Comments on: From Ushant to Scilly is 34 leagues http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/europe-and-the-world/from-ushant-to-scilly-is-34-leagues/ European Opinion Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:51:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Chris Williams http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/europe-and-the-world/from-ushant-to-scilly-is-34-leagues/#comment-20631 Chris Williams Wed, 14 May 2008 10:36:13 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=3207#comment-20631 Don't just check out the LHDs, etc: look also at the underway replenishment capability. That's been enhanced (RN Forts) and has spread (Berlin class AOR). Thus lots of small Euro-ships are no longer confined to home ports. As for the Aeronavale, how new is this really, given the long history of Eurojet projects - Concord, Jaguar, Tornado - and the integration of advanced test facilities? Don’t just check out the LHDs, etc: look also at the underway replenishment capability. That’s been enhanced (RN Forts) and has spread (Berlin class AOR). Thus lots of small Euro-ships are no longer confined to home ports.

As for the Aeronavale, how new is this really, given the long history of Eurojet projects - Concord, Jaguar, Tornado - and the integration of advanced test facilities?

]]> By: Alex Harrowell http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/europe-and-the-world/from-ushant-to-scilly-is-34-leagues/#comment-20597 Alex Harrowell Sun, 11 May 2008 19:36:12 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=3207#comment-20597 ....yes, that's why we want to build the ships in the first place! ….yes, that’s why we want to build the ships in the first place!

]]> By: EvilEuropean http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/europe-and-the-world/from-ushant-to-scilly-is-34-leagues/#comment-20592 EvilEuropean Sun, 11 May 2008 17:22:31 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=3207#comment-20592 Whats in it for the UK? A reduction in dependence on an increasingly irrational USA maybe? Whats in it for the UK? A reduction in dependence on an increasingly irrational USA maybe?

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