Starviking said...

Starviking at 05:12 PM JST - 19th March

@nanotechnology

Well said. Also, a lot of people also forget that the 'super' hypersonic anti-ship missiles need targeting info. Any Chinese ships or planes trying to get that info are in for a lot of grief in a hot war.

Posted in MSDF commissions helicopter carrier with female personnel aboard for 1st time at 05:12 PM JST - 19th March
Starviking at 05:09 PM JST - 19th March

@apecNetworks

the cost to renovate old carriers is high. Kitty Hawk, which runs on obsolete Steam Plants would be a ship too far for any navy nowadays.

Now if the JMSDF really wanted a carrier they could licence the CVF design from the UK.

Posted in MSDF commissions helicopter carrier with female personnel aboard for 1st time at 05:09 PM JST - 19th March
Starviking at 06:57 PM JST - 10th March

Hey, Thenewfront - it's also the UK's St Paddy's day, as Northern Ireland is in the UK.

Are you also going to be demanding that the Irish Guards stop wearing their shamrocks?

Posted in Tokyo’s St Patrick’s Day Parade – It’s a long way from Tipperary at 06:57 PM JST - 10th March
Starviking at 11:30 PM JST - 9th March

Catholic inspired trouble Reg? Haven't you got a bus to catch?

Posted in 2 British soldiers killed in N Ireland gun ambush at 11:30 PM JST - 9th March
Starviking at 06:42 PM JST - 9th March

For the historical events there's plenty of blame to be spread around.

For the events of yesterday the blame is firmly and incontrovertibly on the psychos of the Real IRA.

Posted in 2 British soldiers killed in N Ireland gun ambush at 06:42 PM JST - 9th March
Starviking at 06:19 PM JST - 9th March

Would you all quit your 'Catholic' this and 'Protestant' that - you're beginning to sound as sectarian as the worst of us in Northern Ireland.

Here's some help: IRA - Republicans; UDA - Loyalists; Civilians - Sick of it all.

Posted in 2 British soldiers killed in N Ireland gun ambush at 06:19 PM JST - 9th March
Starviking at 07:43 PM JST - 8th March

@Yelnats

not much chance of that - not a lot of any 'other faiths' in Northern Ireland.

I don't think these dissidents have a very strong powerbase - just support from disaffected members of the republican community. They'll get caught and sent away for life and then we can get…

Posted in 2 British soldiers killed in N Ireland gun ambush at 07:43 PM JST - 8th March
Starviking at 01:24 PM JST - 7th March

@Sarge

Hey, nobody's forcing the students to get buzz cuts. If the students don't want buzz cuts, they can go to another school.

Junior High Schools in Japan are solely based on area - if you want to move to another school you have to move to its catchment area.

Posted in Lawyers say forcing students to get buzz cuts is unconstitutional at 01:24 PM JST - 7th March
Starviking at 09:41 PM JST - 5th March

Lets see, Kennedy supported only one side in a civil conflict and somehow he gets a knighthood for being a 'peacemaker'? He was, like a lot of US Politicians, interested only in the Irish-American vote.

@The Question

There's peace in Ireland?

Compared to what was going on in the past,…

Posted in Britain gives Sen Ted Kennedy honorary knighthood at 09:41 PM JST - 5th March
Starviking at 09:34 PM JST - 5th March

As an ex-JET there were quite a few school suicides in my Ken over the years. Thankfully not at any of my schools. However, that Oneforall says reminds me of a serious bullying incident that I experienced first hand in an elementary school. One of the classes had a student…

Posted in Mie high school student commits suicide, leaving names of seven classmates in note at 09:34 PM JST - 5th March