Well said john. I was in the army in the 60's/70's spent a fair bit of time on ships, I've been playing with boats since I was seven, I'm aware of that. It works well.
//I really dont understand all the hysteria, it's being trialed for Gawds sake. //
//Just another example of how the news media loves to belittle this country. //
When you look at the "source" of the alarming "news", even as far as it being broadcast on the radio news bulletins, it all becomes clear. The Beep Beep Sea once again deploying it's anti Britain mouthpieces. Meehh.
Yes it is Alba. Hence why I dont understand the hysteria unless there is an underlying motive of running the UK down. Which seems to be very prevalent from some quarters these days.
I don't think it is that (not from the British press anyway - tho I don't think RT will be commenting too soon on Russia's rust bucket of a n aircraft carrier too soon :-) ), as the even right wing tabloid press which loves to tell us it "backs Britain" is hyping this up too.
I think it's just "a story" - at least there's an element of truth in this one :-)
ichi, for papers like the Express and The Sun I sort of get this over hyped nonsense. I expect more from the likes of the BBC (carrying it currently as lead article) though.