Daily Mail: Red alert: Royal Navy scrambles frigate to intercept FOUR Russian naval ships sailing through the English Channel
* HMS Westminster, which last month tested missile system, sent into Channel
* It is escorting four Russian naval vessels through the Strait of Dover this week
* Russian ships are returning to the Baltic after operations in the Middle East
* Incident is the latest contact between the two forces in the English Channel
Britain has scrambled a warship into the English Channel to escort four Russian naval vessels through the Strait of Dover.
The Portsmouth-based HMS Westminster has been sent out to shadow the Russian ships RFS Soobraziltenyy and RFS Boikiy and two support vessels off the south coast.
The Russian vessels, which both passed the coast of Gibraltar last week, are now entering the Channel, thought to be returning to the Baltic after operations in the Middle East.
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WNU Editor: Only one frigate?!?!?!
More News On Four Russian Warships Passing Through The English Channel
Russian Warships in English Channel Force British Navy to Scramble for Third Time in a Month -- Newsweek
The British navy sent a frigate to escort Russian ships through the English Channel -- Business Insider/Reuters
Royal Navy Escorting Russian Warships Through The Channel -- Forces Network
4 comments:
Yes, one frigate. Just what I would expect. You see there is no constituency in England for a military sized for national defense. The Corbynite Labor party is Marxist and soft on Russia. The May Conservatives are similar to the US Democratic Party with little regard for military spending, it's all domestic in their agenda. As I've read Conservative budgets, they aren't done slashing the capabilities of their military either.
I don't think Britain currently has an operational sub, but they are moving trebuchets to the cliffs of Dover just in case they venture too close to shore.
The RN has only 10 nuke boats and 6 fleet subs, all are currently operational.
The USN has 32 nuke boats in service, 11 of which are laid up for repairs, maintence or service, leaving them with 21.
The key word here is escort, Its not like the Royal Navy is trying to halt a attack on Dover. The Royal Navy usually only sends one ship to escort/track Russian naval units around the UK.
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