system for Sea Dart

AKA the 909 lost lock so the Ops room had to send the contact report again.

This led to the ADAWS computer system software being up dated in early 1983 to prevent to happening again.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

can be used in local or Manuel control.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

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Give a tired Vark a break, been working all night, just had a dumb job interview.

Beside, done the dead thing (devib on the heart is no fun) so not planning on doing that again.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

... but he know nothing

Nor did Sgt Schultz

 

[Munkul]

No wonder all those ships were continually being updated/upgraded... computer systems in the 80s and 90's really were terrible

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

No wonder all those ships were continually being updated/upgraded... computer systems in the 80s and 90's really were terrible

They also get updates if a new issue is found.
After the Falklands fun the French changed the way the Exorcet used it's range gate, meaning we had to update the EW system.

So in 1984 during a NATO live firing drill in the South western approaches when the French did a live firing of an Exorcet the type 42 who was with her about to do a Sea Dart lunch downed it,, as point to them.

 

[Kayos]

People do love to bash Britain, no idea why

As for following the yanks, what did they used to say "Pride of the US Air force, the British built Harrier Jump Jet"

 

[Munkul]

People do love to bash Britain, no idea why

As for following the yanks, what did they used to say "Pride of the US Air force, the British built Harrier Jump Jet"

Brits now can say, Pride of the RAF, the US-built F35"

Ok I know we still have plenty of Typhoons, but still...

 

[Lewis_RX8]

Brits now can say, Pride of the RAF, the US-built F35"

Ok I know we still have plenty of Typhoons, but still...

Hopefully, the tempest fighter can take over so far looks promising.

 

[fizzy]

Brits now can say, Pride of the RAF, the US-built F35"

Ok I know we still have plenty of Typhoons, but still...

A lot of British design and engineering in that.
And I bet in a dogfight the Harrier would still run rings around it!

 

[Parm]

People do love to bash Britain, no idea why

As for following the yanks, what did they used to say "Pride of the US Air force, the British built Harrier Jump Jet"

Ive said before. Ive spent all my adult working life in other peoples factories. As a nation we make and do some amazing things

Our only fault, if you can call it that is we are not very good at shouting about it from the roof tops

 

[fizzy]

Ive said before. Ive spent all my adult working life in other peoples factories. As a nation we make and do some amazing things

Our only fault, if you can call it that is we are not very good at shouting about it from the roof tops

Hear hear

 

[4String.]

People do love to bash Britain, no idea why

Might be due to the fact that for the last few centuries they've rampaged round the globe in sailing ships sticking the Union flag in any piece of land that they happened upon and claiming it for the reigning monarch, as well as subjugating the local populace and forcing them to be "British" or taking them captive before sailing home to Liverpool or Bristol and selling them into slavery.

And let's not forget that the English have spent quite a few years subjugating the other nations of Great Britain, Scotsmen banned from wearing the kilt, Welsh folk banned from speaking their own language, Irish folk sent across the globe to seve penal servitude for simply looking after their families, etc, etc...

 

[ronan]

Might be due to the fact that for the last few centuries they've rampaged round the globe in sailing ships sticking the Union flag in any piece of land that they happened upon and claiming it for the reigning monarch, as well as subjugating the local populace and forcing them to be "British" or taking them captive before sailing home to Liverpool or Bristol and selling them into slavery.

And let's not forget that the English have spent quite a few years subjugating the other nations of Great Britain, Scotsmen banned from wearing the kilt, Welsh folk banned from speaking their own language, Irish folk sent across the globe to seve penal servitude for simply looking after their families, etc, etc...

But so did the Spanish, Portugese, Italians, French, Germans. In fact more European countries did it than not.

 

[Ross365]

But so did the Spanish, Portugese, Italians, French, Germans. In fact more European countries did it than not.

Ooh, let's not forget the Belgians and the Dutch. Most of the British Isles were pretty well subjugated by the Romans and then by the Normans. The South of England pretty much acquiesced to the Normans, but resistance in the North of England was brutally put down and even as late as Henry VIII the occasional uprising in the North was put down savagely. I think the argument could be made that working class Brits were still hardly better off than slaves well in to the time of the Industrial Revolution. Many jobs caused health impairments that would limit life expectancy to little more than 30. You only have to see film recorded in the early part of the 20th century to see how dreadful working conditions were and injury and death at work were taken for granted.

 

[DSR]

I still don't get the "let's beat ourselves up over something that we have no control over" cult that seems to be going round now.

Maybe I'm some sort of 'ist. or have some form of 'ism that stops me seeing

 

[jerrytug]

Might be due to the fact that for the last few centuries they've rampaged round the globe in sailing ships sticking the Union flag in any piece of land that they happened upon and claiming it for the reigning monarch, as well as subjugating the local populace and forcing them to be "British" or taking them captive before sailing home to Liverpool or Bristol and selling them into slavery.

And let's not forget that the English have spent quite a few years subjugating the other nations of Great Britain, Scotsmen banned from wearing the kilt, Welsh folk banned from speaking their own language, Irish folk sent across the globe to seve penal servitude for simply looking after their families, etc, etc...

The vast majority of British colonies benefited from higher living standards, law and order, and many advantages which, in Africa especially, seem to have vanished since independence. The Empire did far more good than harm.