Have a look at the future,

www.physorg.com/news184487623.html
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Not to be pushed through the gates of heaven,but to crash right through them.
Preferably on a Triumph..

I wonder whether they'll be driven by the old boys who sail their boats at the Southsea boating lake on Sundays?

One of them has an awesome model of Ark Royal.
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It's all so quiet...

Ark Royal eh!!

I have a squadron of remote controlled German dive bombers
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Joined before the "Dead sea" had reported sick.
Roll on the Rodney, Repulse or Renown,
This two funnelled bastard,
Is getting me down.

I just knew that someone would come up with a cushy billet suitable for a non sea-going warfare WO.

2BM

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TANSTAAFL

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain

This was done in the 1950s: General Jumbo.

In the real world, several navies (including the RN) have operated remote-controlled MCM surface drones since the first German Troika system of Seehunde minesweeping drones was introduced into service in 1979. Here's the more modern Danish StanFlex patrol vessel Makrelen (P554) with minehunting drone MSF1 alongside it:


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"The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the Navy." Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary 1905-1916.

Oh I do hope so,they could sort out those Somali Pirates,no problem.
They are among the most crusty buggers I have ever met.
Came across one at Llandudno boating lake some years ago sailing a 10ft model of H.M.S. Victorious around the lake.On her flight deck he only had models of Buccaneers and Ganets.Got talking to him and asked as to why she had no Sea Vixans or Scimitars on deck. Never Embarked on the 1965-67 commision he said. I think she did old boy.He went ballistic and more or less told me to fcuk off and mind my own bussiness.Great day out..
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Not to be pushed through the gates of heaven,but to crash right through them.
Preferably on a Triumph..

.....but who would scrub the flats and passageways?
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Chinese Proverb

I hear and I forget
I see and I remember
I do and I understand

Why has it got bridge windows?

Actually, why has it got a bridge?
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TANSTAAFL

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain

Don't be silly. The robot sailors need to be able to see where they are going, don't they?

(Actually, a small crew is embarked for passage to and from the operational area.)
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"The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the Navy." Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary 1905-1916.

And lifebuoys?
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Give a man a fish and he'll feed his family for a day,

teach a man to fish and he'll sit round on a boat all day drinking beer.

Google is your friend: Lifebuoy



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"The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the Navy." Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary 1905-1916.

Was not the elderly battleship HMS Centurion rigged up as a radio-controlled target drone between the wars?
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Edmund Burke: 'Wars may be deferred .. but they cannot be wholly avoided .. to purchase present quiet, at the price of future security, is .. a cowardice of the most base and degrading nature."