Chechen warlord 'seriously ill' but refuses to call Russian doctors Biden??? [1/6]British Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender is docked in the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine June 18, 2021. Russia released footage filmed from a Russian SU-24 bomber flying close to the British ship. Yes, have to agree, Gallipoli wasnt one of our finest ever ventures. Russian troops could also move into Belarus, opening a northern front for Ukraine that would put Russian forces closer to Kyiv, Giles said. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. According to French newspaper La Voix du Nord, another Russian tanker appeared to be heading to the Atlantic Ocean, sailing along the Boulonnais coast on the Strait of Dover, 20 miles away from Great Britain. kill chain is very complex to find, track, and then engage a warship at range that doesnt want to be shot at. Russian warship with 'unstoppable' 7,000mph hypersonic missiles 'sails On 19 July 2020, another explosion hit a power plant in Isfahan Province. good job that idiot trump doesnt have access to the red button or the west would be rubble. Hope you dont mind but Ive sent your comment to HQ, should be worth a raise. he said. At the end of the day it isnt going to be Britain v Russia, It will would be a NATO coalition. THE Royal Navy has shadowed nine Russian warships stalking Britain's coast in the past two weeks. 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Royal Navy shadows NINE Russian warships around UK coast in just 2 weeks 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. slow not stealthy the bocks the UK has have quite limited onboard electronics. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. As this is different from Davids comment below Ill go away and try to get some evidence. 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 coast of Russia-annexed Crimea. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Well the attacks came from Yemen itself as did missiles over night last night they arent coming from Iranian soil. I meant a small number combat troops postured to help the Ukranians defend themselves. The target selection technology provides NSM with a capacity for independent detection, recognition, and discrimination of targets at sea or on the coast. THE Royal Navy has shadowed nine Russian warships stalking Britain's coast in the past two weeks. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the worlds largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Yeah easily mistaken for Japanese torpedo boats a few thousand miles off course. Which could be read either way. I agree that its a risk, but one which they appear to be content to manage.. A lot older but the modern B52 is like triggers broom. Land, they have plenty. UK and French jets team up against simulated aerial threat, Britain, Italy and Japan merge combat aircraft projects. Meanwhile, in the Black Sea, the Kasimov antisubmarine ship 'successfully destroyed' air and sea targets by artillery fire in storm conditions, in a naval exercise. It was not immediately clear what equipment would be arriving today. The US defence budget is $777bn more than the rest of the world combined. The combat readiness of your fighting units degrade, morale becomes a problem and your armour becomes less effective as maintaince for war becomes a problem. But T31 isnt designed or intended to be a high end anti submarine Frigate, more a general purpose Frigate for more day to day operations ,anti piracy ect but capable enough to operate as part of a task group. And its theseRead more . Its not as easy as it seems, accurately targeting the correct vessel in high shipping density waters. Mind you cant complain about my pension, thank God for SERPS. Whilst we (NATO) wont be firing shots, theres a massive amount that can be done with regards to intelligence and weapon supply that, arguably should have been done a month ago. He also works for the NHS. Sounds like we havent learned any lessons from history! Like pieces on a chess board, I suppose not all of the movements need to make sense. Broker a deal to have Russian military bases in their country. Or how much BS the kremlin comes up with, I think RT chat forum is your home you have many friends there Ivan lol. I am generally centrist and an issues rather than party man and had high hopes for Biden. They attack a completely different country miles from that one? Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers. 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. Defence Forces monitoring Russian warships acting unusually off Irish So many completely underestimate the complexity and difficulties of achieving the kill chain with Anti ship missiles. US is now flying in warlike items to Ukraine. Certainly Ivan is getting very desperate now with the prop.! Using it just to illustrate how the forward presence of US/Nato forces in Eastern Europe may or may not influence Russian decision making. With the US on side, it could even be a NATO contingent. This was of course totally unrelated to his dad, then VP, having a say on loan money going into Ukraine. 11:10 GMT 19 Jan 2022 I think one of Moscow's long-standing goals has been to try to sow divisions between and within our countries and quite simply, we cannot and will not let them do that. I would say that is far more annoying than Greta who actually tries her best to practice what she preaches. I see a German Navy Chief had to resign tonight, for making pro Russian comments. When the world is fully and singularly looking at that location. NOT, should have out an archer. Rocks?' Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Except, Trump isnt the President, its the weak Biden who sits in the oval office and has for a wee while now. Surely he loses more than he gains. No warning shots had been fired and no bombs had been dropped in the path of the Royal Navy destroyer Defender, it said. EFP is irrelevant to the Russo-Ukraine situation. . 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. "The crew conducted an exercise to repel the means of an air attack of a simulated enemy in the Norwegian Sea.". It had been thought Mr Putin would choose the 'simple option' of sending troops into the Donbass region in south-eastern Ukraine and then negotiate for it to become an independent state, providing a buffer between pro-western Ukraine andRussia. I thought you might of recovered somewhat, after that meltdown you had a couple of years ago? At talks this week with the United States and NATO, Russia has sought security guarantees to defuse the crisis. Whilst the Canada and now Mexico border problems are now very real indeed. Not sitting, looks like hes on his way to Moscow to have a quiet chat with Sergei Shoigu. Screen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. Or perhaps NATOs drive eastwards since the fall of communism might just be giving them sleepless nights! Its a land grab and a hard lesson to NATO not to expand further east and Im afraid Ukraine who have been pro west since independence will pay the price. Erm, theres certain CO of a T23 on TV at the moment who disagrees with you not to mention Radakin hgiving HoC evidence, I havent see the show, so Ill take your word on it, Surely if Russia invades Ukraine theres gonna have to be big increases in defence and security spending were gonna have to reinforce all Eastern European alliance members for that matter any country world wide that feels threatened buy any powerful country, Hi Geordie, Youd think so. and You guys need more ships me thinks . Iran has already stepped up activities in the gulf region, recently attacked the UAE with drones from Yemen causing a few civilian casualties. Im not entirely sure how/where you have Ur info ref Astutes having v limited Comms when dived from? British warships escort Russian fleet through English Channel, Turkeys first dedicated intelligence-gathering ship, TCG. 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%. I apologize if you took offense with my tone, its not my normal voice. It looks like a scene from 1984. 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. 5 This is possible by the combination of an imaging infrared (IIR) seeker and an onboard target database. Kyiv might also be provoked into attacking by the separatists who could then ask Russia to send troops to help, he said. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. However, it does look like everybody is going to fight back. It remains unclear whether tanker Karma accidentally revealed its location. There are only two roads from Crimea that could be blocked or destroyed, a potential weakness, he said. Pentagon officials confirmed the basic details on Wednesday. The warship is feared to be loaded with 7,000mph hypersonic missiles with a range of over 600 miles. Russia has accused Kyiv of harbouring plans to retake the region by force, something Ukraine denies. Dissapointed in Macron, but cant say im surprised. The guided missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov has been closely monitored by Nato navies on its maiden voyage armed with 6,670mph Zircon weapons. ", DON'T MISS:Vladimir Putin braced for Kremlin 'ultra-nationalists' mutiny[REPORT] West puzzled after Putin evacuates warships and submarines from region [REPORT] UK tanks to cause 'real problems' for Russia on Ukrainian frontline[REPORT]. (NATO will do nothing without US Support) Alternatively, NATO could station aircraft in Ukraine bordering countries and work with the Ukrainian AF to secure Ukraine airspace again daring Putin to attack NATO Aircraft. Syria is not a big news story for Putin. Nuclear centrifuge assembly plants. Meanwhile the potential peer foes, Russia and China, were very quietly building up their defensive forces initially and then offensive to a standard able to match a peer adversary. As for the numbers unvaccinated, I know Putins trolls have been stoking that fire with conspiracy theories about the vaccines. Russian and Chinese Navy Ships Spotted Less Than 100 Miles off U.S. Coast Without listing specific equipment plans General Carter hinted long-range precision rockets, air defence missiles and surveillance drones would be brought into service. 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. 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. Most of its armour is 25+ years old, its tube artillery is a similar age and is seriously out ranged by modern Russian systems and they have just announced a cut in numbers to about 75,000..! Seems a bit left-field but the Swedes seem to be taking things seriously. He urged Putin to take 'the path of diplomacy and dialogue to try to resolvedifferences there are peacefully' hours after the Biden administration said it would provide an additional $200 million in defensive military aid to Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. Preliminary analysis of the vessels suggests 3 groups. ", READ MORE: Russian doctors urge Putin to 'stop abusing' Alexei Navalny, Maintaining maritime situational awareness is a core task for #NATO Standing Maritime Groups, in close coordination with Allies. Launch control was always in Moscow. General Sir Nick Carter delivering the annual Royal United Services Institute lecture. I suspect if we dont show strength and unity now the fighting will inevitably come to us. So, USA has no troops in Ukraine? Im Amazed at Germany and Frances response. At least Ukraine is on a democratic pathway! Actually having checked further the major problem the USA/Canada are having are the same that most countries are. 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. Which it now seems were there to pick up gear to take out of the Baltic, not across it. Thats one of the reasons the JSM in particular is getting the BAe RF receiver. Britain seems to be the only Western power doing anything regarding the imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine. But do we have the money or willingness in the population to spend what money we have on defence rather than health or social services for example? 'He emphasized the United States unwavering commitment to Ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity and reiterated the principle of nothing about Ukraine, without Ukraine.'. Times where unity is needed he takes EU presidency and is calling for the EU to do their own deal with Russia. We should grant him that and make it a reality. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Well done RN. 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 . Correction. Is not the opposite more true? Once there they re establish the picture. NATOs multinational battlegroup in Bulgaria reached full operational capability on Wednesday. You can unsubscribe at any time. Time to send some Astutes to the Med for target practice! You talking Cobbers as usual! Hope the Turks can hold them up over their passage through the straights and send Putins timetable skew-whiff. 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. Russia plans to deploy KALIBR capability on all new design construction nuclear and non-nuclear submarines, corvettes, frigates, and larger surface ships. As for unvaccinated drivers not being allowed to cross, well who wouldnt want to keep the chronically stupid out of their country? The two Russian vessels in the video released Wednesday are the first the military has announced operating off Hawaii since the new year. Royal Navy monitors Russian warships off the east coast of Scotland With what? 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. Patrol ship HMS Tyne monitored two warships and an intelligence gathering vessel as they carried out replenishment operations with their supporting tanker. It has a much wider capture angle. "Despite the increase in Russian activity, both on the surface and underwater, we are always ready to respond.". Itll make Snatch Landrover fiasco look trivial. Yes China has been throwing money at increasing the capabilities and sheer size of its military in it race to become the worlds dominant hyper-power. 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. Maybe, but are you disputing the accuracy of my first sentence? The Ropucha-class landing ship can transport 10 main battle tanks and 340 troops or 12 BTRs and 340 troops or 3 main battle tanks, 3 2S9 Nona-S, 5 MT-LBs, 4 army trucks and 313 troops or 500 tons of cargo. Dont forget its got a great habit of hitting other random stuff like holiday homes or your best mates frigate. Britain was unexpectedly embroiled in a diplomatic and military dispute with Russia on Wednesday after Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender briefly sailed through territorial waters off the coast. EDIT spelling corrections. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. The task group were joined by RAF Typhoon and F-35s jets, plus tankers RFA Tideforce and RFA Tiderace. Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said today: 'In the current situation, we view the arrival of Russian armed forces in Belarus not only as a destabilising factor in the security situation but also as the one posing an even bigger direct threat to Lithuania.'. This alone would send a message and along with the news that an Ohio class arsenal boat is currently sunning of Cyprus when normally the whereabouts is secret says alot. While the oil tanker Kama turned on its AIS tracker, the frigate Admiral Gorchkov kept it off to stay under the radar. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the reporting was based on 'unfounded' information, according to the TASS news agency. These Russian landing ships are probably headed into the Black Sea for possible amphibious ops against Ukraine. I certainly do! NSM has a IIR seeker so it can discriminate but the target still needs to be there when it arrives to be discriminated against! Access unmatched financial data, news and content in a highly-customised workflow experience on desktop, web and mobile. 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. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Kimball and its commander, Capt. Astutes dont need to surface to receive Comms, they are more then capable of receiving them whilst deep. I stand by my comments and time will tell. The military ship activated its AIS tracker on Wednesday at 10am, making it visible on real-time marine traffic tracker. Its more difficult now given the numbers they have positioned. Idiocy. Britain said the shots were part of a Russian gunnery exercise. I have little faith when the top brass commit to building frigates that have no ASW or AsUW capabilities. The Army will undergo its most comprehensive modernisation since the 1980sIt will experiment its way to robotic and autonomous capabilities. Video shared by the US Coast Guard of a Russian ship near the Hawaiian Islands. '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. I tell you what happened ; the worst thing that people in this Country did, come out of Europe. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-03/kremlin-insider-klyushin-is-said-to-have-2016-hack-details. Would tend to agree with you Graham, to what end does Putin need to invade Ukraine? 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. A very rugged and reliable ship, only 500 tons carrying capacity but their operation in Syria would not have been possible without the. Indeed you wouldnt need ships to eliminate those ducks as you wouldnt in the Dardanelles if they ever got in a pickle there either as Britain found out before the Gallipoli campaign became a hasty if equally ill fated alternative. Putin has been blowing smoke about NATO having significant forces in countries bordering Russia, but really they are minimal. (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. faster working shipyards would help. 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! It seems a good time to propose it in the commons. get her back in dock and rebuild her from the inside out. In comments that will alarm Kiev, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said her country needs 'a reliable Russia' to supply Europe with gas. The 4.5 has the range, accuracy and stopping power to deal with that kind of threat. A Ministry of Defence Spokesperson told me: As part of a unified response with our allies, the Royal Navy are monitoring the presence of Russian Ships as they transit through the English Channel. He then moves on to Berlin and will also hold talks with France and the UK. I pray it doesnt happen, but sheer negligence in thisRead more . Putin's plot to send warships off Ireland coast sparks 'deep concern production rates are a worry. Royal Navy ship off Crimea sparks diplomatic row between Russia and UK Yep, putting a heavy weight anti ship missile in a cruise ship would be the ultimate fuck up and hand a victory to Russia. Without OHT you are randomly chucking missiles out down a bearing and hoping the target is somewhere within the seeker head basket for the terminal homing. pic.twitter.com/NDzRz2MwqU, Ministry of Defence (@DefenceHQ) January 21, 2022. The Americans have just sent their first shipment of Aid to the Ukraine what was sent was classed as LETHAL Aid. The volume of gas supplyable through Nordstream 2 is roughly equivalent to the entire energy use of UK or another large European country. The politicians have finally realised that imposing cuts on manpower and platform numbers relentlessly for the last 70 years has led to a navy that is too small to fully fulfil its Gobal Britain role. The SPEAR seems limited against a target like a ship. So will Taiwan. The True Reason Why 7 Russian Warships off UK Coast - YouTube 'The current deployments are versatile. Europe? Now over, the Russian ships heading for the Med, inc a cruiser. The rest of Ukraine is a sovereign state and fully independent of anyone. 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. HMSs Dragon and Defender never had Harpoon fitted. " 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. Didnt Bidens Son in law have an interest in the Ukraine (monetary) ? I have little doubt that corruption in Russia has led to some pretty shoddy construction. It comes at a time when Russia has sparked fears of all . We have got troops there, albeit only a small number in a training and advisory role still complicates the plot for Putin. Also known as SPEAR capability 5. If you mean why T26 isnt fitted with ASROC, then that has been explained at length by many other commentators, and with very good reason. NSM is able to navigate by GPS, inertial and terrain reference systems. Inspite of their age, the Russian Ropucha class have been fitted with AK-630 CIWS, easily as good as Phalanx. France Germany etc may send troops to countries near Ukraine but fighting Ill be surprised. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. He said the countries were 'united in their resolve' against Russian aggression. Why would Poles help Ukrainians? Severn was also on patrol as the Vice-Admiral Kulakov sailed through the Channel. No-one will be able to fight back in an all in war today. Its the same with 90% of Russian kit. But at various times four navy frigates were deployed. 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. Apart from Qaswem Soleimmani. UK could learn a few things by this process and not immediately scrap stuff. His advanced years are often publicly evident in his performance. The waters wont be crowded, NOTAMs would clear potential conflict areas fast. With 4 missiles in each bay of an F-35 (like the 1000lb GBU fits into), says that the warhead cant be that big, say like a Hellfire or Brimstone around 15kg. Are Putins dirty secrets going to be revealed? 'Should Russia invade, we will provide additional defensive equipment to Ukrainians.'. Almost all forms of sanctions being discussed have a greater blowback potential on both Europe and the US than their damage on Russia. We will see who is right in a month or two. The Coast Guard said the ship is .