Whilst the Canada and now Mexico border problems are now very real indeed. Their problem then, as now, in terms of getting into the EU, was/is corruption. 'Our strength depends on preserving our unity and that includes unity within Ukraine. They may be old but the Russians have used some of them very hard on the Russia/Syria Syrian Express run. I think most would agree Trump was a very poor President and Joe Biden has not covered himself in glory. Hi Ron. I think it is sad that Biden never got a shot at the Presidency a decade ago. 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. And the balls to back up that posture with action if necessary. Launch control was always in Moscow. means nothing until they are in the fleet, weve got more warships but the admiralty and the M.O.D cant see beyond their arrogance 5 more rivers given the thai navy upgrades to their batch 2 KRABI i.e a 76 otto melara rapid fire gun which was chosen ahead of the raytheon ram 116 system two extra 30mm cannon located aft of the bridge wings with the option of martlet sometime in the future otions to fit harpoon, these are real warships and we should do the same and designate them as corvettes or light frigates add 5 more warships to todays number of 19, then, 24 ships soundsRead more , reasonable place to forward base a t31 maybe. Hope the Turks can hold them up over their passage through the straights and send Putins timetable skew-whiff. Britain said Russia was giving an inaccurate account of the incident. F35 will be able to carry 8 of these missiles internally. Moscow has announced the 'successful' completion of tests on its Kinzhal - or Dagger - hypersonic missiles, which can carry nuclear or conventional weapons with a range of 1,250 miles, in the Arctic, though the weapons had been deployed with Russian forces ahead of the trials. Itll make Snatch Landrover fiasco look trivial. Morning Sean. SMs dont spend a lot of time having needless conversations with their controlling authority. This is howRead more , Thats reassuring.Thanks. and A very rugged and reliable ship, only 500 tons carrying capacity but their operation in Syria would not have been possible without the. How does that relate to this story? Putin is serious, building up a concentration of troops and armour to this level is not an excersise. Indeed you wouldnt need ships to eliminate those ducks as you wouldnt in the Dardanelles if they ever got in a pickle there either as Britain found out before the Gallipoli campaign became a hasty if equally ill fated alternative. Time to send some Astutes to the Med for target practice! Russia's Baltic Fleet vessels theKorolev, Minsk and Kaliningrad were today sailing south past the UK followed by Northern Fleet warshipsOlenegorsky Gornyak, Pyotr Morgunov, and Georgii Pobedonosets which passed the Great Belt Bridge in Denmark on Monday. Invasion of a NATO state or even probably Sweden Im sure would. The Turks the bosphorous cutting off vital Shipping routes to Russia. For use in the littoral, these also need to be smart weapons, able to accurately discriminate between types of ships not good to go sinking the wrong ships! Europe could and should commit itself to being more than a match for Russia if it had the balls. (apologies for the convoluted English there!). Will it would be nice not to hear from that stroppy self-important brat anymore, I doubt your proposal will solve either of the threats we face; Russian aggression and climate-climate. However, the IDF has a long standing policy of refusing to confirm or deny allegations ofRead more . NOTAMs will clear seaways fast, whilst the Falklands demonstrated the potency of AsUW back then. Why would Poles help Ukrainians? Although hailing the recent 24.1 billion uplift in Defence spending as reversing a long period of decline, General Carter did not say how much of the new money will fill the existing black hole of around 10 billion in the MoDs 10-year equipment budget. 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. ', 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. A mere 3 BGs in total and designed just to reassure the people of Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. I was considering calling them coffins but ill go with obsolete. Final talks on NI post-Brexit deal as UK PM meets EU chief - No 10. At least that is how Putin would see it. 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. With what? "Even with the pressures of Covid, we remain at short notice to respond to threats both in home waters and around the world. Iranians being bombed at will??? Leading to our militaries being optimised for fighting second rate foes. 'We have information that indicates Russia has already pre-positioned a group of operatives to conduct a false flag operation in eastern Ukraine,' she said. Russkie pension, weekly bucket of spuds and one litre of 2 stroke. At the end of the day it isnt going to be Britain v Russia, It will would be a NATO coalition. We reported earlier that amid ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian navy has sortied 5 Ropucha-class landing ships and one Ivan Gren-class landing ship from their Baltic fleet, likely headed to the Black Sea. 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'. And the capitol protests are nothing to do with this. Trump was an idiot and poor president. The Sentinel 2 satellite image, taken at 11:47 local time, shows at least 14 vessels. But T31 isnt designed or intended to be a high end anti submarine Frigate, more a general purpose Frigate for more day to day operations ,anti piracy ect but capable enough to operate as part of a task group. TheRead more . Ill think you well find Im disagreeing with a nut job who thinks Salisbury was a UK government conspiracy lol. The British Army for starters needs a serious shake up and recapitalisation. This idiot wants Biden to start the war. Whereas I have friends and colleagues dotted along the West Coast which is how I can call out your nonsense on that one. why? You forgot about their national dish: kapusta cabbage soup, the outer leaves of which can be distilled hic apparently hic. The 4.5 has the range, accuracy and stopping power to deal with that kind of threat. Our carriers will only come intoRead more . And therein lies the fate of the world!! He sees weakness and disharmony and a split America with half the voters seeing thier Country as an island totally ignorant of what losing Europe would mean to the US position in the World. We are in a potentially high risk scenario all it takes is a trigger point. Is not the opposite more true? In a sense he might as well go for as much of Ukraine as he can get hold of because the penalties are just the same. However, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he may consider halting the pipeline if Moscow attacks. When you consider bang for buck (price index), how long until Chinas defense budget alone will be equal? Unfortunately we are in a poor starting position militarily, as is most of NATO if things escalate. The US CSG in the med training with Italy and Spain no doubt this is positioned close by aswell. Which begs the question why? Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the worlds largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. the Poles keep shtum about their involvement, unlike the Balts who declare it openly. I see a German Navy Chief had to resign tonight, for making pro Russian comments. But the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, called on extra help from Western powers. Global Britain is an illusion. If you remember in WW2 GERMANY wanted to invade us, and we used means of blow up tanks etc to deter them. "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. Most of its armour is 25+ years old, its tube artillery is a similar age and is seriously out ranged by modern Russian systems and they have just announced a cut in numbers to about 75,000..! The US defence budget is $777bn more than the rest of the world combined. 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. During the Cold War it became traditional to test the resolve of an incoming new American president with a manufactured crisis. These Russian landing ships are probably headed into the Black Sea for possible amphibious ops against Ukraine. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov is closely monitored by #SNMG1 ship HMS Portland in the North Sea on Jan. 9 #DeterandDefend #StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/6DN7EmL7EO. Thats an oversight. 'This is extremely dangerous. All it takes is for 1 to get through! With the US on side, it could even be a NATO contingent. The fighting units the Russians have deployed are professional soldiers not conscrips. No-one will be able to fight back in an all in war today. A lot older but the modern B52 is like triggers broom. They took over from @kon_marine and will pass onto the @MarineNationale to continue the escort. Push buttons. Moscow could launch an attack on Ukraine from Crimea and seize territory up to the Dnieper River that could serve as a natural barrier against any Ukrainian counter-offensive, said Konrad Muzyka, director of the Poland-based Rochan consultancy. " Russian warship, go fuck yourself " [a] was the last communication made on 24 February 2022 during the Russian attack on Snake Island in Ukraine's territorial waters by border guard Roman Hrybov to the Russian missile cruiser Moskva. Yep, putting a heavy weight anti ship missile in a cruise ship would be the ultimate fuck up and hand a victory to Russia. Trump kissed Putins behind in every way possible to the point he tried to break our democracy on the 6th of January, 2021. You can unsubscribe at any time. The Royal Navy said it is tracking the frigate and the tanker movements with an HMS Portland frigate, as it could carry what is considered to be one of the world's deadliest weapons. Clearly they have something on him-most probably a secret video of Trump in bed with some Russian beauty! Russia has brought in new forces to Crimea, which it annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Australia just signed an agreement with UK Defense minister to dedicate Wharf and logistics to readily accommodate Royal Navy ships basing them selves there . Clearly I could be wrong on this. Iran has been poking the region with a pointy stick for years now just to see what sort of rea tin they would get in return. And if we enter a shooting war with Russia. The stark warning comes after two rounds of last ditch talks between the West and Russia failed to de-escalate the conflict which has threatened to bubble over since late last year. Biden??? The N Koreans are starving again. Tensions escalated at the end of last week after American officials claimed to have information that Moscow had deployed resources for a 'false flag' attack. The receiver is a version of the one fitted to the LRASM. In theory . General Carter also said the long anticipated Integrated Review of Foreign, Defence and Security policy, now expected in January, will herald the biggest shake-up of the army in a generation. US truckers are heavily non vaccinated. The Russian ships' 'highly irregular' movements sparked Swedish authorities to deploy hundreds of troops and armoured vehicles to the island of Gotland. Its all well and good having such weapons, but they arent much good without good accurate targeting information. . The Ukraininans particularly will give a good account of themselves. The BBC said shots were fired and that as many as 20 Russian aircraft were "buzzing" the British ship. Boris take a private plane back to London from a climate summit in order to get to a party thrown by a conservative party donor .. is that not more irritating than a child asking the adults toRead more , the swedes attitude to defence equipment and production is very good. Meanwhile, in the Black Sea, the Kasimov antisubmarine ship 'successfully destroyed' air and sea targets by artillery fire in storm conditions, in a naval exercise. Last night a senior defence source said: 'We strongly believe [Putin's] preference is for a full invasion rather than a limited offensive. Its a land grab and a hard lesson to NATO not to expand further east and Im afraid Ukraine who have been pro west since independence will pay the price. I think Irans aspirations in the region run much deeper than having mild cooperation with Russia. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. In a call to Mr Lavrov, Mr Blinken 'stressed the importance of continuing a diplomatic path to de-escalate tensions'. Didnt work out too well last time. Preliminary analysis of the vessels suggests 3 groups. People always seem to vastly underestimate the effectiveness of a medium gun. He wasnt kissing his backside so much when he scrapped the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty! Are Putins dirty secrets going to be revealed? No they didnt. Mr Prystaiko also slammed Berlin for pushing ahead with the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that will circumvent Ukraine. By Sam Greenhill Chief Reporter for the Daily Mail. Try it too often, find work elsewhere. Nuclear centrifuge assembly plants. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. 'Our view is this is an extremely dangerous situation,' said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. Our potential foes are very clever and will exploit gaps. Giles said some scenarios could involve long-range missile attacks or cyber-attacks targeting critical infrastructure. But the figures arent as large as claimed andRead more . Instead we were lured away by the glitter of ongoing wars in the ME. (NATO will do nothing without US Support) Alternatively, NATO could station aircraft in Ukraine bordering countries and work with the Ukrainian AF to secure Ukraine airspace again daring Putin to attack NATO Aircraft. I think Putin is going to have to attack or look weak. In such a febrile atmosphere, the risk of a misunderstanding or unplanned escalation is greater, and Russia could use such an incident as a casus belli. If Russia did invade the Ukraine, could/would the UK and France deny Russia access through the channel? In his annual Defence speech, General Sir Nick Carter also said it was 'too early to plot the demise of the tank'. By teatime at least during the cold War the surface arm of the RN was given 7 days before lights out 6 days more than the RAF , only the Army faired better indefinitely if resupplied ? 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 . The only ones being childish are the politicians, the oil industry and those that choose to ignore reality. I am very much older than 25 and I find her far more grown up than most actual grown ups. First Sea Lord Admiral Tony Radakin said: "This is why the Royal Navy is at sea every day, protecting the UK and our interests. Agree but the Russians view is that any weapon in hand can be used against an enemy and therefore gets kept. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today warnedRussia could attack Ukraine on 'very short notice'during a meeting with UkrainianPresident Volodymyr Zelensky at the American embassy in Kiev. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the intelligence was 'very credible.'. 'Russia invaded territory in the Crimea, ginned up a conflict in eastern Ukraine, and has systematically sought to undermine and divide Ukraines democracy,' Blinken said. whats next a russian build up around the baltic straits?or the chinese off tiawan? 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. 'How can we be given a chance to defend ourselves if you're not giving weapons? Commander Philip Harper, Severn's commanding officer, said: "In very challenging conditions with rough weather, Severn and several other British and allied ships have spent 20 days ensuring that Russian transiting warships remain under our watchful eyes.". That was 4 years ago after the initial push against ISIS was over. But the latest intelligence now has Ministry of Defence chiefs worried about a much larger incursion, raising fears of warfare engulfing cities and high civilian death tolls. 5 How would you like me to paint Corbin and Johnson with the same brush? To all and intents you could be correct, but heres the rub he is a dictator in all but name. Access unmatched financial data, news and content in a highly-customised workflow experience on desktop, web and mobile. Except, Trump isnt the President, its the weak Biden who sits in the oval office and has for a wee while now.