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. Next time round-Hillary Clinton vsRead more , Grandpa Biden has been engaged with the Pentagon bigwigs and was informed that Troops had already been pulled out of Vietnam .Now have your 40 winks and Cocoa, You cant blame Trump for this. "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 . Its more difficult now given the numbers they have positioned. Britain said Russia was giving an inaccurate account of the incident. Can you see hot winded Macron or blustering Boris doing that? loads of shps. I have faith in the crews and TTPs, I have limited faith when the top brass dispense with offensive capabilities that the USN and every other major navy endorses. Ukraine is not a NATO country, therefore Article 5 will not be called and NATO will not fight. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. The NATO Allied Maritime Command is "closely monitoring" Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov, it said in a tweet with a photo of the warship. I was considering calling them coffins but ill go with obsolete. 25% might just be enough, with the right weapons onboard! As to the vaccine mandate, you are aware of the cross US/Canada border restrictions that came into force today that affect 50% or so drivers and the log jams in US west coast ports? Putin is getting old and hybrid warfare is fruitful but getting boring. Helicopters for the littoral, Nuclear boats for larger vessels. ', After their meeting, State Department spokesman Ned Price warned the West was ready to impose 'crippling costs on Russias economy' if Putin chooses the path of 'further aggression.'. 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. NATOs multinational battlegroup in Bulgaria reached full operational capability on Wednesday. Agree as a tunnel runs under the channel we have right to defend the tunnel and if at war blockade the channel to defend it. In new training drills yesterday, three dozen Russian warplanes including Su-34 fighter-bombers, Su-25 attack aircraft and MiG-31 fighter-interceptors flew from airfields in Perm, Krasnoyarsk, Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions. A fleet of Russian warships and fighter jets, including the flagship aircraft carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov, has reached the North Sea and is headed for the English Channel, the UK's Ministry of . Those deliveries are ongoing, and there are more scheduled in the coming weeks.. NATO Aid to the Ukraine is not some knee jerk reaction to current events,there have been initiatives underway since independence in 1991,and especially since 2014,in the case of the UK under Operation Orbital. Tobias Ellwood said Russian President Vladimir Putin was taking full advantage of a weakened West. . 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. Would tend to agree with you Graham, to what end does Putin need to invade Ukraine? George is on Twitter at @geoallison, Comments may automatically be held for moderation by our team, they will be approved as soon as possible in accordance with our. We all have opinions and may not always agree but nice to keep things civilised. During the last 2 years lots of HGV drivers left the profession, as happens every year. The US Coast Guard said Wednesday it is monitoring a Russian ship near Hawaii. That is doing it at hands length, other, more shouted about, is skimming money when still on post and that is an area Ukraine is expert in,Read more , With Russia claiming they arent going to invade, they objective maybe another country altogether. You underestimate the Russian bear at your peril! 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! Without ASuW the RN is badly exposed, and its criminal negligence sending sailors into a warzone without ability to take offensive action. 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. Biden is standing up to Putin in every way logical. However, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he may consider halting the pipeline if Moscow attacks.
HMS Lancaster joined Severn tracking Steregushchiy-class corvette Boikiy in the Channel and using its Wildcat helicopter to gather intelligence. '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. ', 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. Also Congress now has the Trump White House documents related to Jan 6. Which begs the question why? Australia just signed an agreement with UK Defense minister to dedicate Wharf and logistics to readily accommodate Royal Navy ships basing them selves there . But Russia? Syria is not a big news story for Putin. You are just scapegoating Douglas. 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. I thought you might of recovered somewhat, after that meltdown you had a couple of years ago? Hope you dont mind but Ive sent your comment to HQ, should be worth a raise. 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. '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. You talking Cobbers as usual! LOL Ivan you really are poster boy for Putin . Certainly, if small, but it isnt going to be sinking any frigates or destroyers let alone a cruiser many of which are being fitted with anti shell or missile weapons. Please leave a comment below if you have something to say! "These aircraft posed no immediate threat to HMS Defender, but some of these manoeuvres were neither safe nor professional," Britain's Wallace said. Any damage to external sensors, VLS tubes, the bridge area, mast, or flight deck would be enough to take it out of the fight. If NSM is good enough for USN & Germany its good enough for RN. Dont we have typhoons in the Balkans and Romania? Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the worlds largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Im not sure to be honest. Correction. Even so, Ukraine's Defense Ministry said it was accelerating its plan to form reserve battalions, a move that would help it rapidly deploy 130,000 recruits to bolster its 246,000-strong armed forces. No Typhoons in Romania at present, but USAF F-15Es there. NSM in clear sea lanes, is perfectly suited to keeping enemy at arms length. Agree, that is the most likely route. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. With the US on side, it could even be a NATO contingent. The Kremlin quickly denied it was preparing a provocation. They keep Russia's options open and therefore keep the defender guessing,' said Keir Giles, an Associate Fellow at Chatham House. Could be a rerun of the 1904 Russian fleet of to the far East didnt go too well for them then but they did attack Traelers of dogger bank. Surely you mean the Syrians? Time to send some Astutes to the Med for target practice! Lauren Lewis For Mailonline, Russia sends troops and military vehicles to Belarus in move likely to increase fears of Ukraine invasion ahead of Putin's 'war games' with ally Lukashenko, German Chancellor appeases Putin and obstructs Western efforts to defend Ukraine as he refuses to send weapons to Kiev's forces and takes soft stance towards Russia, White House believes Russian invasion of Ukraine could be imminent: Jen Psaki warns there is an 'extremely dangerous situation' at the border ahead of Blinken's trip to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, 'Vindication': Georgia Harrison on ex Stephen Bear's sentencing, Incredible footage of Ukrainian soldiers fighting Russians in Bakhmut, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' Military analysts said even if it overwhelmed Ukraine's army, which is half the size of its own, Russia could face guerrilla-type resistance, making it hard to hold on to captured territory. The phrase, and derivatives of the phrase . Will Stewart
By Sam Greenhill Chief Reporter for the Daily Mail. Do you regard all the military and NHS etc senior people joining companies after they retire that they may well have helped gain orders as corruption? In new training drills yesterday, three dozen Russian warplanes including Su-34 fighter-bombers, Su-25 attack aircraft and MiG-31 fighter-interceptors flew from airfields in Perm, Krasnoyarsk,. READ NEXT:Army poised to send 'game-changing' tanks to Ukraine to smash RussiaBefore and after maps show Russia's territorial losses in UkraineUK tanks to cause 'real problems' for Russia on Ukrainian frontlineCleverly under pressure over German spy - Britain battles 'silent war'Putin replaces 'General Armageddon' after three months in top job. Im afraid Martlet wouldnt scratch the paint on a Kirov, whilst the Wildcat wouldnt get within range to launch kinetics before being eliminated by the Grumble. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last week warned the United States that the hypersonic missiles would soon be close to NATO's shores. I suspect if we dont show strength and unity now the fighting will inevitably come to us. NOT, should have out an archer. The ships have included a surfaced submarine, a destroyer, a corvette and a patrol ship along with their supporting tugs and supply ships travelling in the English Channel, Celtic Sea and the West Coast of Scotland. We will see who is right in a month or two. Count on enhancing economic & financial cooperation. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Russian corvette Boikiy (back) which was shadowed by HMS Lancaster, A sailor on board HMS Severn monitoring Russian patrol ship Vasily Bykov and in the background submarine Stary Oskol, The Russian corvette Boikiy (front) was followed by HMS Lancaster, Russian warship Vice-Admiral Kulakov which was shadowed by HMS Northumberland, Typhoon jets flying above the Russian warship Vice-Admiral Kulakov, Asailor on board HMS Northumberland monitors Boikiy, Russian warship threatensto ram the US Navys destroyer John S McCain, Royal Navy shadows NINE Russian warships stalking Britains coast in just two weeks, Putin's thugs close in on ravaged Ukrainian city with thousands fleeing as intense fighting rages, Partygate buster Sue Gray's son 'boasting about mum on campaign trail as he tries to unseat Boris Johnson', Suella Braverman vows to stop the boats with new law to crack down on migrants using human rights laws to stay in UK, Runaway mum Constance Marten was 'groomed' by evil Nigerian sect leader, Man 'naked and covered in blood' arrested before mum found 'murdered' at home as neighbours reveal hearing screams, Rishi Sunaks new bill to end the Channel migrant crisis is crucial for the Tories, Leicester 'explosion': Listen to massive 'sonic' boom that shook homes and rattled windows. And in the Western Military District, a missile regiment armed with S-400 Triumf mobile, surface-to-air missile system conducted electronic launches at a range in Leningrad region. But you have to appreciate they are not the be all and end all. A group of Russian and Chinese warships were spotted in the Bering Sea several dozen miles off an Alaskan island on September 19, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday, confirming Moscow and. Resources, they have plenty of their own. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. JSM is also getting a version of BAes RF receiver, that is one of the primary sensors on the LRASM. 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. Kongsberg have said that the NSM will also get the receiver. I think so. HMS Tyne, HMS Richmond and HMS Kent jointly escorted the same group of Russian ships as they operated in the Celtic Sea. The group thinkers on here have no idea of the N2 capabilities of RU and without AsUW the RN is in danger of being decimated before tea time. Unfortunately we are in a poor starting position militarily, as is most of NATO if things escalate. 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. The fighting units the Russians have deployed are professional soldiers not conscrips. If you were spending months in a bunker in a trench system in that climate I think it may well matter. This is possible by the combination of an imaging infrared (IIR) seeker and an onboard target database. Putin is serious, building up a concentration of troops and armour to this level is not an excersise. I somehow doubt it. The Russians are on drawdown but maintaining overwatch I understand. And the Russian surface fleet is still very much made up of 80s tech, that isnt very reliable. 14:30 GMT 20 Jan 2022. 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. Pentagon officials confirmed the basic details on Wednesday. On 19 July 2020, another explosion hit a power plant in Isfahan Province. Several European nations have now moved to bolster Natos military deployment in eastern Europe. The seven Russian ships - two frigates, three corvettes and two landing ships - were initially tracked by HMS Tyne, an offshore patrol craft. SMs dont spend a lot of time having needless conversations with their controlling authority. We are were we are now and it should have never have got to this point. F35 will be able to carry 8 of these missiles internally. Whether hell succeed with his military distraction where General Galtieri failed with this strategy is open to question. 2014-2021 UK Defence Journal, all rights reserved. Dont forget its got a great habit of hitting other random stuff like holiday homes or your best mates frigate. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Kimball and its commander, Capt. Using it just to illustrate how the forward presence of US/Nato forces in Eastern Europe may or may not influence Russian decision making. The diplomat hit out at Germany for failing to match Britain's offer of military aid, with Berlin preferring to focus on the threat of sanctions. Do you have a link on that drawdown, havent seen that comment before? 'We're now at a stage where Russia could at any point launch an attack in Ukraine, and what Secretary Blinken is going to go do is highlight very clearly there is a diplomatic path forward. It is very obvious where they are going, staring you right into your eyes!! If the US had done this early enough the Russians would have back off. That calls a defense expert on the plan. I apologize if you took offense with my tone, its not my normal voice. Well the attacks came from Yemen itself as did missiles over night last night they arent coming from Iranian soil. 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. The Iranians are being bombed at will. Who is bombing the Iranians? what about nato members bulgaria and romania? Why would Poles help Ukrainians? As for the numbers unvaccinated, I know Putins trolls have been stoking that fire with conspiracy theories about the vaccines. Who do you think got impeached by the US House for trying to compromise Zelensky? Im not entirely sure how/where you have Ur info ref Astutes having v limited Comms when dived from? , As you can see from the pic at the top the Russian ship is within visual range. Once there they re establish the picture. Add in SPEAR EW, which will be an air launched jammer, creating false targets, and the bad guys are going to have a veryRead more . Preliminary analysis of the vessels suggests 3 groups. Signalling to the Russian regime that we shall not tamely acquiesce should they escalate requires conventional hard power warships and aircraft as well as less conventional capabilities like cyber. Actually, its an interesting point. Cheers dave , I think our boss were trying too make us look on the bright side I doubt if the Careers office would have stated that when we signed up, And yet, of all the capability gaps, this one worries the RN the least. Biden??? The 4.5 has the range, accuracy and stopping power to deal with that kind of threat. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. UK could learn a few things by this process and not immediately scrap stuff. Yep, you may well sleep well when not being reminded of the things you could actually be doing to help the world, Ive partaken in wars over Oil and I dont even drive, Driving fossil fueled powered cars is not the only thing causing climate change and that we need to change. 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. In his annual Defence speech, General Sir Nick Carter also said it was 'too early to plot the demise of the tank'. Commander Ed Moss-Ward, HMS Portland's commanding officer, said: "Escorting warships in UK territorial waters and the adjacent sea areas is routine activity for the Royal Navy. He wasnt kissing his backside so much when he scrapped the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty! Agree entirely with what you say but I feel Trump was the one who emboldened Putin in the first place with his wimpish behaviour and with Biden following and little if any better, then no wonder Putin is considering pushing his luck. The guided missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov has been. Russia said it had ventured as far as 3 km (2 miles) into Russian waters near Cape Fiolent, a landmark on Crimea's southern coast near the port of Sevastopol, headquarters of the Russian Navy's Black Sea fleet. . Except, Trump isnt the President, its the weak Biden who sits in the oval office and has for a wee while now. 'Also, if he just occupies the eastern regions he will never be able to take back the whole of Ukraine because of the inevitable strengthening of Ukrainian forces in the remainder of the country in the aftermath. The deployment was cited in Ukraine's intelligence report which said Belarus 'should be considered as a full-fledged theater of operations that Russia can use to expand aggression against Ukraine.'. I pray it doesnt happen, but sheer negligence in thisRead more . And its theseRead more . Akin to RAF doing away with Meteor, ASRAAM and sticking to Mauser. Screen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. I can see why you next comment was For starters. Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. A capability upgrade as and when needed, might well happen. It has a much wider capture angle. Mr Prystaiko also slammed Berlin for pushing ahead with the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that will circumvent Ukraine. Putin praised the ship's strength as it sailed off on its journey, saying: "The frigate Admiral Gorshkov is embarking on a long sea voyage. 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. The ships - which included a . Britain's BBC released footage from the ship showing a Russian coast guard warning that he would shoot if the British ship did not change course. Morning Spy. Normally theres maybe half a dozen ships of the coast of California waiting to be unloaded, last I heard it was over 70. Ireland's defence minister says Russian tests off the coast are unwanted, but cannot be stopped. The ships have included a surfaced submarine, a destroyer, a corvette and a patrol ship along. Like wise the Danse could blockade the Baltic as well. Yep scapegoating the most powerful National leader in the world because his big stupid plan is tell the Russians he wont militarily defend the Ukraine. 36 minutes ago. " 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. But what if Russias is using the same effect in reverse. 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. Stand by to be surprised. The Ivan Gren-class can transport 40 BTRs or IFVs and 300 troops. So can be used if the IIR seeker doesnt see the target. Ukraine was in part happy to negotiate them away for exactly that reason. Iv said all along all the US has to do is move over a few B52s B1s and B2 to UK on a routine training mission. I think Putin is going to have to attack or look weak. George Allison We live and learn. Putin cannot afford a hot war even less than we can. Clever move, and itll be Trumps fault the Russians invade on Bidens watch. Instead we were lured away by the glitter of ongoing wars in the ME. Yep 100%. The only ones being childish are the politicians, the oil industry and those that choose to ignore reality. I was just using it as an example of how the presence of a capable foreign military in a potential war theatre could complicate strategies. 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. Our potential foes are very clever and will exploit gaps. Heavily armed Russian-backed separatists have controlled a swath of eastern Ukraine since 2014 and continue to exchange fire with Ukrainian government forces despite a 2015 ceasefire that ended major hostilities. The vessels were found by Naval News with the help of Damien Symon, an independent defense analyst. The other question which has been posed before-if the Ukraine had not given up its nukes, would Russia risk starting a fight with them?
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