Fair enough ,otherwise the dreaded Army affliction of SWA will have spread to Naval units.
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Just looking at photos from yesterday, I notice that Aoife's secondary armament has already been removed, with in it's place being pintle mounts for something like a HMG. I guess we know where L.E. James Joyce will be getting it's rhinos from.
Was anyone in Waterford who can confirm?For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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LE Aoife is now gone and weapons on her , depending on functionality can be passed on to other ships for many years. They are no less effective once they can maintain an provide a deterrent capability. In her due time, and as expedient to requirements LE Aisling will be struck off the Order of Battle. The balancing act now is to get fleet numbers back to at least 8 ships, because with a tardy decision making process, and a fear of cost, we could be looking at the three ship Navy of yesteryear. We can accept the advent of our three Beckett class ships, we then need to consider acquiring good secondhand vessels up to 5 or 7 years old, to quickly replace Aisling and the two Peacocks. There may be three River class available in the next two years. We also need two Patrol vessels that can act as ETV's when required. This would bring us back to nine ships and cover outstanding gaps in capability such as Emergency Towing. Crucially if replacements are not acquired Naval Establishments will come under pressure to be deleted and budgets will then be cut ,creating weaknesses in training and operational outputs. Remember most of those in power and controlling expenditure do not see the seriousness of defence and its place in guaranteeing the welfare of the State.
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Originally posted by na grohmití View PostWell this is an interesting turn of events. Do they know they can buy aoife too?
http://www.nairaland.com/2150672/nig...set-commission
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Agreed, its good to see the two ships tootling on as Naval assets for a while longer. Pity about the taxpayer loosing out on 300K though. Hard to see how a virtually broke nation can be so generous especially when the Naval service reserve does not even have a decent boat to train in. The rest of Europe does not, with the exception of Italy give a f**K about the current crisis in the Mediterranean. Why should we
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Originally posted by ibenji View PostAgreed, its good to see the two ships tootling on as Naval assets for a while longer. Pity about the taxpayer loosing out on 300K though. Hard to see how a virtually broke nation can be so generous especially when the Naval service reserve does not even have a decent boat to train in. The rest of Europe does not, with the exception of Italy give a f**K about the current crisis in the Mediterranean. Why should we
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Originally posted by ibenji View PostAgreed, its good to see the two ships tootling on as Naval assets for a while longer. Pity about the taxpayer loosing out on 300K though. Hard to see how a virtually broke nation can be so generous especially when the Naval service reserve does not even have a decent boat to train in. The rest of Europe does not, with the exception of Italy give a f**K about the current crisis in the Mediterranean. Why should we
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Well, €300k is piddling small change compared with what the Irish taxpayers pour into Africa for very little return...'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html
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