What An Embarrassment .

[gulliver1]

It's not just the British Navy aircraft carriers that are breaking down .It's the  Submarines also A Trident missile has crashed into the ocean during a test launch after being fired from a British Submarine with Grant Shapps aboard the Sub at the time.

[DTCwordfan]

James Thomson and David Mallet, the poets to the verse, and Thomas Arne, composer of the music probably are turning in their graves.

A re-work:

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, no longer rules the waves!
Britons think that they never will be slaves.

When Britain first, at heaven's command,
Arose from out the azure main,
But then this was the charter of the land,
And Guardian Angels sang this strain:

(Chorus)

Now the nations not so blest including thee
Must, in their turn, risk to tyrants like Russia fall,
While thou shalt  build carriers mechanically weak
The laughter of them all.

(Chorus)

Still with more KC majestic shalt thou sink,
More dreadful from attempted and cocked-up Trident strikes,
As the loud blast of failed launches that tear the skies
Serves but to uproot our native oaks.

(Chorus)

Two haughty tyrants  and maybe more probably shall tame;
All our attempts to defend our land
We will fail with a tiny army so underfunded and lame,
But work their woe and with no renown.

(Chorus)

To thee belongs the rural KC reign;
Thy cities shall with more commercial decline;
All thine shall be the sunken subject main,
And on every UK shore it hurts, and whine.

(Chorus)

The Cons and Labour, still with corruption abound,
Shall to thy happy coasts not repair.
Bugggered isle! with matchless countryside drowned,
And immigrant hearts to guard any site or fair.

(Chorus)

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, we think rule the waves!
Britons maybe, maybe, will be Russian or Chinese slaves.

[newmodarmy]

Embarrassing for those whose job it was to sort this, but it's a bit unfair  to blame Schapps. He should of course ask questions now. 

[newmodarmy]

But obviously this wouldn't happen later this year when there's a labour Defence Secretary?

[ichkeria]

Ken: do you seriously think this system has not been tested for 7 years(!). It has and it is not necessarily going to be news. If I can be bothered/have time I'll chase it up 

[DTCwordfan]

Imagine the caption - "Labour - It Doesn't Work"

[gulliver1]

ICH 14.31  The test firing of a trident missile from a Royal Navy Submarine has failed for the second time in a row .Which I have three times now pointed out is incorrect.Why do you say this is incorrect.?

 

[DTCwordfan]

because they missed - their target was chez toi!

[Ken4155]

Ichkeria; i won't be holding my breath. You claim that the missile has been tested by the UK over a dozen times (£17M a throw) since 2016, yet all the info i have read suggests we have only tested Trident a dozen times in total since we adopted the system in 1994.

[ichkeria]

No one cares any more but the source includes Rear Admiral Chris Parry