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Hail Brittannia...
1 posted on 01/28/2024 7:20:21 AM PST by mac_truck
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To: mac_truck

Take that, Iran!!!! We in the West don’t need no weapons on our warships because WE ARE NATO, and therefore WE ARE INVINCIBLE!


2 posted on 01/28/2024 7:22:34 AM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: mac_truck

HMS Diamond - anti-air, air defense, guided missile destroyer

- - -

All of the British Royal Navy destroyers can launch:

- AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM)

- AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (SLAM - Expanded Response)

IF THEY HAVE THE MISSILES


3 posted on 01/28/2024 7:23:11 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: mac_truck

LOL...and to think they used to “rule the seas”. Pathetic woke country.


4 posted on 01/28/2024 7:25:54 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: mac_truck

As Rocky and Bullwinkle said, “Rue Brittania”


5 posted on 01/28/2024 7:26:28 AM PST by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: mac_truck

NATO, the paper tiger.
Little wonder why Putin is eyeing the Baltic states, Turkey (via Islamist allies), Finland, etc.

Only a future Trump administration stands in his way.


6 posted on 01/28/2024 7:28:17 AM PST by oldbill
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To: mac_truck
The UK should quit fooling around, and give the Houthis a full broadside from the HMS Victory. That would be 50 roaring cannon! And from the looks of it, Victory is almost ready to go. She just needs a few sails installed.


7 posted on 01/28/2024 7:31:10 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: mac_truck

Mental and physical firepower is needed to overcome a proxy of Islam.


8 posted on 01/28/2024 7:39:48 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: mac_truck

I thought the Blokes had at least one aircraft carrier. Where is it?


9 posted on 01/28/2024 7:40:22 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: mac_truck

Floating targets.


11 posted on 01/28/2024 8:00:59 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: mac_truck

Some of this issue is rooted in British military priorites. Their navy has never been seen as supporting their army. And being an island nation the navy is their focus. This reality is emphasized since the Brits gave up their empire.

Rather the opposite of Russia which for practical reasons focuses on their army and it’s their navy that comes in second. This reality is emphasized since the Russians gave up their empire.


15 posted on 01/28/2024 8:30:08 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: mac_truck

Wow.


16 posted on 01/28/2024 8:30:12 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: mac_truck

Saw a report from Hertiage that claims the only strong service in US military are the Marines, Army is listed as marginal, Navy as weak, Air Force as very weak. Seems same thing is happening with UK.


18 posted on 01/28/2024 8:33:04 AM PST by mware
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Surely they have bombers that can strike Tehran. None of this will end until we cut off the head of the snake.


26 posted on 01/28/2024 9:41:04 AM PST by KingofZion
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When you are kid, you try to kill ants when you see them. You can stand there all day and kill them as they walk by. You could use a hammer. You could use a big rock.

But unless you find the nest and kill the queen…those ants will keep coming longer than your arm can swing.

We are using sledge hammers to kill ants on the floor.


28 posted on 01/28/2024 9:51:12 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: mac_truck

The UK is another gutter country using the USA to defend themselves. They should be cut loose with the rest of NATO.


29 posted on 01/28/2024 10:00:48 AM PST by ChuckHam
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To: mac_truck

Wonder if one of our Boomers is hovering near their coast?


30 posted on 01/28/2024 10:04:12 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: mac_truck

Bit off subject but strange that is no thread on FR about the US soldiers killed today in Jordan - and another 24 wounded.


33 posted on 01/28/2024 11:13:16 AM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: mac_truck

They’re reduced to dropping past-date pasties on them.


36 posted on 01/28/2024 11:29:40 AM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: mac_truck

This reinforces the observation that Britain left the flower of their manhood on the killing fields of WW1 and WWII. Now they’re left with a bunch of cucks, simps and capitulators - much like France.


37 posted on 01/28/2024 11:38:40 AM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: mac_truck

I didn’t know that they only had Royal Navy destroyers and frigates. A nice heavy cruiser with 12 inch guns would work well. Don’t really think anything large for bombarded would be needed.


41 posted on 01/28/2024 1:58:19 PM PST by 2001convSVT (Asking questions is your right.)
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