Re: british government moves war****ps into the region

"PaPaPeng" <PaPaPeng@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Sat, 17 May 2008 12:57:01 +0100, "William Black"
> <william.black@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>
>>The point about war****ps from a 'blue water' navy is that they can
operate
>>as coastal secure stable helicopter platforms and small warehouses.
>
> [  http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=12000
>
> A British Royal Navy frigate has been ordered to stand by off Burma
> with emergency aid for the survivors of cyclone Nargis. The 4,900-ton
> HMS Westminster will join US and French war****ps waiting in
> international waters off the Burmese coast, ready to rush relief
> supplies to the Irrawaddy delta if instructed by the UN or invited by
> the Burmese regime...]
>
> Myanmar's ****t facilities are wrecked.  What small warehouse?  The
> only supplies aboard the frigate are her own stores for station duty
> off Iraq.
>

UN flights are dropping supplies at the air****t. Helicopters
are rather good at moving them up country, as the Chinese
government has been doing in disaster relief following the
earthquake


> Beam: 16.1m (52ft 10in)
> Draught: 7.3m (24ft)
> Speed: 28knots
> Range: 14,485km (9000miles) at 15knots
> Complement: 181
> Aircraft carried: one Lynx HMA.Mk3/8 or Merlin HM.Mk 1 helicopter
>
> The RN Lynx heliocopter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Lynx
is
> capable only for limited local rescue work.  Maybe drop a few supplies
> deliveries. Its crew of 2 or 3 and its weapons systems take up all the
> space. It isn't equipped for S&R winch capability or for trans****ting
> refugees to a safer zone.
>

Incorrect. A Lynx can carry up to 12 passengers or six stretchers
and the helicopter can land in plenty of clearings

> French ****ps are likely the same class.  The Myanmar government
> doesn't welcome USN ****ps of any size or color.

HMS Westminster isnt a USN ****p

Keith