Russian Navy now

[WillyHeckaslike]

It is HMS Dragon shadowing the Vice Admiral Kulakov about 30 miles off Scotland. Apparently the tv channel Russia Today announced on 15 April that the Kulakov would be sailing off the UK’s coast and Dragon was dispatched from Portsmouth 3 days later in response. Since Putin threw his dolls out of his pram a few years back this is not an uncommon occurrence and similar games are routinely played out in the air too.

Maybe the cost of these naval intercepts should be billed to the expenses fiddlers who presided over the scrapping of our Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft.

[Borg Warner]

A little more on the story here:

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and...Dragon-Kulakov

And a little more on the Kulakov:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian...dmiral_Kulakov

[.....]

Originally Posted by Borg Warner

Guessing within the past 4-weeks? A Russian ship was reported off the NE coast

BW

Probably on it's way to Marinabrian for a 160 remap.

[Borg Warner]

Originally Posted by Flintstone

Probably on it's way to Marinabrian for a 160 remap.

He'll need a big wand for that

A very big wand indeed

BW

[Borg Warner]

Well they sent the Admiral Kuznetsov for a drive by last week on its way to Syria:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...glish-channel/

Problem is as the Russian Navy have no RAS they it would appear the fuel light is on on the dash:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...iscriminate-t/

Opps.

Meanwhile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_HgiTmLsMI

Still being worked on.

[FLYER]

More concerning is all this is beginning to look very familier in a historical sense ..

Just been reported that 800 British soldiers are to be sent to the Estonian border with Challenger tanks in support.

[kbonney88]

Originally Posted by Borg Warner

Guessing within the past 4-weeks? A Russian ship was reported off the NE coast and the RN had to send a Destroyer (Type 45 with no Anti-ship armament) from Portsmouth to intercept.

BW

The lack of working armament in our military doesn't suprise me..

years ago I was on a Frigate as part of the Ships flight down in the Falklands.

and as far as ship goes, out of the Sea wolf, Exocet and AA Guns.. only the AA guns were serviceable - that was for almost the full 6 month trip.

However, our Lynx was serviceable......... thankfully..

[FLYER]

Originally Posted by kbonney88

The lack of working armament in our military doesn't suprise me..

years ago I was on a Frigate as part of the Ships flight down in the Falklands.

and as far as ship goes, out of the Sea wolf, Exocet and AA Guns.. only the AA guns were serviceable - that was for almost the full 6 month trip.

However, our Lynx was serviceable......... thankfully..

Britannia rules the waves my archie..

If it wasnt for our subs we would be no threat at all.

[kbonney88]

Originally Posted by FLYER

Britannia rules the waves my archie..

If it wasnt for our subs we would be no threat at all.

exactly... if only.. the Navy is defo not what what it was.. Even in my years in the Navy it changed drastically.. and in my view the recent scrapping of certain warships was a bad move.. resulting in short term monetary gains only..

and I agree with what you said about the subs George.. they are the bees knees in my view, ours are excellent...

[Astraeus]

Couple of years ago to watch a carrier north of Lossiemouth -we had to send a.
Pick the correct answer
A Frigate
B Aircraft carrier
C Minesweeper
D Destroyer
E Jimmy from Peterhead in his deep sea trawler



Chris