Russians...

[tugglesf239]

See the pesky so and so's have allegedly fired warning shots and ordinance toward one of her majesty’s Sleek Grey Harbingers of death (HMS Defender).



All kicking off in the Crimea. God I wish I was still in ?

 

[BiMGuy]

It's all just a bit of international posturing and an exercise in gathering intelligence.

Nothing to see. Move along.

 

[CliveW]

It's all just a bit of international posturing and an exercise in gathering intelligence.

Nothing to see. Move along.

There probably is a lot to see, but we won't find out!

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Might get these guys off the golf course..........
Royal Navy now has more admirals than warships - Plymouth Live (plymouthherald.co.uk)

 

[SocketRocket]

Might get these guys off the golf course..........
Royal Navy now has more admirals than warships - Plymouth Live (plymouthherald.co.uk)

That article is out of date Doon. Very much like you and you're anti British posturing.

 

[Junior]

See the pesky so and so's have allegedly fired warning shots and ordinance toward one of her majesty’s Sleek Grey Harbingers of death (HMS Defender).



All kicking off in the Crimea. God I wish I was still in ?

Yeah I read about that. We've denied being in their waters and think they must have been on some sort of training exercise. Some posturing going on re Crimea.

 

[tugglesf239]

Might get these guys off the golf course..........
Royal Navy now has more admirals than warships - Plymouth Live (plymouthherald.co.uk)

Cheers Dits ??

 

[Crazyface]

The main question is, why the hell was a BBC reporter on board a ship that was going to sail to close to Russian waters? Stinks to high heaven.

 

[CliveW]

Yeah I read about that. We've denied being in their waters and think they must have been on some sort of training exercise. Some posturing going on re Crimea.

Channel 5 documentary "Warship - Life At Sea" shows HMS Duncan encountering Russian Migs in the Black Sea in 2018.

 

[clubchamp98]

The main question is, why the hell was a BBC reporter on board a ship that was going to sail to close to Russian waters? Stinks to high heaven.

Is the MOD budget up for renewal?

 

[harpo_72]

I don’t mind having the occasional foray into Russian waters .. they are in our airspace regularly.. they have set the ground rules , play the game and wind them back up.
Hopefully we have some nice silent subs lurking for some giggles

 

[SocketRocket]

The main question is, why the hell was a BBC reporter on board a ship that was going to sail to close to Russian waters? Stinks to high heaven.

Why not. There have been a number of documentaries on TV about life on warships. Also, how can you sail too close to Russian waters, You're either in them or out of them. Defender says it was out of them.

 

[SocketRocket]

HMS Defender was my first ship, not the current one but it's predecessor. I spent a month on her as a young Naval Reservist in the 1960s. She had just finished a major refit in Chatham and was doing her sea trials. She really was a beautiful ship.

 

[BiMGuy]

I don’t mind having the occasional foray into Russian waters .. they are in our airspace regularly.. they have set the ground rules , play the game and wind them back up.
Hopefully we have some nice silent subs lurking for some giggles

They are near our airspace regularly. I very much doubt they enter it much. If ever.

Submarines on the other hand......

Edited to add. In tbe water obviously

 

[ColchesterFC]

They are near our airspace regularly. I very much doubt they enter it much. If ever.

Submarines on the other hand......

Edited to add. In tbe water obviously

I regularly work out in the middle of the North Sea. On many occasions (at least a dozen in the last 3 or 4 years) we'll be out on deck and a fighter jet will come overhead from the east and will then do an abrupt about turn and head back where it came from when (usually) two RAF fighters come out to intercept. Obviously I can't tell if they actually enter UK airspace but they are regularly testing the UK response to their jets flying towards the UK.

 

[sunshine]

I love Russians. That time I met Svetlana and Tatiana, two former ballet dancers, on a night out in Covent Garden

 

[Smiffy]

I love Russians. That time I met Svetlana and Tatiana, two former ballet dancers, on a night out in Covent Garden

Did they threaten to open their bomb bay doors???

 

[bobmac]

Did they threaten to open their bomb bay doors???

They were from Russia, not India

 

[Ridgeman]

Is the MOD budget up for renewal?

Or the BBC's

 

[Ridgeman]

I love Russians. That time I met Svetlana and Tatiana, two former ballet dancers, on a night out in Covent Garden

Those Russian men can be so funny even if they do have odd names.