TThe United States Navy hot bunks Missile Boats, using Gold and Blue Crews for its SSB Fleet.
The United States Navy has no trouble with such, and there are no loyalty issues that I know of to deal with as they are both Crews of the same Sub, one is just called Gold, while the other is called Blue.
This allows the Ballistic Missile Submarine to stay out on Duty longer while giving one Crew a much needed break.
I think, in the end, the Royal Navy simply needs more ships of the right class: it needs to pay off its out of date frigates and submarines, build the right number of new ships (so a third more destroyers and submarines than currently scheduled), crew and arm them up.
If that costs money, well, that's the price of liberty.
Oh and we need to talk about logistics, Military Police and combat engineering too...but that's a topic for another thread...
So, are you running on a Platform of Higher Taxes to be used for a Military Build-up?..... Or Service Cuts in the Civilian Realm?
Perhaps a little of both?
In the end, I think it will come down to a choice between defending liberty and living comfortably. A trip to a Commonwealth or US war cemetery, shows how many have given what Lincoln called the "last full measure of devotion", and tells us that the choice has already been made.
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They will simply tax the trousers off us, that is if we have any left. But you know what - if there had been no Iraq conflict, they'd have still taken whatever was in the pot for their big government wages, expenses, and all the crackpot, knee-jerk projects you could throw your hat at .
Word is Kirruth is your Servant (or at least one of many) in the Government there..... perhaps Kirruth will seek to take some of the Tax Burden off the people of England..... if such a thing is even possible.
Heh, well, I can definitely promise a strong defence (if ever they give me the big job).
When ever I stumble into conversations like this I end up just squinting my eyes, gritting my teeth and repeat "There will always be an England!" until I feel better.
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