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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 16, 2007 21:59:00 GMT 12
No. I'd very much like to go and have a look at the former RNZAF stations at Suva, Lauthala Bay, Nausori, Lautoka, etc. One day.
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Post by Kereru on Jun 17, 2007 20:33:42 GMT 12
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Post by rocco on Jun 17, 2007 21:09:49 GMT 12
I'm not sure I would call it a comparrison. You could buy 8 or 10 copies of Canterbury for the cost of a single San Antonio class.
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Post by Kereru on Jun 17, 2007 21:38:43 GMT 12
I'm not sure I would call it a comparrison. You could buy 8 or 10 copies of Canterbury for the cost of a single San Antonio class. Granted. I was thinking more in shape, role rather than size and cost. Colin
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Post by skyhawkdon on Jun 18, 2007 12:30:27 GMT 12
... and I bet she has more than a 25mm pop gun for self defence! But I guess that is all you need for "peacekeeping" - we will let others do the peacemaking for us.
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Post by conman on Jun 18, 2007 14:02:26 GMT 12
The original design was for a 57mm to 76mm cannon however this was deemed to threatening and was downgraded to the 25mm, there is always an option to retrofit the MRV and OPV's at some stage with a proper gun (probably not under the present regime) I think the OPV's in particular look silly without a proper gun on the front. If they ever have to deal with pirates etc they may feel more in need of a more powerful deterent.
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Post by FlyNavy on Jun 18, 2007 17:35:36 GMT 12
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jun 18, 2007 19:01:14 GMT 12
The original design was for a 57mm to 76mm cannon however this was deemed to threatening and was downgraded to the 25mm, there is always an option to retrofit the MRV and OPV's at some stage with a proper gun (probably not under the present regime) I think the OPV's in particular look silly without a proper gun on the front. If they ever have to deal with pirates etc they may feel more in need of a more powerful deterent. I couldn't disagree more. The 25mm M242 cannon is the ideal weapon against pirates. 1, 100 or 200 rpm of HEI or HEI-T, or SAPHEI or SAPHEI-T or APDS or APDS-T or APFSDS or FAPDS-T. Really make their day NOT ;D
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