alphaleader - aka Big Chief Talking Bo!!@c&$
Alpha you really do know how to wind up people. I can only think that you do it on purpose. as to not seeing the Nimrod around when you deploy, maybe that was because all you were doing was sailing around the oceans waving your flag and enjoying your Pink gins in yet another foreign port with no threat to you what so ever, except for the local groupies. Hopefully you caught some unimaginable disease from one of the local girls brought on board for your cocktail parties.
Speak to the boys that deployed to the Gulf just after Sept 11 and ask who was operating around Cyprus giving them a much needed heads up of any small craft coming their way. We managed to give them a nice warm feeling when they were approaching the Suez Canal. I think most of the navy will agree that the skimmer is not a place to be when faced with fanatical terrorists in small boats armed to teath with RPG's or just packed with explosives. The USS Cole incident highlighted your vulnerabilities.
I think everyone can see from the sudden rush of posts from Nimrod guys that you have stirred up a hornets nest from up north by talking such drivel. As has been said the current nimrod is not just an ASW platform and not all its roles can be advertised widely. As for MRA4 well that will be a whole new ball game. Just look at what the US can do with its new P3s. The MRA 4 will be even better there won't be the problem of loiter times or getting sensor information to the shooter because it can be the shooter. The way ahead is highly equipped larger aircraft with good payloads.
Nuff said I think....................
Last edited by nav attacking; 25th May 2002 at 18:39.