Comments by "Chris Hayward" (@1chish) on "Hide and seek: Royal Navy's smallest ships tested against Norway's elite" video.

Submarines are boats. Anything else is a ship.
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Well this as usual got the knuckledraggers out in force rubbishing the Navy and demanding Frigates sink rubber dinghies full of people.
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So you would send a Frigate to sink people in rubber dinghies? Okayyyyy ... 🙄
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Bleak outlook? Sorry did you not get the email about 2 new carriers, 8 new T26 Frigates, 5 new T31 Frigates, more new Astute subs with the Aussies and 4 new Dreadnought boomers?
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@death_parade No news as far as I know. 7 boats were ordered and 7 boats are being delivered. Boat 7 will be commissioned in 2026. As regards the successor to Astute (SSN-A) according to the House of Commons Library dated March 7th this year they are currently in the final stages of design and specification alongside the Aussies who now have equal input. The UK version is scheduled to be in build by 2030.
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@death_parade Look I don't know what the issue is here but the Astute programme will be fully delivered @ 7 boats by late 2025 with commissioning of Boat 7 in 2026. Of the 4 x Dreadnought SSBN boats 1, 2 and 3 are under build with Boat 1 (Dreadnought) in stage DP3. As regards SSN-A the RAN will build 5 but the Uk version numbers have not been confirmed. But assume at least a 1 for 1 number.,
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No what is sad is people like you writing cow manure like that.
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@russgrant512 Well lets just set aside your political word salad and get a simple fact out there: These ships are an integral part of the basic training regime for naval officers and crew. On THIS occasion that training took place on a NATO exercise calling on all the facets in which they had been trained and putting it all into use and context. So they very much play a prt in our national security. You think an Officer comes out of Dartmouth and skippers a Type 45 the following week? Quiote how you can connect a training ship being used for training with the rigmarole you peddled beats me. Maybe you just write this nonsense on any Royal Navy video....
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