Posted on 01/09/2015 6:33:54 AM PST by C19fan
The Ministry of Defence has been forced to ask the US for help as it hunts for a suspected Russian submarine believed to be lurking off the coast of Scotland. Two U.S Navy aircraft were this week drafted in to carry out patrols in the North Atlantic in a bid to bridge the 'gaping chasm' in Britain's anti-submarine capability. It comes after the RAF's £4bn fleet of 'spy-in-the-sky' Nimrod surveillance aircraft was controversially scrapped in 2010, amid warning it would weaken Britain's defences.
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Another hunt for Red October?
Probably some more Russians who would like to live in Montana
And why do we know this until it is found?
U.K. should buy some of the retiring USN P-3s.
U.K. should buy some of the retiring USN P-3s.
NATO is there for a reason and calling in allies to help out if the reason.
* is the reason
Duplicate post. Please delete.
If a Russian is lurking how can we tell?
What is his tagline?
Ask him to say “Moose and Squirrel”
So by that logic, they can use us as a mercenary force whenever they want? They have no planes for their carrier so are asking for USMC squadrons. And now this, twice.
Shirkers. It isn’t up to NATO (USA) to do things just because they wont. And why us? Howzabout some Germans? Some Italians? Some Spaniards? Their beloved Turks?
Exactly. The concept of OPSEC is foreign to this admin, and I’m sure this was purposefully leaked by our side. We used to conduct joint ops all the time with the UK, but ever since the cretin got into office, he never misses a chance to humiliate the “colonial imperialist” brits. Tom Clancy would have this prez rubbed out by Jack Ryan in a novel, and his Islam loyalties revealed.
They're flown out and at the end of their useful life. Far better to invest in new platforms, and there's some buzz that the Brits are looking at the U.S. P-8 and the Japanese P-1.
Time for a depth charge practice exercise.
“...’spy-in-the-sky’ Nimrod surveillance aircraft...”
The article may be confusing its Nimrods. The Nimrod MR1/MR2 were maritime patrol aircraft active with the RAF. They would have been useful in this ASW scenario, searching for a Russian sub.
“spy-in-the-sky” implies an AEW aircraft, like the U.S. E-3. An AEW version of the Nimrod (Nimrod AEW3) was in development for about a decade, but was cancelled before entering service.
Don’t forget the current POTUS version of nimrod.....
You know, I don’t agree with the extent of our defence cuts, but I think the US owes us some credit by us going to war in Afghanistan following the 9-11 attacks, as well as the Iraq war, which we had no obligation to get involved in at all and has cost us dearly in terms of blood and treasure.
You think Britain participated just because it was a favor to Americans and served no larger purpose? That it is merely some kind of act of revenge for 9/11?
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