Comments by "Atheist Orphan" (@AtheistOrphan) on "BFBS Forces News" channel.

  1. Hopefully the Challenger III will retain the most important bit of kit, the Boiling Vessel.
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  2. When my father was in the Royal Sussex Regiment he was also issued with an American weapon, a Thompson SMG! (Complete with drum magazine). He never got to fire it but it looked impressive when guarding POWs.
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  3. ‘A landlocked country with a dense population’. - Oh I don’t know, some of them are pretty intelligent. They do make some damn fine watches after all.
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  4. Suitable for use on the school run?
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  5. Amusing fact: The US Navy ship which is trialling their version is called the USS Ponce. (I kid you not).
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  6. I expect demand will be high for Christmas. Shop early!
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  7. Expect to see the civvy version blocking the school gates whilst young Tarquin and Cressida are being dropped off soon.
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  8. Strange for a Cold War veteran like me to see the RAF operating out of what in my day was Soviet territory. When I served in the RAF during the 1980s this airfield would almost certainly have been on the list for an application of ‘Instant Sunshine’!
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  9. As my ex-squaddie brother used to say, ‘Join the army and see Catterick’!
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  10. Nice thought but I can’t see it becoming ‘the largest navy in the world’ somehow! For example the US Navy currently has 299 deployable combat vessels, compared with the Royal Navy’s 67.
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  11. I’m more impressed by those coloured smoke firework things!
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  12. You can always tell an Ajax crewman. (You just can’t tell him much).
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  13. 0:12 - I must say I like the no-nonsense targeting system, a man tapping you on the shoulder, pointing and then saying “Target!”
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  14. “Where did you get that howitzer?” “It came off the back of a lorry” 🚛
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  15. Looks great but perhaps a tad over-complex?
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  16. Well done Biggles! Back home in time for tea and medals.
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  17. What an amazing pair of guys. Osprey publish an excellent book giving further information about Gibraltar’s defences, including this battery.
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  18. ⁠ @EthanThomson - True, but read the original comment - First in EUROPE. I don’t think the AH-Cobra is of European origin.
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  19.  @misterbig9025  - Mainly Italians (captured in North Africa), with whom he got on very well and found them friendly and happy to be out of the war. On occasion he guarded Germans whom he said he found surly, arrogant and felt he couldn’t trust them.
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  20. Watches this and wistfully remembers sitting on top of The Rock of Gibraltar, watching the Nimrods taking off below me. Happy days.
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  21. This is what we called ‘FIBUA’ in my day.
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  22. Always had an admiration for the F-16, if it looks right, it IS right.
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  23.  @Deadplayers-yb7xw  - I can assure you when my father was issued his Thompson in 1942 it most certainly DID have a drum mag. It also had the vertical foregrip as they were old ‘cast-offs’ sent by the yanks to the British for use by 2nd-Line troops. Incidentally you can see the exact same weapon configuration used by Pte Pike in some episodes of Dad’s Army, most notably the episode ‘The Germans’. (The featuring the immortal ‘Don’t tell him Pike!’ Line). That was indeed what sparked my late father’s memory of the weapon. There are MANY photos (and video footage) of British troops with the round-mag Thompson. (There is even a famous photo of Winston Churchill holding said weapon). I do NOT lie and suggest you check military history before making erroneous statements and false accusations. And by the way, I have absolutely NO IDEA what an ‘LA8’ is, and cannot find any reference to such a WW2 weapon. I suggest you’re making it up.
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  24. Close encounters of the blurred kind! Black & white, blurry low-res blobs that could be absolutely anything.
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  25. I’m old enough to remember the fiasco that was the Nimrod AEW.
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  26. ‘Baltic Air Policing’ - When I was in the UK forces back in the eighties we used to call this ‘Ringing the alarm bell’. I.e. flying as close as possible to the Warsaw Pact border, either on a zig-zag course alternately heading towards, then away from the border or heading directly at it and then turning away at the last possible moment. All this would generate absolutely tons of elint, as well as providing some close-range recon.
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  27. 🇬🇧🤜🤛🇧🇬
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  28. It’s a well known fact, confirmed by numerous interrogations of Argentinian POW’s, that many of the young conscripts were told they were going on exercise in the south of Argentina.
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  29. 1:10 - The Foc's'le is the forward deck of the ship. It derives its name from the days of sailing ships when the raised forward deck was known as the “forecastle.” Sound it Out: Break down the word 'forecastle' into its individual sounds "fohk" + "suhl". Say these sounds out loud, exaggerating them at first. Practice until you can consistently produce them clearly.
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  30. Yes but can they get them into the shops for Christmas?
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  31. Of course. The nine 16” guns are not shown in the video.
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  32. Next they’ll be flying it on Spry Crisp N Dry!
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  33. ‘Only what you see pal’
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  34. Nine people in that tiny thing?
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  35. There’s a restored Shackleton on display at the Gatwick Aviation Museum. Ex-crew members give tours inside it. Well worth a visit.
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  36. I can’t believe that numpty said “It’s the military version of the Avro Lincoln”. The Avro Lincoln WAS a military aircraft!
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  37. Camera resolution nearly as good as my Nan’s 1982 Kodak Disc 4000.
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  38. My mistake. I misread that this was going to be a tour of ARGOS.
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  39. I did, in my garden shed.
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  40.  @bazbbeeb7226 - Er, no, I’m not. Why do you ask?
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  41. 3:25 - looks like a Vulcan. (That would be a BIG drone!)
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  42. 1:48 - I’d ask for my money back on that telly if I were you lads, that picture’s FAR too blurry!
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  43. 0:06 - ‘19cm of vertical movement’ - That’s very precise! Who does such accurate measuring? (And where can I apply for the job?)
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  44. I’ve seen lots of uncrewed tanks in Ukraine, many of them unturretted too. 🇺🇦
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  45. Cowboy Animal - Well they haven’t really been secret for 60 years.
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  46. The presentation would have been a bit more impressive had the launcher been filled with some drill rounds rather than completely empty.
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  47. One has to question the logic of wearing camouflage AND Hi-Vis. Surely the one negates the other?
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  48. For the first time, my dear brother (ex-Queen’s Rgt) will be marching in London on Sunday. He’s usually the standard-bearer at our local parade and I’m so proud of him.
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  49. Great memories of sitting on the top of the rock and watching the Nimrods take off below me.
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  50. You certainly don’t want to be ‘complimented’ by the Royal Artillery!
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  51. As a nipper in the seventies I watched them drop into our local park during a show. After they landed I ran up to one and cheekily asked for his expended smoke canister as a souvenir. Can’t remember if he gave it to me or not though!
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  52. By way of balance, can we have ‘Russian Warriors’ on the Welsh border please?
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  53. A bit too late to get it in the shops for Christmas methinks.
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  54. I remember RAF Akrotiri as being the place we used to broadcast the infamous ‘Lincolnshire Poacher’ Numbers Station to the Middle East from back in the day. I can still hear the lady’s very clipped RP tones: ‘Nine, five, eight’ etc.
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  55. Nice to see the old DPM on the Noddy suit.
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  56. They’re in the middle-part of Europe. (Refer to an atlas for their exact location).
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  57. 0:56 - ‘If we move towards the rear of the aircraft’ - Music will suddenly play as I walk behind the wing.
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  58. Good job Biggles, keep it up.
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  59. “Achtung Spitfire!”
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  60. £19.99 on special offer at Halfords.
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  61. F-14s in the first Top Gun film, F/A-18s in the second. The F-15 is an Air Force, not Navy plane.
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  62. They did.
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  63. Didn’t know there was any Jaguars left, let alone a two-seater!
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  64.  @winstonchurchill586  - Yeah I forgot the British army runs on tea. Off for a brew now, cheers! ☕️ P.S. might even have a choccy digestive.
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  65. No that replaced the Sea King, being of a similar size. The Puma is smaller, so this may be a direct replacement.
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  66. In intelligence circles, RAF Akrotiri is famous as the place where the infamous ‘Lincolnshire Poacher’ numbers station was broadcast from to the Middle East.
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  67. Puma still in service? Blimey! Flew in them in NI during the 70s (along with Wessexes).
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  68. That’s when you pack up and go home for tea.🫖
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  69. There’s one on display at IWM Duxford. An impressive machine up close!
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  70. ‘It came with all the fanfare you’d expect’ - So do I!
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  71. Comes complete with it’s own pedestal-mounted Viewmaster at 1:30 I see. Hope they have a nice selection of slides for it.
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  72. I was going to say the same thing. So used to ships’ captains speaking in Oxbridge tones!
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  73. 🇬🇧👍🇳🇵
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  74.  @davewebster5120  - Thank you very much for your kind comments. A stark contrast to the commenter who accused me of lying. My father passed away in 1998 and yes, I am VERY proud of him and the service he gave. 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
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  75.  @Juju-pq1wm  - And their army is equipped with those handy little red knives!
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  76. So The gulf war didn’t count then?
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  77. HyperVoxel - My thoughts exactly!
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  78. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧
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  79. Just after tea-time.
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  80.  @derek6579  - I think so.
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  81. Love the gentle ting-a-ling sound of the main gun turret!
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  82. What? It’s to help Ukraine deal with Russian drone attacks.
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  83. Had to watch on mute as that so-called ‘music’ is SO annoying.
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  84. Ask an Argie!
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  85. Basically yes.
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  86.  @smacksman1  - Of course! I could quite confidently do the pointing bit, but am linguistically challenged when it comes to those languages.
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  87. You mean no more Bedford 4-tonners? Ah memories!
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  88. Saloon, estate, coupe and cabriolet.
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  89. 30 years ago this would have been the stuff of science fiction. Remember the scene in BTT2 when news drones appeared after Griff and his gang crashed their hover boards into the front of Courthouse Mall?
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  90. A slightly worrying ‘BEEEEEEEP!’ at 00:14, plus the flight engineer doesn’t look too confident at 00:40 - “Er, which button do I press?”
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  91. I remember it’s original appearance as the Arwen 37.
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  92. Looks great but can they get it in the shops for Christmas?
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  93. I didn’t think Saab still existed. Thought they had gone bust. Looks cool though. Just the thing for my next Norfolk Broads holiday!
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  94. halburd1 - The Muslim population of the U.K currently stands at 2%. Or to put it in simple terms: Take 100 random U.K people, and 98 of them will NOT be Muslim.
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  95. Er not quite: The BMP-1 entered service in 1966 following protracted development whereas the Scorpion entered service in 1973.
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  96. Mark Cooke - I’ve now woken up, gone to primary school, and learnt to spell the word They’re. (Sorry couldn’t resist).
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  97. Looks great. Can they get it in the shops for Christmas?
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  98. Because the Nimrod was around long before Airbus existed.
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  99. It’s only a light gun (105mm), most light guns don’t use them. Also it’s almost 50 years old and autoloaders for towed artillery weren’t around then.
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  100. Steve Freeland - We’ve had them since the 80’s. We used them in both Gulf wars.
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  101. Yak-35? No such aircraft.
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  102. No such place.
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  103. A bit difficult as there’s no such place! 🇫🇰
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  104. What happened to the video about the changing of the guard at Buck House?
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  105. Haven’t we run out of countries to vanquish? I thought we’d done them all.🇬🇧
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  106.  @moetocafe  - Odessa is in Russia? Not according to my Times atlas of the world. I suggest you contact the publishers of atlases and correct them.
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  107. It’s fitted with a dead man’s handle. I take it you didn’t actually watch the video?
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  108. 1:16 - What’s the nose-down aircraft on the extreme right? Jaguar?
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  109. Ah yes the nightmare of the Noddy Suit overboots, memories!
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  110. Go away spammer. (Comment reported).
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  111. They have indeed got one at Bovington.
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  112. The reporter’s surname would certainly win in Scrabble, three Zs in one word! 💤
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  113.  @jjsmallpiece9234  - Er wrong I’m afraid. This from Wikipedia: ‘During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Challenger 2 tanks suffered no tank losses to Iraqi fire.’ Also the heading photo on the Challenger II’s Wikipedia entry shows an example on operation in Basra, Iraq.
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  114. Got to love the Eurofighter. Great aircraft 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺
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  115.  @gazs4731  - Er, this IS the Union flag!
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  116. What happened to the Forces TV video from last week about the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace?
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  117. ‘KC & The Sunshine Band’
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  118. Go Biggles! Hope you get back to Blighty in time for tea and medals.
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  119. Steadfast foxy - Rouge? What a lovely colour for it to go! (Rogue).
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  120. Trump in jail in 2024.
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  121. Zed’s dead baby.
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  122. *Cyprus.
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  123. Fond memories of sitting on top of Gib, watching the Nimrods take off below me.
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  124. ‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat’
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  125. Yep, that’s what it says in the video. Your powers of comprehension do you credit Sir!
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  126. ‘This vehicle has over 1200 users’ - How long do they each have to wait before getting a go on it?
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  127. Early prototype for mobile Sky TV?
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  128. I would like on converted to a cool motor yacht.
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  129. I always wondered what happened to Michael Portillo’s old jackets.
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  130. No.
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  131. 1:11 - ‘Hattie Arkwright’ even more so!
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  132. Timothy Rowland - There is a fascinating book on the subject, simply called ‘Brixmis’. Worth checking out.
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  133. Suits you sir!
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  134. Taking back our former colonies by stealth. Advance Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
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  135.  @danzo5521  - Absolutely!👍
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  136.  @cypeman8037  - Er, I didn’t make a joke. I merely looked up the number of deployable ships both the UK and US navies can field. How is that a joke?
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  137. 3:03 - Ancient BT ‘Viscount’ phone spotted extreme left. We used to have one in the mid 1980’s.
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  138.  @jonathanferguson1211  - Thanks for the information. It’s LONG time since I saw anything about the Arwen, I’ll check it out.
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  139. Can they get it into the shops for Christmas?
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  140. Not in my bathroom they can’t.
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  141. So many moustaches in just one short video. Fabulous!🏳️‍🌈
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  142. ‘Hello Sailor!’
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  143. Colin Malthoo - I was unaware that most of the current conservative government WERE Pakistani jihadists.
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  144. Way to go Biggles!🇬🇧
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  145. Misery machine
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  146. Looks smaller and hence less capacity than a Puma. Is that correct?
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  147.  @EnglishVeteran  - There is no such thing as the ‘Royal Marine Corps’.
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  148. An amazing and unique aircraft.
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  149. TheGoldcolor - Oh good grief! (Rolls eyes).
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  150. Wow. I haven’t encountered a Fitter for years! Good little video.
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  151. Yes, when all the countries of the empire came together to fight against ignorance, intolerance, defeat nazism and preserve freedom.
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  152.  @1funnygame  - I so am! I also have a beard, plus I like real ale and folk music, and you can’t get much more stereotypical than that!
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  153.  @OctopusgamingYTw  - Just the one? But mankind has created THOUSANDS of ridiculous so-called ‘gods’! My particular favourite of these imaginary invisible magic things that live in the sky is Ganesha (a close second being one of the Japanese water gods). Also, where does one ‘find’ something that doesn’t exist and is merely a figment of deluded people’s imagination? 🤷‍♂️ Furthermore, YouTube rules dictate that comments should be ‘on topic’ and relevant to the subject of the video. As yours is plainly not it is a clear breach of YouTube rules so therefore I have taken the trouble to report it to YouTube.
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  154. That made me laugh. Thank you.
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  155. Two actually.
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  156. *Beret. (Mind you, ‘berry’ did make me laugh, so thank you).😀
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  157. @N S - Explanation: When you are holding a rifle, you salute by ‘presenting arms’ rather than saluting with your hand.
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  158. I had a little chuckle at the Vietnam-era US GMC truck in the German convoy in the most recent episode.
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  159. A yank YouTuber described Horse Guards as a ‘muddy parking lot’ in one of her videos!
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  160.  @thelleftaremad7556  - No, that was from Plymouth, Devon. Nowhere near the Solent.
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  161. With a catapult.
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  162. 1:58 - Looks like this was filmed in front of Bilbo Baggins’ house!
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  163. Trebuchets.
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  164. Politics aside, I think it’s quite a nice-looking aeroplane. I read somewhere that India was due to buy some.
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  165. Great Britain is NOT a European nation. (And by your reckoning Argentina should be given back to Spain).
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  166. Sounds like an Austin FX4 Taxi.
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  167. Part 2 covering that now up.
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  168.  @edwardjackson1220  - Very well said Sir!
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  169.  @chloegb2682  - My point exactly! Bi means two. ‘Bicycle’ = two-wheeled cycle. ‘Bike’ = derivative of bicycle. Ergo the exact literal meaning of ‘quad bike’ is ‘ Four-wheeled two-wheeled cycle’!
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  170.  @chloegb2682  - It’s just the way my twisted mind works. Like why are quad bikes called that when ‘Bike’ (bicycle) means two wheels?
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  171. “Ullo John got a new mortar?”
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  172. I never realised the S6 was that old!
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  173. Indeed. I still have my aunt’s gas mask which was issued to all British citizens back then. It’s frighteningly primitive!
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  174. Basically yes.
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  175.  @mischa1880  - Don’t forget Japan. 🇯🇵
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  176. I remember a documentary about an American guy who’s got one of these and drives it around his estate.
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  177. I just posted a similar comment then saw yours. Memories!
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  178. WHAT British trucks?
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  179. All of that band’s equipment should easily fit in the back. (‘I really love those tiger feet’)
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  180. Tacticalshadow04 Tacticalshadow04 - Because they were allowed to be there under the Mallin agreement.
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  181.  @derricklanders4479  - We do.😏🇬🇧
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  182. No. Listen to what the guy says at 0:20. It bears a slight similarity to a previous vehicle.
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  183. will16320 - A nice touch!
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  184.  @choughed3072  - Oh wow I just noticed that. Weird!
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  185. A fascinating ‘pause for fort’.
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  186. ‘Hole’ army. 😆 Sappers? Pioneer Corps?
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  187.  @TT-hd3zi  - Thanks for the info. ✈️
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  188. We all float down here.
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  189. The Tower of London.
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  190.  @m4a1z1  - Er, at the moment your best bet is probably in the factory that makes them. I’m sure you will see them there.
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  191. Incredible!
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  192.  @timmynator2002  - Made In Leonardo UK’s factory in Yeovil.
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  193. 8:58 - Aircraft type please. Looks like a Saab Drakken to me but I’m happy to be proved wrong.
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  194. Aaron Seet - Yep. That is indeed footage from the beginning of the film ‘Memphis Belle’.
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  195. Tom Burton - Yep. Well spotted.
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  196. Myriaddsystems - She also said ‘Aircrews’. Rather than the correct plural ‘Aircrew’.
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  197. Yay! Go Biggles!
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  198. @Rob Wilton - Oh? What Air Force is he from? I’m intrigued as he’s clearly wearing RAF insignia.
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  199. Er no. Only ONE aircraft was featured, the Sukhoi SU-22M4, which clearly features a nose air intake, as do all members of the ‘Fitter’ family, from the SU-7 onwards. It’s their distinguishing feature.
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  200.  @pincermovement72  - Many nations are developing this. China also has a ship equipped with a prototype version.
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  201.  @Les1986-x5t  - No I haven’t thank goodness! (Nor would I ever wish to be). Thank you for your constructive on-topic reply. Have a day filled with joy and laughter.😆
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  202. Access would be difficult as it’s in the restricted buffer zone.
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  203. Benjamin Bartholomew - So THAT’S what Gary Powers was doing over Russia all those years ago!
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  204.  @Orbital_Inclination - Exactly!
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  205.  @williamzk9083  - I still don’t think the Cobra is a European helicopter though, I’m fairly sure it’s American in origin. (Refer to the ORIGINAL comment).
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  206. 2:38 - Any idea where that was filmed?
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  207. 2:56 - Briony love, the plural of craft is ‘CRAFT’, as the officer just said.
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  208. Clips on Clips - I’d like to see you attempting to kill someone with this thing! I suppose you could repeatedly hit them over the head with it.
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  209. fuckfannyfiddlefart - I’ll keep an ear open for the ‘ruling elite’ yelling then. I should be able to hear them from Sussex.
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  210.  @weaves1962  - On the Bessbrook - Bandit Country Express!
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  211. They use harsh language.
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  212. John Fraser - Oh well. Looks like we’ll have to agree to disagree on that one. Shame I’m not a betting man! Peace.
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  213. Leclerc tanks and SP guns in Cyprus? When was that? I tried googling but could find no information whatsoever.
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  214. It’s an optional extra.
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  215. Isn’t that a brand of matches?
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  216. All very good but can they get it into the shops in time for Christmas?🎄
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  217. Er, I think you may have intended that comment for another video.
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  218. Plan coped? Could you translate that into English please?
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  219. Didn’t watch the video then?
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  220. What has poor old Rick done that people are throwing him?
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  221. Bring back (and upgrade) Tracked Rapier.
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  222. Thank you, but don’t forget 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 as well! Stay warm, stay safe.
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  223. Get I get some of these in time for Guy Fawkes’ night?
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  224. He did. I could understand him perfectly.
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  225. Was a great Fleetwood Mac song.
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  226. Can I hire one for bonfire night please? I’d be the toast of the neighbourhood.
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  227. Tiny point Stuart, during my RAF days we never used the word ‘Afterburner’ (that’s a yanks phrase), we referred to it as ‘Reheat’ (Or more usually ‘plugging the heaters in!).
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  228. Yeah I saw that and thought ‘Huh?’
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  229. The plane featured in this video is NOT the one that got blown up (the AN-225 Mirya). This is an AN-124. You can tell because of it’s four engines, The AN-225 had six.
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  230.  @Jonesy-0  - Thank you. How does that apply to the small panel on the fuselage? (Sorry to sound daft).
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  231. 7:49 - Panel on aircraft: ‘RVSM Critical Area’. What’s that?
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  232.  @ENGBriseB  - True.💥💥💥
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  233. Game over man.
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  234. the womble - Good point. Yes, of course it’s the AS-90.
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  235. Frederik - Bringing home the bacon.
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  236. richard bowes - WTF? His accent couldn't BE more Scottish!
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  237. Go away spammer. (Reported).
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  238.  @hippopotamus86  - Yes! 😂
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  239. Looks a Ryanair 737 still in primer.
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  240. 🇬🇮
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  241. ‘Up periscope!’ Challenger III looks to have a hint of Leclerc about it
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  242. Hello sailor!
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  243.  @chloegb2682  - That’s a good idea!
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  244. ‘Airwoof’ - 😅
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  245. Why do yanks think that British people say that archaic phrase? I think the last person to actually say that died in 1869.
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  246.  @RobBCactive  - They’re using orcs? I hope they perform better than they did at Helm’s Deep!
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  247.  @throbmagon  - ‘fraid not. RLs were LONG before my time!
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  248. Jared Garbo - Well In 1987 I was using a VHS camcorder so I guess one of those.
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  249. Tacticalshadow04 Tacticalshadow04 - Enter the following into google - ‘Robertson-Malinin Agreement’
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  250. Tacticalshadow04 Tacticalshadow04 - What’s what? Surely you can’t mean ‘what is a book’? But anyway, there are two excellent books on the subject, both available from amazon and well recommended.
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  251. Tacticalshadow04 Tacticalshadow04 - Well, the tour operatives stretched the rules of what they were allowed to do to the extremes! Read the excellent book ‘Brixmis’ which gives a full history and many first-hand accounts in great detail.
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  252. Kingstondivepro - Thanks. That’s the agreement I was trying to reference.👍
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  253. But can they get it in the shops for Christmas?
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  254. GO ON - Virgin Galatic and Blue Origin are waiting to hear from you.
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  255. Dave Pearce - Off to fly over Iran.
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  256. Go away. (Comment reported to YouTube for spamming).
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  257. ‘Growler’ (sniggers).
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  258. How can a pro-Ukrainian video by this long-Established British channel be ‘Russian propaganda’?
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  259. Or even flies.
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  260. Or even skies. 🌌
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  261. With sharks attached to it!
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  262. Mr micros - ‘It’s a sin!’
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  263. Nope. Doesn’t sound weird at all to me.
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  264.  @miltonlivramento4810  - Please explain what your posting of a meaningless symbol by way of reply to my comment about my late father’s gun has to do with the subject of the video, bearing in mind YouTube’s rules about keeping comments on-topic. I look forward to reading your detailed explanation.
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  265.  @miltonlivramento4810  - No thank you I’ve already eaten.
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  266.  @jezzeyy  No, my father WAS in the Royal Sussex Regiment and WAS issued with a a Thompson. are you saying you knew him better than me? And what’s with the 💀? This is commonly seen as a death threat, so I have reported you to YouTube for harassment, bullying and making threats. Now go away and let the adults discuss the video topic.
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  267.  @jezzeyy  - I’ve read it. Possibly the worst example of children’s fiction I’ve ever read. Harry Potter is FAR superior.
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  268.  @jezzeyy  - I don’t, because you can’t hate something invented by man that doesn’t exist (nor has ever existed). What I hate is religion (all of them). Pure evil mind poison responsible for more human suffering than anything else. I am a lifelong member of The British Secular Society, which campaigns against religious brainwashing and will continue to militantly rail against and denigrate religion at every possible opportunity. Please try to follow YouTube rules and only make comments that are relevant to the topic of the video.
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  269.  @jezzeyy  - Why post controversial completely off-topic comments? Against YouTube rules and you’ll bound to get burned. Perhaps you could suggest some videos discussing religious topics in which I could post some off-topic comments about machine guns?
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  270.  @jezzeyy  - Oh so he’s YOUR boyfriend! Apologies. (But As I said, I’m not a homosexual). No, Jesus NOT my father either because Jesus never existed. I studied history and classicism, specialising in the late roman period, and can absolutely assure you that the early Christian cult is most DEFINITELY based on Mithras, with adoption of the pagan spring and winter solstice festivals dovetailed-in to represent the fictitious ‘Christ’s birth and zombie resurrection, in fact I wrote a non-published dissertation on that very subject whilst at Cambridge, so I like to think I know what I’m talking about when it comes to ancient cultish myths.
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  271.  @jezzeyy  - No he doesn’t because he never existed, a silly myth based on the Roman god Mithras. And besides, even if he did, I’m not gay, so he’d have to find another boyfriend.
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  272.  @Paddington60 - That’s correct.👍
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  273. My uncle had a Welbike (in Post Office red).
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  274.  @memelord6201  - FORTY? Blimey!
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  275.  @HonchHeado  - Oh right. Thanks for the explanation.👍
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  276. How so?
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  277. Looks great! Can they get them into the shops for Christmas?
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  278.  @CoolGuy-hh4lg  - No he was a myth based on the Roman god Mithras, no evidence whatsoever that he ever existed.
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  279. They’re imaginary, these are real.
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  280. Yes there were.
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  281. Oh no! Matron’s left the computer room unlocked again.
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  282. Pfffftt!
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  283. ‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat’
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  284. Paul Fowler - Standard operating procedure. (And BTW I don’t have a mum).
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  285. Brady Sylvester - Yes. That’s exactly what I was referring to.
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  286. James Dean - Which translated into English means?
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  287. Chris Madtha - Thank you. It’s good to laugh.
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  288. Jordan Boyle - The famous Australian train?
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  289. crazy pikachu - Is what I say to all my victims.
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  290. roger1965100 - Cambs Or Ox? (And what college?)
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  291. Union FLAG. Not jack.
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  292. Wrong flag mate. It’s 🇬🇮
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  293. They’ve already done one in that.
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  294. Nobody has said that in Britain since 1867.
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  295. G Man - When?
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  296. sgtgrash - Thanks for the confirmation. I wasn’t too sure.
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  297. Richard Kennedy - I went there a couple of years ago. Took the walk round to the old bomb store and then down by the lough.
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  298. loganinkosovo - LOL! 👻
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  299. madmann53 - Not a Lancaster, a Halifax.
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  300. J.W.Painting - This was 1984, NOT 1994.
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  301. fresh frozen - The ‘Islamic revolution’ toppled the Shah in 1979. At the time of this video (1984) Iran was most definitely on our bad boys list and was certainly NO ally!
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  302. @Rob Wilton - Wales does not have it’s own Air Force. As I stated previously, the guy is very clearly wearing RAF insignia.
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  303. Two squadrons of F-35s have been operating off of her for two years. Watch the BBC Documentary.
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  304. Two squadrons of F-35s have been operating off of her for two years. Watch the BBC Documentary.
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  305.  @TheBooban  - Ask any old Jack Tar. ⚓️
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  306.  @YaHsServent  - OH, even better, reject all that fairytale nonsense and live life!
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  307. That’s a different ship!
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  308. Yes. Try watching the video.
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  309.  @danielkrcmar5395  - I’m sure the families of those who died fighting the tyranny of fascism would disagree! Thanks to their sacrifices, England’s citizens (and those of the other countries in the union) are free from being persecuted for their race, religion or creed.
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  310.  @thekraken1173  - Woosh! - I was replying to @phoogle’s classic film quote with the next line.
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  311. 2:10 - Beret too small or head too large?
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  312. 0:24 - They couldn’t have chosen a more Rupert-like Rupert! (With a suitably Rupert name).
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  313.  @johnnunn8688  - Thanks.
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  314.  @whya2ndaccount  - Thanks for that, with my aging eyes I had to squint a bit!
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  315. I could only see the very top part of it.
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  316. Do they make uncrewed vehicles?
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  317. Because it’s not uncrewed?
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  318. Finally a replacement for the Brown Bess!
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  319. 🥇
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  320. No, two rather than four. Google them.
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  321. Jesper Wahlgren - That’s correct. Read the book ‘Overflight’ by Gary Powers. Fascinating.
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  322. Alex P - Er, google ‘Gary Powers’
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  323. “Sharn”
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  324. Optional extra.
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  325. WOOF! (Wasn’t it actually called AirWOLF?) 😀
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  326. ‘Going Commando’
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  327. Corey - Why not?
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  328. Another scrap harvest for Ukrainian farmers.
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  329. The most popular Russian tank is known as the ‘Samovar’.
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  330. I believe the last person to actually say “Pip Pip” died in 1876. 🇬🇧
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  331. No. Go away. (Comment reported to YouTube for spamming).
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  332. It became the Merlin.
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  333. Are you suggesting we adopt one?
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  334.  @andrewpease3688  - It’s a colloquialism.
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  335. ‘The little ship that could’
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  336. The crew stick oars over the side and row it.
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  337. Julie St Amand - Yes.
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  338. sum12see - It’s in Devon, several hundred miles away from Lincolnshire.
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  339. Ads - ‘Inflict freedom’ - LOL!
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  340. LOWDOTGG - Again? They bombed Iraq in 1991 and 2003.
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  341. Wanderer628 - They were ‘showed publicly’ over 30 years ago and have appeared at many air shows since.
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  342. 1chish - No they don’t. (And I’m ex-RAF by the way).
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  343. Christofer Riche - Either air brakes, thrust reversers or blow-in doors.
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  344. Marc Casburn - Why?
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  345. John Fraser - The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider has a crew of two (with a jump seat for a third relief crew member) and is NOT capable of unmanned operation.
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  346. Thanos A.K.A Thico - ‘B-12 fighters’. I can see two things wrong with that.
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  347. Yes.
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  348. Britannia*
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  349.  @melin1969  - Centimetre. 100th of a metre. As opposed to a meter which is a device for measuring things.
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  350. 1:13 - Could the ‘STOP’ sign BE any bigger? Ease off those throttles Biggles!
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  351. Why is the RAF roundel (and the words ‘Royal Air Force & small roundel beside the forward door) blurred-out at 0:41?
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  352. Just outside Guildford, on the B2019.
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  353. And an onboard gay disco?
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  354. And in Scotland too!
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  355. No, that’s not what howitzers do.
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  356. ‘Really cook’? I think you need the Catering Corps for that! 😉
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  357. Lift their kilts and you’ll see!
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  358.  @thomasfromswindon7609  - Nope, never. It was part of The Royal Tournament, a completely different event.
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  359. Earls Court Sadly flattened years ago. Site sold to developers.
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  360.  @LeonardTavast - Misk?
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  361. FedEx?
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  362.  @Backwardlooking  ‘1964/1965 are the early 1960’s’ - interesting. So I guess by that reckoning 1968/1969 are the MID 1960s then? 😝🤓
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  363. It’s first flight was in 1965. I don’t think kits of it were produced until the very late 60s/early 70s.
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  364.  @Phil_AKA_ThundyUK  - Great! I’ll look forward to that. (What’s your source for that by the way?)
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  365. Unfortunately it’s existence is still pure conjecture. But who knows? I would love it to be true!
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  366. Yes, particularly Advanced stealth UAVs such as the RQ-180.
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  367. SR-72?
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  368. I bought one but gave it away after discovering it humping the Roomba at 4.00am.
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  369.  @nothinglessness  - Thank you for the explanation. I guess there’s some delicate and critical gubbins behind that panel!
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  370. For many years she’s looked emasculated with her truncated masts, looking forward to her restored to her former glory.
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  371. Great idea but would sadly cost far too much.
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  372. Sign seen locally: ‘3.00pm - Air display by The Red Arrows. (If wet in village hall).’
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  373.  @scipioprime69  - True. The latest I can find on Wikipedia is this: ‘On 13 May 2022, a production planning of United Aircraft Corporation at the Voronezh Aircraft Production Association plant showed that the production of components for 6 PAK DA was ongoing. The planning also confirmed that several PAK DA prototypes were still expected to be built between 2023 and 2026. Work on the schedule was further warranted by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, explaining that the sanctions following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine would not affect the timing of the creation of the PAK DA as the bomber does not contain any foreign components.’ I was wondering if anyone knew any more about the project.
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  374. Anyone know anything about the PAK-DA? (Russia’s stealth bomber).
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  375.  @BlutoandCo  - Thanks for your prompt and informative reply.👍
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  376. My old Vauxhall Astra is better than Ajax.
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  377. Winston Churchill - Sorry, just my sense of humour. They were used to target troop concentrations.
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  378. Winston Churchill - Hmm, let me think now. Having read the Royal Artillery’s battle diaries about it’s use in the 1991 Gulf War I would guess squirrels maybe?
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  379. Jake Walker - Clearly not a punk fan then. Oh well. Horses for courses 🐎.
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  380. Jake Walker - Anarchy in the uk 🤘
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  381. Gringo Tom - I know we used them in both Gulf wars but I didn’t know we used them in Afghanistan.
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  382. D4RK Gaming - He wouldn’t like the SA-90 being referred to as a ‘tank’ though!
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  383. TopLobster - Yeah I thought that was a strange name!
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  384. Korey Hewlett - Huh? What does that even mean?
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  385. 1:21 - Old air-raid shelter (Stanton shelter) in the background.
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  386.  @pseudovibes98  - My symbol is purely for aesthetic reasons. I tried one with several different religious symbols on it but it was far too small, particularly when viewed on a phone screen.
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  387. Major Clanger - Yes it is.
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  388. Stewart Savage - LOL! I’ll have to remember that. “It’s not that I can’t spell, I’ve merely adapted the language’. Might not wash with some people though.
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  389. Clearly preparing for a post-Brexit Britain!
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  390.  @skepticalbadger  - I agree.
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  391. ‘Hello sailor!’
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  392. 🇫🇰 is the sovereign flag of The Falkland Islands. That is the flag they are ‘under’.
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  393. Could you translate that into English please?
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  394. Pitcairn Island?
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  395. Hello Sailor!
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  396. Goes BANG!💥
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  397. Possibly this century. (But who knows?)
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  398. I loved Lord Of The Rings!
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