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One destroyer, 60 commandos.

Side note: This type of destroyer has engines that tend to break down in warmer waters. Let's hope that Putin doesn't do anything to increase the temperature of the Black Sea.

1 posted on 02/12/2017 8:52:46 PM PST by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

Both of them?


2 posted on 02/12/2017 8:56:28 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Echoes of - Charge of the Light Brigade


3 posted on 02/12/2017 9:01:10 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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Hmm. Black Sea. Crimea. All the Royal Navy has to do is get through the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. Why am I feeling a sudden sense of deja vu?


4 posted on 02/12/2017 9:05:22 PM PST by Flatus I. Maximus (Hillary for Prison!)
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“committed to defending democracy”, eh?

That kind of talk rings hollow when at the same time Britons are allowing themselves and the entire continent to be overrun by the ultimate oppressor: islam.


5 posted on 02/12/2017 9:10:16 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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Six guided missile destroyers, 13 frigates, and seven fleet subs and 4 SSBN boomers. That’s the whole combat force of the Royal Navy folks.
As in for the whole world. They had sailors captured by Iran within SIGHT of their mother warship.

The Indian Navy and the Japanese navy are far more powerful and serious these days. The Falklands would be impossible for them today.....and they are thinking of a naval war with Russia.

At this point, I really enjoy living to see what’s gonna happen next.


6 posted on 02/12/2017 9:14:08 PM PST by DesertRhino
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That warship would be a sitting duck for Russian missiles.


8 posted on 02/12/2017 9:18:32 PM PST by RAldrich
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just one more of dozens of recent deliberate provocations trying to bait Russia into a big war?

we expected this from Obama/SorozNazi but one might have thought UK would be a bit wiser


9 posted on 02/12/2017 9:20:07 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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Hey, Ruskies — don’t beat them up too badly.


12 posted on 02/12/2017 9:30:40 PM PST by Socon-Econ
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Made by Jaguar? Mine wouldn’t start if wet, would overheat if it was a nice day outside.


15 posted on 02/12/2017 9:36:12 PM PST by anton
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That’s racist!


19 posted on 02/12/2017 9:48:38 PM PST by bar sin·is·ter
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Let's hope that Putin doesn't do anything to increase the temperature of the Black Sea.

"Why is Vlad swimming out to sea? Did . . . did he just make a pee shiver? Oh, that Vlad." (laugh track)
23 posted on 02/12/2017 11:17:10 PM PST by Rastus
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Russia has some cause to worry about the reconnaissance and intelligence capabilities of such a vessel. As a modern Type 45 air defense destroyer, the HMS Diamond, has a sophisticated AESA programmable radar that can identify and track targets over most of Ukraine. Along with electronic listening capabilities, the HMS Diamond will give Britain and NATO a clear look at what Russia is doing n Ukraine.
24 posted on 02/12/2017 11:18:08 PM PST by Rockingham
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The Standard Electrical Engineering Dictionary, Kindle Edition [$0.00]
25 posted on 02/12/2017 11:23:25 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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Careful, Russia - they kicked Argentina’s *ss.


28 posted on 02/13/2017 12:48:24 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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Black sea is a terrible place for Britain to take offense, you’re penned in, one way in one way out


29 posted on 02/13/2017 3:23:53 AM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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Somebody’s idea of a joke.....


33 posted on 02/13/2017 4:50:46 AM PST by ganeemead
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Lame symbolism.


37 posted on 02/13/2017 5:42:14 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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Are they sure they aren’t towing the ships there?


38 posted on 02/13/2017 8:01:10 AM PST by KosmicKitty (Waiting for inspirations)
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