Spied on US I-20 Today....

[Mike K]

May have been spares for the US Marine Harriers . The British may have sold some old surplus stock to the Yanks , for parts or a rebuild ?

Mike

[jason meade]

Everyone always needs a good target...lol

[Mike K]

here is your answer Mike C .. I was correct
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...rier-jets.html

[Mike Cecil]

Well done Mike! Thanks.

Mike C

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Is the acquisition of these "one careful owner" aircraft a sign of confidence the USMC have in the programme which should deliver its intended replacement?

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

here is your answer Mike C .. I was correct
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...rier-jets.html

Holy hell, their selling their entire fleet!
And if they have mothballed Ark Royal too does that leave them without any carriers?
Sounds like they are counting CMPs as a new second line of defence.

[Little Jo]

Originally Posted by Ryan

Holy hell, their selling their entire fleet!
And if they have mothballed Ark Royal too does that leave them without any carriers?
Sounds like they are counting CMPs as a new second line of defence.

Hi Ryan

Yep mate the Ark Royal is up for sale. Looks like the last of the Aircraft Carriers are no longer required. See below.

Cheers

Tony


Telegraph.co.uk

Thursday 29 March 2012

HOME»NEWS»UK NEWS»DEFENCE
HMS Ark Royal put up for sale on 'military eBay'
The Royal Navy's former flagship HMS Ark Royal has been put up for sale on the Ministry of Defence's auction website.

HMS Ark Royal Photo: PA
12:44PM BST 28 Mar 2011
Just two weeks after the aircraft carrier was decommissioned at its home port of Portsmouth Naval Base, Hampshire, the Ark Royal has been advertised on the edisposals.com website.
The sale follows that of its sister ship HMS Invincible, which was towed away last week to a scrapyard in Turkey after being sold on the same internet site.
Although the Ark Royal could also be sold for its scrap metal, other proposals for it include a commercial heliport in London as well as a base for special forces to provide security at next year's Olympic Games.
And a move could be made to turn it into a nightclub and school in China.
Bidders have until 10am on June 13 to put their tenders forward for the ship. No minimum price is given.
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The website edisposals.com is run by the Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) arm of the MoD which has a budget of £14 billion to equip the UK's armed forces.
Also on sale on the site are three Type-42 destroyers HMS Exeter, HMS Southampton and HMS Nottingham.

[Tony Smith]

Many years ago, the RN looked at decommisioning HMS Ark Royal and selling her to Australia to replace HMAS Melbourne. At the time, the Argentinians got a bit rowdy and it was decided to keep the Ark Royal and the sale fell through.

Now the RN is again selling the Ark Royal, and once more the Argentinians are rattling sabres. It's plain to see that continued peace in the South Atlantic rests on Britain retaining "Noah's Warship". And we're still waiting for an aircraft carrier!

[chris vickery]

Lets hope our brothers to the south don't get burned on a clearance sale from the UK like we did with "barely used" submarines.....
The barely used subs were barely used because they were junk to begin with and the Brits knew it.
BTW, our second hand subs are still not sea worthy despite being sold in operational condition several years back, plus killing a Canadian sailor to boot.