From: Adam 

Adam wrote:
> Phil Payne wrote:
>> http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006420754,00.html
>>
>> Looks more like a "Russian trawler".
>>
>
> IMHO it's part of the move from mil specific to "platforms"
which can be
> built more as std commercial designs & then equipped e.g. airliners as
> bombers/tankers/troop carriers/surveillance aircraft/c3 assets etc,
> "fleet auxiliaries " being used (as here) as
"cruisers" etc.etc.
>
> I keep saying that the RN should build some bloody great "container
> ships" with RO-RO & a flat top which can either have more containers
> stacked on top (in addition to those "in the hold") is
required or where
> the flat top + "hold" can be used as a flight desk + hanger.
>
> There is no need for speed any more as an aircraft/missile/ssn will
> always be quicker anyway so...
>
> Adam

BTW what ship (other than a nuke) could better a tanker/RFA wrt
"patrol persistence"? So long as you can use the oil in the tanks
to power your own engines, you're off & running for......months esp if
potering along at 10 knots in a patrol area (e.g. the Caribbean or the Gulf
of Oman etc.

Adam

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