Trump kissed Putins behind in every way possible to the point he tried to break our democracy on the 6th of January, 2021. To Decimate is as you put Dave 1 in 10 ,50% is half which is Dimidium, Cheers Tommo my googlefu is poor however, my google translate fu was non-existent , Over the last third of a century the pollies have dimidiumated the British Army . Concussion will do too much damage. But what might a Russian attack look like and what could it seek to achieve? During its 2008 war with Georgia, Russia bristled at U.S. warships operating in the Black Sea, and in April the United States cancelled the deployment of two warships to the area. However, the IDF has a long standing policy of refusing to confirm or deny allegations ofRead more . I think Irans aspirations in the region run much deeper than having mild cooperation with Russia. I have lost count how many times I have read about explosions in Iran over the past two years or so. One of Russia's newest, most advanced warships - the Admiral Gorshkov - docked in Havana some 90 miles from the southern tip of Florida, amid Russia's warnings to the U.S. about deploying missiles near Russia, the Associated Press reported Monday. Well the attacks came from Yemen itself as did missiles over night last night they arent coming from Iranian soil. "By maintaining a visible and persistent presence, the Royal Navy ensures compliance with maritime law and deters malign activity to protect our nations interests. I apologize if you took offense with my tone, its not my normal voice. At the same time, it has stepped up social media campaigns portraying Ukraine as aggressors. The RN has learned many lessons over the years, have a little faith. The trick is to sort the rubbish and the facts, with good journalism there is always some good Intel to be gleaned. H I Sutton 15 Mar 2022. Or Major joining Carlisle, Osbornes 8 or so jobs, Miliband joining that charity or Blair on his 1M a year+ all for following the US line? Clever move, and itll be Trumps fault the Russians invade on Bidens watch. Meanwhile, in a show of support for former Soviet republics, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace yesterday visited Latvia. A Russian military ship armed with hypersonic missiles has sailed through the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel - only a few miles away from the English coast. UK, US and some Baltic states seem to be the only ones that seem they maybe willing to fight. But the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, called on extra help from Western powers. "It is a hypersonic sea-based system - [and the vessel has other] latest-generation weapons. Thats one of the reasons the JSM in particular is getting the BAe RF receiver. 'Grateful for [US's] political & security support. Biden??? As to Corbin(Corbyn) and American born Johnson, well in my opinion Corbyn is poison and Johnson is a clown beyond redemption Regards Geoff(who is btw an ardent Americophile), Douglass post about this being Bidens fault instead of Putin and his yes men is just not true and I dont think its the time to encourage them. This alone would send a message and along with the news that an Ohio class arsenal boat is currently sunning of Cyprus when normally the whereabouts is secret says alot. Anti-air systems appear to be a weakness for Ukraine which might be something that the US should focusRead more . HMS Dragon, though reportedly armed with Harpoon, is being put in harms way without a modern AShM. Iran has already stepped up activities in the gulf region, recently attacked the UAE with drones from Yemen causing a few civilian casualties. Western military analysts have suggested Russia cannot keep such troops deployed where they are indefinitely for financial and logistical reasons and would need to pull them back by summer. It would be a signal of intent to the Russians. Several Latvians were arrested when they returned from fighting in the Ukraine they had been on the Russian side! Erm, theres certain CO of a T23 on TV at the moment who disagrees with you not to mention Radakin hgiving HoC evidence, I havent see the show, so Ill take your word on it, Surely if Russia invades Ukraine theres gonna have to be big increases in defence and security spending were gonna have to reinforce all Eastern European alliance members for that matter any country world wide that feels threatened buy any powerful country, Hi Geordie, Youd think so. the disaster of the BEF and lack of anti tank capability that was promised in the event of conflict, sadly never materialised. 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The receiver is a version of the one fitted to the LRASM. Its possible if Putin gets really aggressive it could unite the US to someRead more . Mr Scholz told reporters it was 'clear that there will be a high price to pay and that everything will have to be discussed should there be a military intervention in Ukraine'. Under international law of the sea, innocent passage permits a vessel to pass through another state's territorial waters so long as this does not affect its security. 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The target selection technology provides NSM with a capacity for independent detection, recognition, and discrimination of targets at sea or on the coast. "These are Ukrainian waters and it was entirely right to use them to go from A to B," Johnson said. Thats an oversight. Forces would secure control of a canal that provided Crimea with fresh water supplies until Russia annexed the region and Ukraine stopped the flow, he said. He is testing NATO unity and Bidens willingness to risk the wrath of those voters while knowing any faltering step in those voters eyes be it commitment of weakness will bring back a Trump style Govt withRead more , I do wonder if another motivating factor could be something more base than that. It comes at a time when Russia has sparked fears of all .
Since then its been regular movements in/out as the Russian military cycled as many as possible through Syria for the experience. Going after the Ukraine neatly side steps the maritime flank to some extent. You are just gaslighting everyone Douglas and sowing division because you cant admit you are wrong: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/01/19/statement-from-press-secretary-jen-psaki-on-russian-aggression-towards-ukraine/, Thanks Douglas. EFP is tripwire forces (and not many of them ie only 3 Battlegroups in total) to prevent Russian incursions into Poland, Lithuania, Latvia or rather to reassue the peoples of those countries they are not going to affect the Russo-Ukraine situaution. Turkeys first dedicated intelligence-gathering ship, TCGUfuk(A-591), was officially commissioned into service at Istanbul Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul, on 14 January, smail Demir, head of Turkeys Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB), has announced. The rest of Ukraine is a sovereign state and fully independent of anyone. Not training troops. 'Our view is this is an extremely dangerous situation,' said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. In such cluttered close waters, the 4.5 inch is probably the best weapon and only weapon you would need. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. In an announcement on Monday, the agency said the surprise. He told officials the UK stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the Baltic state a Nato ally. NATO should have gripped the Balts, told them the purchasing would be led by Poland and created a unified equipped group of countries enjoying scale of purchasing. According to French newspaper La Voix du Nord, another Russian tanker appeared to be heading to the Atlantic Ocean, sailing along the Boulonnais coast on the Strait of Dover, 20 miles away from Great Britain. Tommo dont get carried away with what the media put out. America last night warned the Kremlin of 'massive consequences' as its top diplomat flew to Europe for last-ditch talks aimed at averting war. Look what we did to help France in WW1/2. If allowed to go unchecked, this will only serve to embolden both Putin and Xi, so interesting times ahead for all of us. The combat readiness of your fighting units degrade, morale becomes a problem and your armour becomes less effective as maintaince for war becomes a problem. Defence chiefs have been keen to suggest new cyber and space capabilities will be major beneficiaries of any extra money for Defence. Its perhaps worth considering that just supposing a few Russian armoured/infantry detachments had been deployed in and around Baghdad at important government and military sites as peacekeepers/observers or an actual hostile force, then would the 2003 invasion of Iraq have taken place? The Defence Forces is monitoring a group of Russia warships which have been spotted acting unusually off the south of the country. Clearly I could be wrong on this. For other inquiries, Contact Us. That's why he wants to overthrow the government of Volodymyr Zelenskyj in Kyiv. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the British warship, which was travelling from the Ukrainian port of Odessa to the Georgian port of Batumi, was acting in accordance with the law and had been in international waters.
Six Russian ships go past UK sparking fears they are going to Ukraine https://www.army-technology.com/projects/land-based-future-local-area-air-defence-system-flaads-land/, Is Russia just grandstanding in some effort to remove the economic sanctions? Ukrainian Defense Ministry's latest intelligence assessment yesterday warned Russia had massed more than 127,000 troops along the border, together with a sea and air component that marked a 'full strength' force. That was 4 years ago after the initial push against ISIS was over. At least Ukraine is on a democratic pathway! Well they didnt of course and no sympathy was deserved . White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki warned of human rights violations and war crimes if diplomacy failed and the Russian government went ahead with its plans. In total, the pair saw 14 ships, led by a Russian minesweeper, approach the coast off Odesa and then turn back toward Crimea. The same Russian warship has since conducted military drills in the Norwegian Sea, the Russian defence ministry announced. Iranians being bombed at will??? This was at the request of the Australian Government. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-03/kremlin-insider-klyushin-is-said-to-have-2016-hack-details.
Royal Navy shadows nine Russian warships around the UK A lot older but the modern B52 is like triggers broom. When you consider bang for buck (price index), how long until Chinas defense budget alone will be equal? The jams at US West Coast ports have been due to the global supply chain being out of whack. @RoyalNavy ships @hms_tyne and @HMSDragon have escorted three Russian warships through the North Sea and English Channel as part of a unified response with allies. We need to re-evaluate our position in the world, step back, calculate the cost of the CASD add that amount to a Defence budget set at 3%. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. Putin is serious, building up a concentration of troops and armour to this level is not an excersise. If Russia invades what do they do next? They may be old but the Russians have used some of them very hard on the Russia/Syria Syrian Express run. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Ties between London and Moscow have been on ice since the 2018 poisoning with a Soviet-developed nerve agent known as Novichok of ex-double agent Sergei Skripal, a mole who betrayed hundreds of Russian agents to Britain's MI6 foreign spy service. This is a US created crisis for US domestic reasons. "We can appeal to common sense, demand respect for international law, and if that doesn't work, we can bomb," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Russian news agencies. The Russian ships sheltered from bad weather within the Baie de Seine, Northern France, where Severn was joined by allied French navy ships and aircraft.
Russian warships spotted off British coast - British Navy responds We should grant him that and make it a reality. Im afraid its too early to plot the demise of the tank.. Should be a 10 year rule everything gets stored for at least 10 years in case needed. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Build the strongest argument relying on authoritative content, attorney-editor expertise, and industry defining technology. It remains unclear whether tanker Karma accidentally revealed its location. On the face of it, Trumps position on the Right of the political spectrum, should have placed him as a hard opponent of the Russians but he was like a contrite schoolboy sitting next to Putin. Ukraine has long accused Russia of having regular troops in the region, something Moscow denies. You forgot about their national dish: kapusta cabbage soup, the outer leaves of which can be distilled hic apparently hic. Estonia is sending Javelin anti-armor missiles while Latvia and Lithuania are sending Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and related equipment, according to a Friday statement by the countries defense ministers. Dissapointed in Macron, but cant say im surprised. The Black Sea, which Russia uses to project its power in the Mediterranean, has for centuries been a flashpoint between Russia and its competitors such as Turkey, France, Britain and the United States. No-one will be able to fight back in an all in war today. You act like the US has nothing to prepare for or be cautious with and we can throw our weight around like Panama in 1989. The US Coast Guard in Alaska came across Russian and Chinese vessels on an ordinary patrol earlier this month, the agency has said. Count on enhancing economic & financial cooperation. Using it just to illustrate how the forward presence of US/Nato forces in Eastern Europe may or may not influence Russian decision making. All depends on how you define corruption but generally speaking most countries are corrupt at some or all levels us included. Giles said some scenarios could involve long-range missile attacks or cyber-attacks targeting critical infrastructure. Hi mate. The RN suffered badly in the Falklands through short sightedness and gaps in capabilities, and is sadly doomed to suffer again unless it takes the enemies and their capabilities and tactics seriously. Patrol ship HMS Severn was on duty in the English Channel and Dover Strait, where it shadowed a surfaced Kilo-class submarine, the Stary Oskol, the corvette Boikiy, patrol ship Vasiliy Bykov and support ships. I would love it if we did do that. Thanks for that. https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2021/03/17/us-navy-set-to-take-delivery-of-the-latest-version-of-its-tomahawk-missile/. I tell you what happened ; the worst thing that people in this Country did, come out of Europe.
it wont need much of a spark to set it all off. What you are saying is if the US had pre-positioned a couple thousand troops in Ukraine, it wouldve prevented Putin from planning and then sending 100,000+ troops to the border along with simultaneous exercises across all their armed forces around the globe including this one: https://www.thejournal.ie/russia-missile-test-south-west-coast-ireland-5660829-Jan2022/. The phrase, and derivatives of the phrase . We live and learn. I can see why you next comment was For starters. Access unmatched financial data, news and content in a highly-customised workflow experience on desktop, web and mobile. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Kimball and its commander, Capt. However there is some good reports if you know where to look. Without OHT you are randomly chucking missiles out down a bearing and hoping the target is somewhere within the seeker head basket for the terminal homing. "Today, a detachment of ships and support vessels, headed by the large anti-submarine ship Vice-Admiral Kulakov of the Northern Fleet, passed the Pas-de-Calais and continues to move southward in the . To what end? looking at the satellite images of the Rusian camps near the boarder. russian dockyards will need to build more tugs. The Americans have just sent their first shipment of Aid to the Ukraine what was sent was classed as LETHAL Aid. In Moscow, Russia summoned Ambassador Deborah Bronnert for a reprimand over what it said were Britain's "dangerous" action in the Black Sea - while foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused London of "barefaced lies". I think it is sad that Biden never got a shot at the Presidency a decade ago. The big question is-could this conflict once started, and if NATO do get involved, be limited to a conventional battle? I was considering calling them coffins but ill go with obsolete. Nine Royal Navy ships have completed a "concentrated operation" to shadow seven Russian warships, the British Royal Navy said Thursday, citing "unusually high levels of activity" in the English . If a shooting war were to start, the Astutes would be at sea ready to start shooting, its what they are for, granted we dont have enough of them, a situation that wont be rectified until SSN(R) comes of the pipeline at the earliest. Etc, etc. I have little doubt that corruption in Russia has led to some pretty shoddy construction. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the intelligence was 'very credible.'. "Escorting the Russian task group alongside forces from our NATO allies has demonstrated the UKs commitment to the alliance and to maintaining maritime security.
Russian warships pass through English Channel - UK Defence Journal Much as he did in Syria . Western countries deem the Crimea to be part of Ukraine and reject Russia's claim to the seas around it. Two weeks ago nearly a dozen warships and combat aircraft from Russia's Northern, Baltic and Black Sea fleets gave a "show of force in the waters off the British and Irish coasts" General . To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. "There is nothing unusual here: it is commonplace, but this time the ship is equipped with the latest hypersonic rocket system Zircon, which has no match. Try it too often, find work elsewhere. The ships - which included a . We are now at a stage where Russia could at any point launch an attack on Ukraine.'. I think itRead more , Hi Dave ,knife through Butter with todays build of warships we can but dream a larger build of Destroyer with 6in either single or twin fully Auto good fire control radar no need for the old 274/75 sights or LAS just ops Rm fire controller and PWO but alas smaller ships and bores seem too be the way fwd with The MOD. Thought about those beasties Johnathan if they hadnt been converted to Helicopter carriers as such and kept the Aft turrets as well nice broadside those cordites were huge, No worries. The assessment put the number of rebels within Ukraine who are loyal to Moscow at 35,000 and estimated Russia has a further 3,000 military personnel within Kiev's territory. Last night a senior defence source said: 'We strongly believe [Putin's] preference is for a full invasion rather than a limited offensive. Oh, that would be Slovakia and Poland for example who have NATO aircraft from America not to mention eFP fighters in Lithuania, Estonia and Bulgaria. Is funny that in America when Trump was President the media said he had made a secret deal with Putin but now that Biden is President and has verbally given Putin the OK to invade Ukraine the US media says nothing but how great Biden is.
Russia is 'flexing muscles in Britain's back yard' after ten warships Which begs the question why? If I see him Ill ask. Tobias Ellwood said Russian President Vladimir Putin was taking full advantage of a weakened West. Akin to RAF doing away with Meteor, ASRAAM and sticking to Mauser. The conclusion was that Tiger stood the better chance due to her 6 turret being mostly electrically powered rather than hydraulic, like Blakes, so the presumption was shed be more reliable. The BBC said shots were fired and that as many as 20 Russian aircraft were "buzzing" the British ship. Now over, the Russian ships heading for the Med, inc a cruiser. Some operating virtually continuously for a couple of years or more on a return trip every month. The 210-sailor warship left the port of Murmansk in northwestern Russia on January 6 for the Lofoten Islands in the Norwegian Sea.
British warships escort Russian fleet through English Channel NSM in clear sea lanes, is perfectly suited to keeping enemy at arms length. There is currently another Russian flotilla heading for the Med, this time the flagship cruiser and escort from their Pacific Fleet. Your logic makes no sense. Morning Sean. Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. good job that idiot trump doesnt have access to the red button or the west would be rubble. Is Harpoon totally ineffective against Russian ships or just a bit old? 5 Our SSNs will be busy chasing their SSNs, and so each RN surface vessel should be capable of offensive action. . An armed Russian warship docked at a harbor in Cuba on Monday as Russia warned the U.S. against causing a repeat of the Cuban missile crisis.
US coast guard confirms Chinese and Russian warships off Alaska And the capitol protests are nothing to do with this. UK politicians have been cutting our forces (numerically) once or twice a decade since the end of the Korean War, ie over the last 70 years, not just the last 30 years. Australia just signed an agreement with UK Defense minister to dedicate Wharf and logistics to readily accommodate Royal Navy ships basing them selves there .
Chechen warlord 'seriously ill' but refuses to call Russian doctors But at various times four navy frigates were deployed. Yes, its certainly a complex situation, aided no doubt by a perceived weakness of the US, which is currently very poorly led and has been for several years. Saying your putting your entire navy to sea simultaneously across every theatre you operate in is a bit of a red flag.. though considering the state of the Russian navy if even 25% of the ships leave harbour I will be surprised.
I somehow doubt it. Also known as SPEAR capability 5. Giving his annual speech to the Royal United Services Institute, the Defence chief said: They are flexing their muscles in our own back yard with an ostentation they have not displayed since the Cold War. pic.twitter.com/NDzRz2MwqU, Ministry of Defence (@DefenceHQ) January 21, 2022. Nope me neither. Supplying intel and light weapons will not change the outcome much , Russia will win regardless of the losses shell receive. Unfortunately we are in a poor starting position militarily, as is most of NATO if things escalate. it was not to long ago that a few Russian soldiers died in a Russian barracks collapse, dont believe your own hype, and considering the Ukraine people are fighting for its independence, where they are stationed does not matter. It was/would cost a big chunk of their budget to keep them operational and safe. However, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he may consider halting the pipeline if Moscow attacks. Trump was an idiot and poor president. Seizing southern Ukraine could cut Kyiv off from the coast and NATO's presence in the Black Sea, Melvin said, and could play well with Russian nationalists who see the area as the historic 'Novorossiya' lands or 'New Russia'. A NATO coalition would see RN surface ships targeted first as the weakest AsUW link in the chain. ', She said it mimicked the playbook used when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula, and included social media disinformation to show Kiev as the instigator of violence.