Whistleblower raises concern of V-Boats and Trident
http://www.scribd.com/doc/265119365/The-Sec-ret-Nuc-lea-r-Th-re-At andhttp://nuclearinfo.org/article/uk-trident/submariner-trident-%E2%80%9Cso-broken-it-cant-even-do-tests-prove-it-works%E2%80%9D Ok,...
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Where was he going to run to? Russia? Venezuela? Brazil?
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ISTR reading a post on RumRation some years ago by someone purporting to be the wife of a V-boat crew member. She was basically saying that maintenance was being skimped on and the boats were falling...
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I cannot say how accurate the story is but I am sure some expansion of the facts have taken place or at the very least a dose of entertaining spin has been injected. However, this is not a new concept...
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Whilst it makes sense in the short/medium term to save on your maintenance budget in order to keep unit numbers up, in the hope of a better financial environment in future, one would hope that the...
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"one would hope that the savings would not be made in respect of the safety" This is also the easiest place to make savings there for it is a natural target. Not good I agree but it is what it is.
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Looks like there's so many for and against him--especially the claim-to-know-it-all Gabriele.
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I was on an older USN diesel boat in the late sixties that was like that. Lots of things that could and did go dangerously wrong. The newer boats weren't like that.
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Made several patrols on a US Navy SSBN as a Missile Tech, some of the details in the story regarding the weapons system ring true. Reader-worker routine, TFR's to report problems, closeouts on the...
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Yes... the best fiction is firmly provided with a foundation of reality - on which the castle of imagination is built.
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Yeah can Russian submariners dream of such fiction too?
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I would have thought they were too busy drowning their sorrows in vodka, in preference to a state sponsored vacation in Siberia.
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http://www.snp.org.uk/media-centre/news/2015/may/snp-secures-westminster-debate-trident-safety As expected.
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It will be motivated by their own political agenda, but at least someone is asking question on this serious subject in the house.
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http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150528/debtext/150528-0004.htm#15052841000001 The debate. If any of you are wondering why Penny Mourdant is answering, it's because Michael...
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Jeneral28 wrote:Yeah can Russian submariners dream of such fiction too?The Russians are tormented with dreams of being as well supplied and maintained as the RN, trust me. Their surface fleet never...
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http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/17/trident-whistleblower-william-mcneilly-discharged-from-royal-navy A dishonourable discharge.
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The right decision, I am surprised it took so long.
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He's a lucky man. Given the damage Snowden and his ilk have done he could really have been put through the wringer.
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He's still signatory to the OSA so he can always be hauled back in and face prosecution if he flaps his jaws any more. I think a DD is about the best he could hope for,
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