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Those builders who went to the trouble of making submissions to part one of the EPV tender process will naturally be invited to participate in part 2. No Shipbuilder/design house is going to pass up the chance of an order at the moment, no matter how small it may be.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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from the ministers speech it seems more like the epv has gone on the back burner for the foreseeable future.
where are they going to get the crews to continue manning the P20 class and 3 new ships?
can't see that happening with the doom and gloom budgets forecast for the next few years. true, money may be put aside for new OPVs but i would suggest they'll be crewed by existing manning.An army is power. Its entire purpose is to coerce others. This power can not be used carelessly or recklessly. This power can do great harm. We have seen more suffering than any man should ever see, and if there is going to be an end to it, it must be an end that justifies the cost. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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Originally posted by X-RayOne View Postfrom the ministers speech it seems more like the epv has gone on the back burner for the foreseeable future.
where are they going to get the crews to continue manning the P20 class and 3 new ships?
can't see that happening with the doom and gloom budgets forecast for the next few years. true, money may be put aside for new OPVs but i would suggest they'll be crewed by existing manning.
The embargo ends in 2012, before the ships are due to enter service. By then the white Paper will have rebalanced all the spare bods in the Army and the useful ones will be in the Naval service, with the rest in semi retirement, i.e, the Air Corpse.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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Originally posted by Goldie fish View PostThe world ends tomorrow. Abandon hope!
The embargo ends in 2012, before the ships are due to enter service. By then the white Paper will have rebalanced all the spare bods in the Army and the useful ones will be in the Naval serviceAn army is power. Its entire purpose is to coerce others. This power can not be used carelessly or recklessly. This power can do great harm. We have seen more suffering than any man should ever see, and if there is going to be an end to it, it must be an end that justifies the cost. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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whn you think about it despite the doom and gloom, there has ben quite a bit of kit bought in the past twelve months, LTAV, 120mm mortars, Giraffe radars, Rbs-70, lots of ammo, panjero, who not ships.
Goldie, recruitmemt embargo lasting till 2012, where you get that from?
As for the EPV being on the back burner, well wait and see.Last edited by paul g; 17 June 2009, 00:26.
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Oops, Typo. Meant 2010,
The EPV was ALWAYS going to be sidelined until the OPV contracts were signed. Its a very different proposal, for a very different type of ship, and it would be better to concentrate the wisdom on getting it right than to try and juggle 2 projects at once, something the NS has never done before. The P30 plans only begun when the last P20 was safely in the water.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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I would say the problem is that the Builder wants to lock the Government into a three ship deal and will offer inducements on price, terms of payment, etc. I hope they have the bottle to commit to three ships but it doesn't look like it and some how I don't expect they will as they have not shown much bottle anywhere else.
The usual terms of payment are 25% on signing the contract,25% on laying of the keel, 25% on launch and 25% on handover, all these can be varied except the last one!
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Originally posted by pmtts View PostAny clues to who the builder would be if it goes ahead?
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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Originally posted by Stoker View PostI would say the problem is that the Builder wants to lock the Government into a three ship deal and will offer inducements on price, terms of payment, etc. I hope they have the bottle to commit to three ships but it doesn't look like it and some how I don't expect they will as they have not shown much bottle anywhere else.
The usual terms of payment are 25% on signing the contract,25% on laying of the keel, 25% on launch and 25% on handover, all these can be varied except the last one!
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The ban is untill end 2010.
Lads, the cuts & increases taxes in the April 09 budget were a drop in the ocean - the Government has put it on paper that the cuts & increases tax are to massively increase (approx double in Jan 2010) in the next 2 budgets.
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