The Royal Navy has shadowed nine Russian warships around the UK in the last two weeks alone - as Vladimir Putin increases his military presence in British waters. We need to re-evaluate our position in the world, step back, calculate the cost of the CASD add that amount to a Defence budget set at 3%. It could be solved if Ukraine finally implemented the Minsk Protocol it signed in 2015. Surely he loses more than he gains. Time to send some Astutes to the Med for target practice! As the region is already occupied by pro-Russian separatists, and has been in a state of war since 2014, it was believed it would offer little resistance. F35 will also receive SPEAR 3 which also has anti ship capability. 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. The warship is feared to be loaded with 7,000mph hypersonic missiles with a range of over 600 miles. Biden-BIG disappointment. 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. 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. In a meaningful way I mean putting forces on the ground and in the air. The assessment, seen by CNN, described the situation as 'difficult' and warned Russian President Vladimir Putin was 'trying to split and weaken the European Union and NATO' while also 'limiting the capabilities of the United States to ensure security on the European continent'. EDIT spelling corrections. Any toys the RN requires would magical appear on the Quay side, and the funds suddenly available. @RoyalNavy ships @hms_tyne and @HMSDragon have escorted three Russian warships through the North Sea and English Channel as part of a unified response with allies. Missile attacks would take advantage of Ukraine's weaker anti-missile defences. Ukraine warns Russia has 'almost completed' build-up of forces near border - CNN. One can hope that cooler heads will prevail, and we start sorting ourselves out! A capability upgrade as and when needed, might well happen. In a hastily arranged trip, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to arrive in Kiev last night to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. That basically, means the UK has signalled that it is disengaging from effective land operations in a NATO context. You talking Cobbers as usual! Not sure how I forgot to put Estonia in my answer. Will Stewart The Russian strongman will be sending warships within Ireland's maritime economic zone - around 240km off the southwest cost of Ireland. 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. The Iranians are being bombed at will. Who is bombing the Iranians? The USA didnt pick UkraineRead more . 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. Kongsberg have said that the NSM will also get the receiver. '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. 'Clearly the preferable path, clearly the most responsible path and the one that we would prefer, but there is also the path if Russia chooses to renew aggression, of conflict, confrontation and consequences for Russia,' Blinken said. They would be very worried about Wildcat with Sea Venom & Martlet, and Merlin Mk2 with Stingray capability. French President Emmanuel Macron has offered to send troops to Romania., https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60077776. Its what happens after Russia invades that know one is sure about. Perhaps all they want is a buffer zone with no NATO assets in sight? Ryabkov, referring to Moscow's version of events in which a Russian aircraft bombed the path of the British destroyer, said that in future bombs would be sent "not only in its path, but also on target.". Putin might be doing maskirovka. We are in a potentially high risk scenario all it takes is a trigger point. Britain disputed the Russian version of events, with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab calling it "predictably inaccurate". kill chain is very complex to find, track, and then engage a warship at range that doesnt want to be shot at. At the same time, it has stepped up social media campaigns portraying Ukraine as aggressors. But what if Russias is using the same effect in reverse. You forgot about their national dish: kapusta cabbage soup, the outer leaves of which can be distilled hic apparently hic. Our SSNs will be busy chasing their SSNs, and so each RN surface vessel should be capable of offensive action. Ukraine has long accused Russia of having regular troops in the region, something Moscow denies. The waters wont be crowded, NOTAMs would clear potential conflict areas fast. 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. Concussion will do too much damage. They are believed to be somewhere around Yemen at the moment. The result is a net drop in drivers. 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. Mind you cant complain about my pension, thank God for SERPS. NSM has a IIR seeker so it can discriminate but the target still needs to be there when it arrives to be discriminated against! 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. I am very much older than 25 and I find her far more grown up than most actual grown ups. Yes, have to agree, Gallipoli wasnt one of our finest ever ventures. I know Sean but she would certainly Grind Vlad Putin down, Thats true enough, she grinds me down and I accept the science behind climate change!! Really Ivan ? In comments that will alarm Kiev, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said her country needs 'a reliable Russia' to supply Europe with gas. Land, they have plenty. The assessment put the number of rebels within Ukraine who are loyal to Moscow at 35,000 and estimated Russia has a further 3,000 military personnel within Kiev's territory. As far as Im aware there isnt any part of the channel that is not either British or French waters. 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. I doubt it. and So will Taiwan. Last night, Kiev hailed Britain for sending anti-tank weapons and troops as an 'important first step' to help the country defend itself. They believe Mr Putin's troops are being positioned in line with his new objective, with armoured divisions set to head into neighbouring Belarus on exercise but now stationed within striking distance of Kiev. A source familiar with the Russian Defence Ministry's thinking said this was the most likely scenario if Moscow decided to attack, but that he was unaware of any such decision. It was purely a theoretical consideration . Were you not barred a couple of years ago from this site? Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the reporting was based on 'unfounded' information, according to the TASS news agency. Thats if of the few Astutes we have arent already chasing their own Oscars or Yasen. , updated Will Stewart 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. LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) - Russia warned Britain on Thursday that it would bomb British naval vessels in the Black Sea if there were any further provocative actions by the British navy off the. I am generally centrist and an issues rather than party man and had high hopes for Biden. HMS Tyne, HMS Richmond and HMS Kent jointly escorted the same group of Russian ships as they operated in the Celtic Sea. A pair of those would make a proper mess of todays warships. Australia just signed an agreement with UK Defense minister to dedicate Wharf and logistics to readily accommodate Royal Navy ships basing them selves there . Russia is allied with Iran, need I say more. By Sam Greenhill Chief Reporter for the Daily Mail. 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. Certainly Ivan is getting very desperate now with the prop.! But what might a Russian attack look like and what could it seek to achieve? The 4.5 has the range, accuracy and stopping power to deal with that kind of threat. Morning Douglas. 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. 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. A longer-range version would also be welcome, Ive discussed the advantages short to medium term of NSM/JSM as well as Block V Tomahawk, particularly now that both Russia and China have joint interests in the North Atlantic. Ah, but at least the Brits flogged off some 60y/o CVR(T)s. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. he said. As for the numbers unvaccinated, I know Putins trolls have been stoking that fire with conspiracy theories about the vaccines. I have lost count how many times I have read about explosions in Iran over the past two years or so. Sweden has also been reinforcing its forces on the island of Gotland in case the Russians attempt anything there. I would have personally expected more from an accomplished person such as Merkel and her predecessors in making sure there is no reliance on anything from a potential enemy, but as the Germans can be smart, they can be equally daft. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. Its perhaps worth considering that just supposing a few Russian armoured/infantry detachments had been deployed in and around Baghdad at important government and military sites as peacekeepers/observers or an actual hostile force, then would the 2003 invasion of Iraq have taken place? A senior State Department official said: 'This is neither an exercise nor normal troop movement. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers. UK could learn a few things by this process and not immediately scrap stuff. We all have opinions and may not always agree but nice to keep things civilised. The Defence Forces is monitoring a group of Russia warships which have been spotted acting unusually off the south of the country. This was of course totally unrelated to his dad, then VP, having a say on loan money going into Ukraine. First Sea Lord Admiral Tony Radakin said: "This is why the Royal Navy is at sea every day, protecting the UK and our interests. Its a gap that worries the ranks the most! The lack of AsUW is a gamble that could prove catastrophic, as bad as the lack of anti-tank weaponry given to the BEF. Ringfence it. Tobias Ellwood said Russian President Vladimir Putin was taking full advantage of a weakened West. So can be used if the IIR seeker doesnt see the target. The Marshal Ustinov, a large cruise missile ship, is one of a. 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? Yes theyve probably done more to modernise than laggards such as Argentine or Germany, but in conventional terms the European members of NATO alone could militarily contain Russia without Americas help. My good friend and neighbour, an ex USN chief engineer on subs is a mildly Right of Centre Republican but even he voted for Biden in the last election. However there is some good reports if you know where to look. Lots of disinformation out there I dont understand how Trump takes no blame on either side of the Atlantic for signing the peace deal with the Taliban of all groups but Biden blamed on this board with no push back. Russia plans to deploy KALIBR capability on all new design construction nuclear and non-nuclear submarines, corvettes, frigates, and larger surface ships. And therein lies the fate of the world!! If you were spending months in a bunker in a trench system in that climate I think it may well matter. Would tend to agree with you Graham, to what end does Putin need to invade Ukraine? Ukraine is not a NATO country, therefore Article 5 will not be called and NATO will not fight. Without ASuW the RN is badly exposed, and its criminal negligence sending sailors into a warzone without ability to take offensive action. 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. Plus, RN experience has taught us we use helicopters in the littoral with Stingray, Martlet and Sea Venom, and hunter killer boats for larger warships. Hi Robert. Didnt Bidens Son in law have an interest in the Ukraine (monetary) ? Also Congress now has the Trump White House documents related to Jan 6. An good opportunity knoks coming soon, to sink the Russian fleets in the Med, lol!! This was at the request of the Australian Government. Wallace should put his bloody foot down, overule objections and get an off the shelf system fitted PDQ. Most likely require a supplementary MoD budget? Several Squadrons of both Interceptor and Ground Attack aircraft from various NATO nations with beefed up on-ground defences and anti-aircraft units. I didnt think anyone could be worse than Trump. Clever move, and itll be Trumps fault the Russians invade on Bidens watch. Thanks to covid and the forthcoming energy crisis the cupboard is bare. Clearly I could be wrong on this. EFP is irrelevant to the Russo-Ukraine situation. Xi has exactly the same problems internally in China and may be actually undetaking a modern genocide of the Uighur for which the Taiwan crisis is his distraction. Ok we fought for repression of all subjugated Countries including the German folk who were under the heel of the Nazi jackboot. the less we have to do with the ukraine the better. Criminal in the present circumstances which has been predictable for years that no effort to do so has been made. Europe could and should commit itself to being more than a match for Russia if it had the balls. There are plenty of other tough choices we need to make in order to solve climate change, I know but what really gets my goat, are the people who whi ge about C C then drive their kids to school, in those bloody 44 SUVs and the School is within walking distance. Dictators will at any cost hold onto power. So easy to detect and evasion not impossible but also easy for CIWS to lock onto. 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. Seems a bit left-field but the Swedes seem to be taking things seriously. The jams at US West Coast ports have been due to the global supply chain being out of whack. 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? Inspite of their age, the Russian Ropucha class have been fitted with AK-630 CIWS, easily as good as Phalanx. why? Morning Spy.