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Originally posted by ibenji View PostThe government said we needed 8 ships in the white paper. If they plan to send a ship to the med on a regular basis, then we should have at least nine ships, maintaining at least 8 for coastal and fishery protection
P41 (2)
P42 (3)
P51 (4)
P52 (5)
P61 (6)
P62 (7)
P63 (8)
Plus P64 currently being built makes 9.
What's your point?For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmità View PostP31 (1)
P41 (2)
P42 (3)
P51 (4)
P52 (5)
P61 (6)
P62 (7)
P63 (8)
Plus P64 currently being built makes 9.
What's your point?
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Originally posted by danno View PostWhat is your concept of minimum requirements in terms of units needed to meet intended outputs.
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Originally posted by ibenji View PostWell from working near the base for a year or so, it would appear that out of a fleet of 8 ships, the navy struggle to have 4 ships on patrol at any one time. With 1 of the 8 gone now, what impact will this have at anyone service delivery? I would really hope the the need for additional ships is recognised soon and that in the medium future we will see the fleet expanding to at least 12 ships
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Originally posted by Smithy View PostI would have thought that was a very good ratio. Compare with Air Corps availability ratio.
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Originally posted by ibenji View PostMaybe so but this dropped to as low as two. Given the geographic size of the the area to be patrolled, between two and four ships available is well below what's actually required.
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Originally posted by danno View PostGiven that FP patrol activity has dropped off by 50 % in the last few years without any apparent outcry from the SFPA/trawler operators then might it be safe to conclude that PONTUS is not having such an adverse impact on outputs.
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