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by D41 » 26 Nov 2018, 16:35
Deegee wrote: Gunboat Diplomacy is all well and good, until someone steals the toys...
.....Like the Gaspee????
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by StMarks » 26 Nov 2018, 16:35
Before you jump to criticising our mate Putin...
.....You just watch, our Navy will be doing the same "protecting our fisheries" before very long if this Brexshit continues.
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by duke63 » 26 Nov 2018, 17:00
Doubtful we have sufficient manpower or ships in the Navy to do that.
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by Monty » 26 Nov 2018, 17:05
duke63 wrote: Doubtful we have sufficient manpower or ships in the Navy to do that.
We could ask the Swiss for help
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by Deegee » 26 Nov 2018, 17:28
Or the Dutch, we could recommission Chatham Dockyard especially for them, it’s not like they’ve never been there before....
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by duke63 » 26 Nov 2018, 17:35
Probably plenty of migrants crossing the Channel in rubber dinghies over the next year who might be willing to help too.
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by D41 » 26 Nov 2018, 19:02
Monty wrote: duke63 wrote: Doubtful we have sufficient manpower or ships in the Navy to do that.
We could ask the Swiss for help
With what??
Switzerland doesn't go to war with anyone....when other people fight, the Swiss stay at home & eat chocolate & count their money.
Place looks like some vast idyllic model train layout.
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by Monty » 26 Nov 2018, 21:57
D41 wrote: Monty wrote: duke63 wrote: Doubtful we have sufficient manpower or ships in the Navy to do that.
We could ask the Swiss for help
With what??
Switzerland doesn't go to war with anyone....when other people fight, the Swiss stay at home & eat chocolate & count their money.
Place looks like some vast idyllic model train layout.
Yes, and as a land locked nation they also don’t have a navy.
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by Kwacky » 26 Nov 2018, 21:58
They've got a Lake Navy haven't they? It's a land locked navy.
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by D41 » 26 Nov 2018, 22:20
Yep.....it's part of their army, or their "coast guard". The 'Lakes Flotilla', IIRC.
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by Monty » 27 Nov 2018, 08:18
How to ruin an admittedly not that funny joke
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by D41 » 27 Nov 2018, 09:00
The Swiss Navy makes the Salvation Army look like a credible fighting force.
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by D41 » 27 Nov 2018, 09:38
Speaking of the Swiss.....
In March 2007, a 170-person Swiss military unit got lost during a training exercise and inadvertently crossed 1.5km into Liechtenstein. The accidental invasion ended when they realized their mistake and turned back.
The Swiss army later informed Liechtenstein of the incursion and offered official apologies, to which an official spokesman responded "No problem, these things happen"
That is fantastic!!
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by D41 » 12 Dec 2018, 00:13
Tu-160 bombers. Ungainly looking things, but fast-as-fcuk.
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by Kwacky » 12 Dec 2018, 09:53
Essentially a big version of Concorde.
But with nukes.
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by D41 » 12 Dec 2018, 11:25
Yep. The same thing crossed my mind. Not that much difference with those larger planes other than what's on board. A fighter is just that, and not much else....a bomber sized plane can do almost anything....except be a fighter.
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by Kwacky » 12 Dec 2018, 11:32
A long flight like that is a good shake down to make sure it's working ok and it's a decent test of enemy response times.
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by Kwacky » 14 Oct 2019, 09:59
Looks like it's flaring up again.
Turkey is attacking the Kurds who helped defeat ISIS.
ISIS have managed to break out of a couple of camps and a prison
Syria are moving troops up to the Turkish border.
Kurds and Syria have agreed to fight alongside each other.
The US has pulled out of the area.
Russia has not pulled out of the area.
We could see a NATO ally being directly attacked.
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by D41 » 14 Oct 2019, 10:45
*If I'm reading this right*
The Kurds were backed by the US in attacks against ISIS, and now they're teaming up with Syria to counter Turkish incursions into that country??