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Old 22nd December 2022, 13:35
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Secret RN Mission!

I read in the UK Defence Journal, that HMS Queen Elizabeth is deploying to the far North, on a secret (not now it isn’t!) mission, to allow a cargo aircraft ( also on a secret mission), to land on if necessary!
My immediate thought has to be, how? The QE doesn’t have any arrest or gear, or a flight deck capable handling ‘cargo aircraft’.
The cargo aircraft is to be supported by Typhoons on its mission.
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Old 22nd December 2022, 14:18
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Old 22nd December 2022, 15:30
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Yep, a 'Santa' support type secret mission.

I particularly like the description of 'STOVL' as Sleigh Take Off and Vixen Landing and of course the Admiral in charge of the operation - Feliz Navidad! - Brilliant.
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Old 22nd December 2022, 16:28
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This will presumably be a joint op with NASA who track and update the progress every year.
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Old 22nd December 2022, 17:14
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I'm sure that the Foreign Office Minister 'Nicholas Cringle' will keep us updated!
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Old 22nd December 2022, 18:02
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Privatisation has worked so well by enhancing the performance of the country's railways and the utilities (water, gas, electricity) that it is now time to outsource our military operations and bring the increased efficiency of private enterprise to the rather stick-in-the-mud naval element of our defence activities. As a further step to modernity, the Royal Navy will be replaced by the RFA in providing the liaison between the MoD and the civilian contractors.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...re-mothership/

Can't be too long before SERCO replace the Brigade of Guards in the provision of front-line infantry.
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Old 22nd December 2022, 21:03
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In November 1982 MV Ailsa Princess was chartered by MoD to test the feasibility of using car ferries to LAY mines - So I suppose finding them again might be the next stage 40 years later.
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Old 23rd December 2022, 00:56
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In November 1982 MV Ailsa Princess was chartered by MoD to test the feasibility of using car ferries to LAY mines - So I suppose finding them again might be the next stage 40 years later.
This seems to have been an exercise that was unnecessary as two Canadian Pacific Railway vessels were converted successfully in WWI, Princess Irene and Princess Margaret. (Sadly Princess Irene blew up at Sheerness in 1915.) Other short sea vessels also converted during that war were Biarritz, Paris and Wahine. But then again, we are talking about Civil Servants here.
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Old 23rd December 2022, 08:44
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.........you would get more sense from Santa.

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Old 24th December 2022, 09:26
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