the royal navy did some gaming. it was not the same as ours. i don't think it did them a whole lot of good -- are good. i'm not telling you -- i'm telling you there is a particular way. the idea was you could only learn by doing. if you look through the war college records, i would that you everybody else who does it looks through the lectures. there are a lot of lectures on very interesting subjects. they are exactly what you want. i have copied the hell of a lot of them -- a hell of a lot of them. if i had my druthers, i would copy everyone i could find. but that was probably not what people learned. what they learned they learned from actually doing it. if you are trained in the sciences, for example, you will have the horrible experience, you read some text, you really think you know what you're reading, and then someone makes you do problems. --ouch. that's a personal ouch. i was in the physics racket. now what are you looking for interwar? the single biggest change in the navy's interwar is airplanes. i don't see how you can get out of th

would you simply retreat or would you pass the buck to the royal navy? that way you can blame it on the navy if nothing happens. blame it on the navy. so words passed that the city will only begin after the royal navy reduces fort mchenry. in the early morning hours of the 13th of september, 1814, 15 british ships close into the fort. once they come within cannon range, some of the larger fort guns swing out. overwhelm of the larger guns were capable of firing a 36-pound iron ball a mile and a half. going at 1,000 miles an hour. they didn't call them cannon balls, they called them shot. so that's a great way to think about it. like if you ever in track and field and threw the shot put, that's what it is. it doesn't blow up. yes. i know hollywood shows them blowing up, trust me. i studied this stuff. it doesn't blow up. it's solid. going at 900 to 1,000 miles an hour when it smacks into a ship, it will knock a hole in it. a blizzard of splinters on the inside of the bulk head. you could do serious damage. and since the cannon balls were also solid, could y

if thebuy a ship they want retionship with the royal navy. tha.hey couldld just not do >> i have to say having travaved to many of the showsn a regular basis, the is always a big brith contingent. do you notice that the needle is moving from the standpoint of each of the service of standing up to do a better job to support these campaigns? >> this has been a grt boon of mimilitary support for this industry. there a are britishervices. thatat is a real set change from two yearago. the army historically has been anti-iustry. almost single-handedly would destroy the industry. got very close to that. they y caot expect to get the support tt they require unless there is a domeic industr >> prosperity is onene of the buzzwords of the show. talk more generally. just a platitude or a genuine change in the way t the gogovernment is looking at defee terms of the broader economic ststructure. >> i wou be very happy if ththe partnerships would aid at their current level. politicians are talkinabout national prosperity as being a key part ofherocess f for

we even have an account from a british officer in training, midshipman, robert barrett, royal navy, h.m.s. hebris, as the ship was sailing away, at 9:00 the americans hoisted over their works the superb and splendid ensign over their battery, we even have an account by the british some big flag was hoisted. the most eloquent account was by francis scott key. he knew what was going on. key really wasn't for the war of 1812. however, once the homeland was attacked he most certainly was. key again was not perfect. he was a conflicted man. he recognized in a war not going well, in a time where the capital had only been burned a couple weeks before, there was a lot at stake in this particular battle here. this is one we had to win. this is a battle for morale. and seeing that flag by dawn's early light, really meant that the republic had survived. as he -- he had this rush of emotion. he'll write a four verse song, poem if you will, that will be set to music that he titled "the defense of fort mchenry" we today call the "star spangled banner." i will not recite all four verses, but i'll conclu

talks about the royal navy rescue migrants who risked grounding. i think the message is don't get hung up on the individual figures of refugees that will be resettled. look at how the country is helping in different ways. i think that was also a dig at germany, which accused britain of not doing enough. will today's statement be enough to duplicate -- placate his critics they say, if you show solidarity with migrants, we will have to renegotiate the deal for britain in the eu that you want. the figures announced today by france and britain are roughly the same in terms of refugees that will be settled when it comes to quotas. britain firmly stands up posed to such -- stands opposed to such system. that remains to be seen. they will see if other nations want to give him that european deal. anchor: there has been no sign of the influx in the eu abating. the hungarian prime minister is criticized over his anti-humanitarian rhetoric. reporter: a harsh welcome to hungary. around 1000 people spent the night in this muddy field on the border with serbia,

. >> showing off the latest anti-mine technology, this underwater kit is used by britain's royal navy in places like bahrain. but now they've brought it to a huge arms fair in london on the banks of the thames. before it opened there were demonstrations of another kind. these protesters accused the u.k. of selling weapons to governments on its own list of human rights abusers, something backed up by amnesty international. >> since 2005 visitors have been offered guns, tanks, and horrific killer drones. >> while this time around some countries were deliberately not invited, including russia, subject to western sanctions over its actions in ukraine. but one nation that is present in large numbers is france. in 2014 france won contracts for arms exports worth $9.1 billion. that was up 18% on the year before. and the french government predicts this year's figure could stop $18 billion. but the impetus for all this are on going conflicts in the middle east. in the last year paris has sold equipment to egypt, the united arab emirates, qatar and saudi arabia, whil while there is a push by ru

>> the update i given so far we rescued 6700 children first with the flagship of the royal navy replacedhis very good work and will continue in doing this work with allies and others as long as necessary. also using and we should all be honest with ourselves and recognize we have been the case of economic migrants on the african root we need to break the link between those people getting on a boat and getting settlement in europe. all the evidence for these migration crises in the past, particularly spain and canary island do need a way of returning people to africa who are not fleeing for their lives, but leaving for a better life. if you can't the land, increasing number of people want to make the perilous journey. >> harriet harman. >> we do need to find ways of returning people where that is great but we also have to make sure we stopped in drowning at sea when they flee as refugees and i know he agrees with that. the e.u. must have a robust and realistic plan. the european commission has announced brothers that feared the prime minister would look at it need are the special summit o

part of this -- and to really strengthen the ability of the royal navy, which is absolutely fundamentalnot only that we, you know, have the right platforms and that they are -- it's not just numbers but the kind of technology that we're really investing in, which keeps us relevant to you, it is also that we have -- we're able to drive down the costs of producing those platforms. one of the key questions as we go into the sdsr is about that sovereign capability. we have announced our ship build strategy, for example, and we wanted to ensure we have realistic drum beats for our shipyards. i've spent a lot of my parliamentary career educating my colleagues about the mission of the navy and what we need to enable it to have the reach that we need. there has been a move towards much more closer working with other maritime organizations. it is a big sea, and we need, you know, other eyes are on ensuring that it is policed and it is -- those trade routes are open. then we want to encourage that. i think we have seen a shift in where those concerns are. certainly for us in the last five years,

part of this -- and to really strengthen the ability of the royal navy, which is absolutely fundamental, is not only that we, you know, have the right platforms and that they are -- it's not just numbers but the kind of technology that we're really investing in, which keeps us relevant to you, it is also that we have -- we're able to drive down the costs of producing those platforms. one of the key questions as we go into the sdsr is about that sovereign capability. we have announced our ship build strategy, for example, and we wanted to ensure we have realistic drum beats for our shipyards. i've spent a lot of my parliamentary career educating my colleagues about the mission of the navy and what we need to enable it to have the reach that we need. there has been a move towards much more closer working with other maritime organizations. it is a big sea, and we need, you know, other eyes are on ensuring that it is policed and it is -- those trade routes are open. then we want to encourage that. i think we have seen a shift in where those concerns are. certainly for us in the last five ye

first this was the flagship of the royal navy. it was replaced by hms enterprise.but enterprise has continued this good work and will continue in doing this work with allies and others as long as necessary. we're also using the two cutters. but i think we should all be honest with ourselves and recognize that we have to particularly in the case of economic migrants leaving on the african route, we do need to break the link between those people getting on a boat and getting settlement in europe. all the evidence from these sorts of migration crises in the past, particularly the example of spain and the canary islands, you do need a way of returning people to africa who are not fleeing for their lives but are leaving for a better life. because if you can't break that link, an increasing number of people will want to make that perilous journey. >> harriett harman. >> of course we do need to find ways of returning people where that's right. but we've also got to make sure we stop them drowning at sea when they're fleeing as refugees. i know he agrees with that. the eu

navy. the fleet of revenue cutters -- cutter -- in the coast guard, that is a boat 65 feet or longer and gets its name from the british. the british had revenue cutters supplementing the royal treasury in its mission, sailing ships, and that is where the term cutter comes from. among the many wars that the revenue cutter service was in, the civil war. here is captain john fowlkes of the u.s. revenue cutter service. he fired the first naval shots of the civil war in charleston harbor. at the commencement of the civil war revenue cutter service and the u.s. navy had many different dangerous missions, blockade squads and other things together in the civil war. the seminal revenue cutter was built in 1900. you see that it has a stack which was coal powered and steam powered, yet it had masts that were sail powered. it is called an auxiliary ship, and both methods of mobility had their advantages. why is it called the cutter seminole ?among the many wars ? among the many wars the marines were in were the seminole wars. the seminoles did themselves proud. it is 180 feet long and it had deck guns and operated there. and the u.s. navy and the revenue cutter service fought the war o