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IronLionZion

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16. There are pretty much always operations in the Gulf

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 12:16 PM

Jun 2016

this seems like they would have found a way to fix it by now. Or they are having longer missions with less maintenance/repair budget. Military operations require a lot more support than some people might think.

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Britain's Royal Navy warships are breaking down because sea is too hot [View all] NWCorona Jun 2016 OP

Climate Change brings and end to War montanacowboy Jun 2016 #1

Think again. It triggered the uncivil war in Syria. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #8

Thats nonsense. 7962 Jun 2016 #13

The peaceful protests were due to climate change Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #17

Except the same drought affected Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, etc 7962 Jun 2016 #19

Read carefully. I wrote "triggered" and I meant exactly that. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #22

No doubt, intelligence agencies recognized regime change opportunity partially due to climate change leveymg Jun 2016 #27

Thank you for that. mahina Jun 2016 #29

Post hoc ergo prompter hoc. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #24

"propter". And No. If you assert something, try to make a case for it. No logical fallacy here. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2016 #26

No, it just means the taxpayer labor that paid for the first ones was wasted, and now more jtuck004 Jun 2016 #21

It also sounds like contractor fraud forest444 Jun 2016 #2

Misleading headline. AtheistCrusader Jun 2016 #3

Seems to me that a warship should be able to operate Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #5

Sure, but it comes at a cost. AtheistCrusader Jun 2016 #9

Absolutely, Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #10

Yep. AtheistCrusader Jun 2016 #11

Indeed, my friend, Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #12

Once average daytime temps go over 130F.... sofa king Jun 2016 #20

True, but some are made MORE for higher or lower temps. 7962 Jun 2016 #14

An icebreaker is a pretty specialized ship Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Turbineguy Jun 2016 #18

Ahh, Were the Brits expecting operations in the Arctic - packman Jun 2016 #4

someone forgot: It's not about defense, it's about empire askeptic Jun 2016 #6

see the war contractors,-only 20 billion a year they provided air conditioning for tents in gulf war Sunlei Jun 2016 #7

There are pretty much always operations in the Gulf IronLionZion Jun 2016 #16

Machines and people need to stay cool felix_numinous Jun 2016 #23

How is that the UK Angel Martin Jun 2016 #25

Worlds apart: No computers, no air-con, much lower power radar + sonar + ... Nihil Jun 2016 #28