Silent Hunter UK

The deal has now been signed

Internal rhetoric for the locals, I'd say. Argentina would be stupid to try anything.

BBC Newsbeat story. It gets the point across in an amusing way.

Do we have the latest MiG-29Ks for the Russian and Indian carriers?

Sea Harrier pilot with three "kills" in the Falklands.

Very interesting...

I don't know why Russia would want said assurances, because that implies they'd want to attack NATO with ballistic missiles...

Final Part

BBC news report Apparently it won't sail to other countries' territorial waters... which no sensible carrier admiral would do anyway...

The Australian girls all liked "Patrol Boat", but I don't think it was anything to do with realism or good drama (although it was good drama) From memory it was a while ago, perhaps 1980's. I think they had an "A" class patrol boat and the first of those came across (from UK?) late 70's (or early 80's?). A scaled down version of the earlier popular series on the BBC (UK), perhaps "Warship" as mentioned. Personally I go for the comedy types and McHales Navy was a childhood favourite. I loved the one where the crew had a clothes washing scam going which ended in the base CO's dress uniform getting torpedoed Don There's a modern remake of the Patrol Boat show, called Sea Patrol. I watched the first couple of seasons, wasn't too bad. I can't make any claims as to it's accuracy. They started in an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremantle_class_patrol_boat and then transferred to a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armidale_class_patrol_boat From what I understand I'd bet the actors were very glad of the 'upgrade' to Armidales. I wonder how much burly they produced, at least the fishing would have been good Don This is shown on Universal in the UK - I've seen a couple of episodes.

Britain to propose condemnatory UN resolution

They're small, supposedly built to the North Korean Yono design (the type blamed for sinking the corvette Cheonan). So, depending on the situation, they might be "good enough". A trip to the Red Sea though, even with support, is a pretty long range deployment for these boats. OK, thanks.

Yep, saw the story about this; the right-wing press here took considerable exception.

These Ghadhirs any good or are they like the usual indigenious Iranian stuff?

Part Three

Second part is up

It's 69 years since the Battle of Midway. I found this very interesting article discussing the battle and comparing it with the events it inspired in the Wing Commander franchise.

Yea, that's the point. When the Chinese will acquire enough experience? They are jumping into the deep water. With this, one would say. It may not be all that good, but it's a start.

What do you think are the best navy-based TV shows?

Will succeed ADM Mullen on 30 September

Good choice, I'd say.

Indeed; excellent info.

War crimes suspect arrested in Serbia after 15 years on the run.

Very interesting. Thanks! I see they plan a C-2 replacement and a Hornet successor.

Still going through this scenario - it's a very long one and I've still got to enter the Indian Ocean proper.