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  • So there's no reduction in UK warheads, just the means of delivering them and the port and stbd crews that take the boat to sea, they'll be swallowed up by the RN so no worries there.

    Brown to cut Trident fleet by one Jeff 2009

  • There is a law of diminishing returns issue if you set the margin to fine - the poor old girl tries to full helm port full helm stbd full helm port as she rolls on waves - heavy on gear & very un fuel-efficient.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » It’s like an unexpected fanfic festival. 2009

  • “Would like to remain on your starboard and to give mutual aa antiaircraft support and to turn quickly to stbd in view of having only one screw and one uncertain gyro x Will keep well clear.”

    Left to Die Dan Kurzman 1995

  • “Would like to remain on your starboard and to give mutual aa antiaircraft support and to turn quickly to stbd in view of having only one screw and one uncertain gyro x Will keep well clear.”

    Left to Die Dan Kurzman 1995

  • In the survey, the OBSS 'wraps' around the front of the vehicle and requires less than 5 ft clearance to completely survey the stbd side of the nose cap.

    NASASpaceFlight.com Chris Bergin 2010

  • In the survey, the OBSS 'wraps' around the front of the vehicle and requires less than 5 ft clearance to completely survey the stbd side of the nose cap.

    NASASpaceFlight.com Chris Bergin 2010

  • "After the STS-126 crew cleaned and lubricated the stbd SARJ, even though the race ring is damaged, the current required to rotate the joint was much lower than previously required," noted an 8th Floor News update to MOD staff, acquired by L2.

    NASASpaceFlight.com 2009

  • A bulk carrier underway, detected on radar speed boats approaching from the stbd bow / port bow at a distance of 12nm.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • If you were trying to avoid, you go hard to starboard by reversing the stbd engine and firewalling the port engine; you really don’t steer boats like that at any speed with the rudders, it’s all done with differential thrust.

    ‘Capt.’ Paul Watson, COME ON DOWN! You’re the Grand Prize Winner in Bob Barker’s Animal Jihad! - Vladimir’s blog - RedState 2010

  • These tight clearances require the stbd survey be heavily segmented, with several pause points with LDRI pan/tilt reconfigs as well as a few places where data is taken via a pan/tilt survey. "

    NASASpaceFlight.com Chris Bergin 2010

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