Australia kisses US arse to secure oil

[Black Orchid]

How many times does she have to tell you Brian, Orchid didn’t vote “Tories”.

For Pete’s sake.

Reading and comprehension are not Brian's strong points.

[Bobby]

By now everyone will know that we are sending a frigate to the Strait of Homuz to assist the US etc...
I read somewhere that it will take six months for the boat to arrive.....
Don't know why it would take six months...maybe our ships only travel at 5 knots an hour...
Maybe the boat is so obsolete...maybe we should have sent the HMAS Newcastle....no wait...we scuttled
that didn't we....
Iran must be shaking its boots knowing that the might of the Australian Navy has joined the fray....
I suppose our ship will be captained by some dumb female wanting to be a man....yawn yawn....
I wonder how many days of oil we've got left at the moment....is it 28...27...26.....
Maybe we should send our subs....no wait...we don't get them for 30 years.....

The location of subs is secret -

we could have one there now.

Indeed. Billy is mistaking the new BARRACUDA class which we have signed a contract to purchase with the existing COLLINS class which is presently in the water, sailing 'round Australia. A submarine in the Straits of Hormuz would be of little value. The role of the naval forces there is to be both visible and be a deterrent to any Iranian surface craft which might be operating there. The straits are quite shallow so submarines would not normally operate there and their invisibility would prevent them from deterring anybody. Their lack of a deck gun would tell against them as well, with Torpedos being both expensive and rather final in their use.

However, Billy's excuse is his ignorance that comes from being an amateur I suppose. The reason why it is going to take our frigate so long to reach the Straits is 'cause the RAN is committed elsewhere and lacks the manpower to adequately man all our naval vessels. Half our submarine fleet is in dock at any one time as a consequence as is one of our destroyers. The RAN is scrabbling it seems to man the ships it does have when faced with a buoyant civilian economy and a well functioning mining industry that offers better conditions and terms than the navy can afford.

The Navy pays only $70K per annum to crews
of their iron coffin subs.
No wonder hardly anyone joins up.

[sprintcyclist]

How many times does she have to tell you Brian, Orchid didn’t vote “Tories”.

For Pete’s sake.

Reading and comprehension are not Brian's strong points.

Yes, but he can argue anything for ever

[Nom De Plume]

How many times does she have to tell you Brian, Orchid didn’t vote “Tories”.

For Pete’s sake.

Reading and comprehension are not Brian's strong points.

Who did you vote BO?

[Nom De Plume]

How many times does she have to tell you Brian, Orchid didn’t vote “Tories”.

For Pete’s sake.

Reading and comprehension are not Brian's strong points.

Who did you vote BO?

Bumpity Bump

[The Reboot]

How many times does she have to tell you Brian, Orchid didn’t vote “Tories”.

For Pete’s sake.

Reading and comprehension are not Brian's strong points.

Who did you vote BO?

Bumpity Bump

Greens