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11-01-2007, 05:24 PM
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| Top ten most powerful navies in the world
Double post. Sorry.
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11-01-2007, 10:14 PM
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| Seriously guys. I am particularly curious where the European countries would rank if in the top ten.
__________________ August 12, 1944 - In an armor cover mission at the Falaise track, Charlie Rife, 368th FG, 395th FS, takes 37mm fllak rounds to both wings. His wingman, Richard Kik, takes a 20mm round to the engine that knocks out two cylinders. Both make it back. | |
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11-02-2007, 07:16 AM
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Country:  | 1. U.S.A
2. Rest of the World 
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11-02-2007, 07:22 AM
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#4 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | The top and most powerful is certainly the US Navy. I think the Royal Navy still follows in at 2nd but from what I have read its readiness and the conditions of her ships is declining.
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11-02-2007, 07:23 AM
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Country: | The status of the Royal Navy ships are good; the main problem now is that it's too damn small.
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11-02-2007, 07:59 AM
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#6 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | I remember reading somewhere that the Royal Navy Carriers were in pretty bad shape and unless something was done they would not be sea worthy anymore.
Is there any truth to that?
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11-02-2007, 08:11 AM
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Country: | No, I have never heard that. The carriers are being replaced in the near future, so we'll still only have two - but these new ones will be bigger (still runts compared to the USN carriers.) and the old ones are being sold off...I believe.
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11-02-2007, 08:17 AM
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#8 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | I thought the Royal Navy was having a Super Carrier built with angled deck and all.
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11-02-2007, 08:38 AM
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Country:  | I thought that was the French. What will the Royal Navy do to replace those Harriers?
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11-02-2007, 08:41 AM
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Country: | They were going to buy the F-35.
Here are the new carriers: Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There is no question that the US is number one. I would say the British are second with probably the French third.
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11-02-2007, 10:52 AM
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Country: | not jokng as i did last time, no particualr order other than #1 is where it should be-
usa
china
russia
gb
france
india
australia
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11-02-2007, 10:59 AM
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#12 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | I dont know if I could rank China that high. There fleet is an aging fleet and they have no amphibious capability.+
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11-02-2007, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Aggie08  I thought that was the French. What will the Royal Navy do to replace those Harriers? | Harriers will still be in service for quite a while. Even after the F-35's introduction, it will take time to transition all the squadrons - in both the US and the UK.
I just read an article about RAF Squadron Leader Michael "Hoof" Proudfoot. He was sent to the US to train the USMC on the AV-8A back in '74. He seems to have been quite a character, and used to jokingly refer to the Marines as "colonials."
Sadly, he was killed flying a P-38 at an airshow in Duxford when the aircraft suffered a flight control malfunction in 1996.
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11-02-2007, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by mkloby I just read an article about RAF Squadron Leader Michael "Hoof" Proudfoot. He was sent to the US to train the USMC on the AV-8A back in '74. He seems to have been quite a character, and used to jokingly refer to the Marines as "colonials."
Sadly, he was killed flying a P-38 at an airshow in Duxford when the aircraft suffered a flight control malfunction in 1996. | I have a video clip of that P-38 augering in. The aircraft does a roll and
just flies into the ground. Sad.....
Charles
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11-02-2007, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet I dont know if I could rank China that high. There fleet is an aging fleet and they have no amphibious capability.+ | 'no particular order other than #1 is where it should be'
remember, i qualified my answer...no order except us as #1.
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