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...in a British Shipyard.

Fixes, gettin' by
...take kinda longer
You can lose your mind,
...waitin' for the finish

(With apologies to Dolly Parton)

Seems the Brits, who are one of the european powers that this board insists is in great fighting shape, have exactly 1 ship they can deploy to protect their base in Cyprus, the HMS Dragon.

Well...they could. If the shipyard it's stuck in worked more than 9 to 5 every day.

Status? Pathetic.

https://x.com/Telegraph/status/2029942673339974114...

🚢 HMS Dragon’s Cyprus deployment has been delayed

The union says repairs are held up because the naval base only operates 9–5. Did you expect this to be the main reason? 👇

Woof. Not a good look.
The Brits have managed to immolate their street cred internationally in the span of just one week.

The deployment of HMS Dragon to Cyprus has been delayed because the naval base where it is being repaired only operates from nine to five, a union has claimed.

The warship is being sent to protect a British base on the island following its attack by Iranian drones last weekend, but its departure has been held up to allow staff to finish welding and other maintenance.

The Prospect union said the delays were exacerbated by shorter working hours introduced by the Ministry of Defence and private operator Serco for “cost-cutting” purposes.

It claimed that the Portsmouth base no longer works round the clock and usually operates from 9am to 5pm on weekdays.

Our NATO allies. Setting the standard for operational readiness.

It was an acute embarrassment for Britain. UK defence officials had been discussing sending a warship but faced a problem – five of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 air-defence destroyers were out of service for repairs, while the only one on active duty, HMS Duncan, was also scheduled for routine maintenance.

Bombarded by Cypriot fury in private and calls to act from the opposition in public, Sir Keir eventually announced in his own video message at 4.09pm that Britain would rush HMS Dragon out of repairs and send it to the region.

Meanwhile, over at the White House, Mr Trump was not finished taunting the Prime Minister.

First, in a newspaper interview, he said Sir Keir’s actions meant “the relationship is obviously not what it was”. Later, at an Oval Office meeting with Mr Merz, he told reporters, unprompted, that “this is not Winston Churchill we’re dealing with”.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/03/06/we...

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Seems that has been the norm in the UK, for several decades. They can't get anything done on schedule, or on budget, let alone with reasonable quality. The US seems headed down the same road, with ossified management populating it's industrial base.

Steve

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