Posted on 06/16/2026 8:24:37 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Britain has now suffered the ultimate humiliation. A Russian warship in the English Channel has felt free to fire warning shots at a peaceful British-flagged yacht, and not only have we chosen to do nothing about it, we actually cannot do anything about it – thanks to the long, long running-down of our defences. The Government must now surely realise that it is time for a major increase in defence funding, as if the recent resignation of defence ministers John Healey and Al Carns had not been proof enough.
So what has happened?
A British-flagged yacht, so far unidentified, apparently passed near the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich this morning. For whatever reason the Russians fired a warning shot at the yacht. This incident took place around 20 nautical miles to the south of the Isle of Wight: technically outside the 12-mile limit defining British territorial waters, but very much in our maritime backyard – or indeed, in our actual maritime house.
When warships of enemy powers transit the Channel, it's normal practice for the Royal Navy to escort or shadow them. We now have so few combatant warships fit for sea that it has become routine to use unarmed minehunters or patrol vessels on this task, or similarly toothless ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary manned by civilian merchant seamen. This morning (Tuesday) the Grigorovich was being shadowed by HMS Mersey, a River-class patrol vessel of 1700 tons.
Batch 1 River-class ships like the Mersey are armed with a single light 20mm cannon and a pair of machine guns. In maritime terms this is like not being armed at all.
Grigorovich-class frigates (she is the name ship of her class) are small among warships at 4,000 tons, but unlike the River class they are warships, built and armed for combat.
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There was a fog and the Russians were trying to avoid a collision. Since it was a sailboat it could not respond quickly.
That’s okay...the Nazis embarrassed them in 1940 when they invaded the Channel Islands and stayed for the rest of the war.
Humiliating the Britain of year 2026 is childs play compared to what it too historically. Too many Brits in charge believe it is their obligation to surrender all authority and dignity befitting their titles. An ever escalating cycle of failure.
Good.
Somebody needs to humiliate the neo-marxists running the UK
DroolBritannia ..
Some years ago, I was in Vegas and the MGM lion was on display.
Bad image. Anemic, mangy, toothless and lethargic.
Reminds me of Great Britain.
They CAN’T spend more on defense! They need all that money to support their new preferred class of freeloaders.
It won't work though since the general trend of indigenous European men is being cowardly, fatuous, effeminate, unpatriotic simps who won't even protect their women from Third World rapists.
The other problem is that Europe's large and ever-growing Musloid population of fighting-aged "men" are currently too busy stealing benefits and raping White European gals to bother going to war. They're never going to fight for Europe or for so called "European Values" such as homosexual advocacy, tranny worship and equality of the sexes. No freakin' way.
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