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ednrgc wrote:
I had no idea they even had a Navy
Seriously? The British Navy is one of the worlds more well known Navy (just realized I don't know the plural of navy)
Matt Newman
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They have lots of fast attack craft, minelayers and a load of anti ship missiles, not a blue water navy but pretty capable of making a mess of commercial traffic in the Gulf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Earnest_Will[^]
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ednrgc wrote:
Iranian navy
Seriously ... do they have a navy ?? :eek: Regards,
The only programmers that are better than C programmers are those who code in 1's and 0's..... :) :)Programm3r My Blog: ^_^
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They have lots of fast attack craft, minelayers and a load of anti ship missiles, not a blue water navy but pretty capable of making a mess of commercial traffic in the Gulf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Earnest_Will[^]
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It seems that Iran will do anything to flex its muscles and try to provoke the west. Still - I'm going to stop before this becomes SoapBox material.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Should make Saturday's UN Security Coucil meeting(vote on sanctions) quite interesting.
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If that isn't an act of war, I don't know what is. Sounds like Iran is actually spoiling for a fight.
Kicking squealing Gucci little piggy.
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100 years ago the British would have sent in the gunboats... now they send in Margaret Beckett[^]. No wonder they think they can do what they like and get away with it.
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100 years ago the British would have sent in the gunboats... now they send in Margaret Beckett[^]. No wonder they think they can do what they like and get away with it.
Frankly, I think she's scarier. Uggh. Mind you, we could always send John Prescott in as well. Hopefully they'd keep him.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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ednrgc wrote:
Iranian navy
Seriously ... do they have a navy ?? :eek: Regards,
The only programmers that are better than C programmers are those who code in 1's and 0's..... :) :)Programm3r My Blog: ^_^
Whoa where did you get that crazy face???
CleaKO
"I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that.'" - Tommy (Tommy Boy)
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Doh, just realized that I misread it. I thought it said British Navy, now I get it.
Matt Newman
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They have lots of fast attack craft, minelayers and a load of anti ship missiles, not a blue water navy but pretty capable of making a mess of commercial traffic in the Gulf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Earnest_Will[^]
They've also got several Russian diesel electric subs which may or may not still work. They have a reputation of failing very rapidly when exported.
-- CleaKO The sad part about this instance is that none of the users ever said anything [about the problem]. Pete O`Hanlon Doesn't that just tell you everything you need to know about users?
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Whoa where did you get that crazy face???
CleaKO
"I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that.'" - Tommy (Tommy Boy)
"Fill it up again! Fill it up again! Once it hits your lips, it's so good!" - Frank the Tank (Old School)Eek!! Deprecated icons!! :eek:
BW
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Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
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100 years ago the British would have sent in the gunboats... now they send in Margaret Beckett[^]. No wonder they think they can do what they like and get away with it.
digital man wrote:
now they send in Margaret Beckett
If we are lucky, they will keep her.
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The Royal Navy.
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The Royal Navy.