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**trelawney126** · 21-05-12, 11:30

Guardian 21 May.
"The government will this week signal it's intention to press ahead with a replacement for the Trident missile system.£350m of contracts to start initial design for next generation of nuclear deterrent submarines.The announcement does not guarantee a decision in 2016 to go ahead wit a full replacement, but it suggests Conservative ministers are keen to send a signal that they are not pulling back from the project."
Reckon Wrecker or Wits might be able to design one cheaper than £350m

**WreckerL** · 21-05-12, 11:43

Easy peasy, I can even get the baking soda to make it dive and surface.

**flymo** · 21-05-12, 11:58

Go on then, explain that joke for us skimmers then ... purlease.

**WreckerL** · 21-05-12, 12:01

You never had a toy submarine that could dive or surface in the bath when you were a kid? Some saddo even has a webpage.......Torgo - Baking Powder Submarines & Baking Soda Submarines

**flymo** · 21-05-12, 12:19

Nah, I was destined to be a targ ..... general service bod. I feel all edumacted now - cheers.

Back to painting the coving ... sigh...

**SONAR-BENDER** · 21-05-12, 19:48

As well as the submarine model, there was also a little frogman figure (let's see if he bites!) that due to the same chemical effect, dived and surfaced.

**Polto** · 21-05-12, 21:19

Originally Posted by SONAR-BENDER

As well as the submarine model, there was also a little frogman figure (let's see if he bites!) that due to the same chemical effect, dived and surfaced.

I had one of those when I were a nipper....eeee...them were the days!

**witsend** · 21-05-12, 21:20

Originally Posted by trelawney126

Reckon Wrecker or Wits might be able to design one cheaper than £350m

Not at the moment, I'm still working on my yellow Y-fronts and 'this modern navy is full of fat biffs' repartee. We always could ask the chinkys to make a cheaper copy.