Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan towed into port with TOTAL PROPULSION

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>>32124208
Thought they fixed the engines on these things after all the past failures and breakdowns or did some fuckwit bean counter cancel it?

>>32124208
>Inb4 Zumwalt-class failure
>Inb4 LCS faliures
>Inb4 a million other ships that has failed at some point.

>Russian ships failing
>American ships failing
>British ships failing
Ok, this is just too much. I smell some zionist conspiracy here, this has the jews written all over it. Mossad have clearly infiltrated these navies.

>>32124373
Made me think of this
https://youtu.be/Ls_8jHqTCo8

>>32124208
>>32124346

Better to make new weapons and work out the kinks when we aren't relying on them, then be forced to work through the kinks during war time

>>32124208
still better than the american one

>>32124373
>tfw chink's ships not failing

I guess it is them

>>32124419
This. I don't get why people make a big deal out of this stuff

>>32124208
>How can the Brits defend this?

Because it was an American part on an advanced power and propulsion design.

>>32124632

Hardly. Just because you don't heard or see mishaps doesn't mean they don't happen.

If people believe the Chinese don't have growing pains from expanding, they're sorely mistaken.

>>32124632
>tfw chink's ships not failing
Do you read chink newspapers? Are chink papers allowed to report such things?

>>32124208
>How can the Brits defend this?

Maybe because we made the part that broke?

>>32124208

> TOTAL PROPULSION FAILURE

Except it wasn't. It was a burst salt water pipe. She still made the route on time for the exercise.

This wasn't related to the "other" issue (which is itself overreported massively, they've still held 95%+ availability when needed.)

The ship never lost propulsion at all. It was escorted because thats just standard procedure.

>This is the second time an electrical fault has left it unable to move or fire it's weapons systems.

Complete bullshit.

>>32124746
>>32124825

>Because it was an American part on an advanced power and propulsion design.

We don't actually know who made the pipe that burst.

>>32124978

Ah, then I was mislead.

I thought it was the recuperator that was playing up again.

>>32124208
But it wasn't a total propulsion failure.

Actually your being dupped; the British press is on the warpath right now and this is being used as a way to put pressure on the government to increase the planned number of frigates which were recently announced.

>>32124208
>TOTAL PROPULSION FAILURE just TWO DAYS after beginning NATO exercises.

a steam pipe broke, towing was precautionary and its already at sea again.

seriously this is not a big issue.

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>>32124208
(((who))) would want such a proud force to decay so much?

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> British electrical faults

>>32124651
autism, when in doubt explains all the weird activities on this laotian ketchup breeding forum.

>>32124208
>>32124316

something is always overlooked. that's why they do exercises with the new shit. gotta make sure that if it breaks, it breaks in training.

>tfw naval electrician
>tfw I have no face

Nothing like engineering casualties at 4am to liven the senses

>>32124208
That whole Type 45/Zumwalt/LCS thing is curse because burgers and britbongs were laughed about steamy Kuz and her tow buddy

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>>32124208
>this new thing the brits are testing out is fucking up during the tests
>HAHA FUCKING LOSERS!!!
I mean...do you assume things magically work right off the bat with 0 errors? Are you steve jobs reincarnated?

>>32130342
Steve Jobs was a fraud. Apple products never worked straight away like he would have led you to believe.

However he also tested the shit out of the stuff before putting his products to the public.

>>32124632
>tfw chink's ships not failing
It will only be reported publicly if they want the navy procurement person purged. Otherwise, it will be covered up.

>>32124208
KEK class destroyer

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>>32124208
Why the fuck Anglos don't just buy FREMMs, it's obvious that French/Italian ships are the fucking best in the world.

Even Russians knew they are inferior so they ordered Mistral class

>>32132582

Because the FREMM is a multipurpose frigate and the Type 45 is a very large air defence destroyer.

>>32132731
Have you bothered to compare the specs?

Italian Fremm which is also anti air is better than the type 45

>>32132880
>Italian Fremm which is also anti air is better than the type 45

It really, really isn't.

But go on, what basis do your assert that?

>>32132582

>French FREMM
>Ever

If you want the gimped version of the FREMM.

>tfw no AESA
>tfw very low radar mount for shit tier horizon scanning
>tfw only 76mm WITHOUT Vulcano or Strales
>tfw can't even use Aster-30
>tfw hundreds of tons smaller
>tfw only a single gun
>tfw no anti-sub missiles
>tfw slower engine
>tfw only static countermeasure deployments

Italian FREMM = Based frigate
French FREMM = Monkey model

>>32132582
largely because FREMM is inferior in the air defense role to the type 45 and inferior to the planned type 26 as a general purpose or air defense frigate

The US Navy owns 10 Nuclear Aircraft Carriers, 11 with Gerald R Ford.
They only have one active and will continue just having one active until February.

>RN
What a joke. Even an old Russian carrier that was barely maintained for 20 years works better than their newest ships. Lmao.

>>32133709
>They only have one active and will continue just having one active until February.

This is untrue. They only have one forward-deployed. Most of the carriers are in a state where they can be deployed within 10 days however. They're training and doing work-ups right now, not sitting around doing nothing.

>>32134159
This is true I'm afraid.
Right now in the world the US Navy has one active carrier, this is called carrier gap and the fact they only have one active is shocking, especially for another 3 months.

>>32134191
The carrier gap refers to carrier deployment, not carrier availability.

>>32128780
well that, and massive amounts of basement-dwelling paranoia.

>>32124373
the russian ships are failing through old age and poor maintenance, the british and american ships are failing because they are using new pioneering technology which has yet to be fully smoothed out.
there's a big difference.