[Olog-hai]

Thatcher would have done something about it, that’s for sure.

[Vermont Lt]

Time for the Armada.

Is the problem that the powers that be just cannot seem to get a war started. What ever happened to the tried and true, just start shooting?

All of the crap seems to be foreplay for something much larger.

[Cronos]

thatcher didn’t — because the Spanish in the 80s knew that they couldn’t face the Royal Navy of the 80s at that close range. Also, most Gibraltars, though they are of Spanish origin, prefer being part of the Crown (they aren’t part of the UK but are a Crown colony) because it gives them the same privileges as Guernsey say

[dynachrome]

Spain looking for a way to distract their people from the economic state they are in?

[Tainan]

The, now closed, comments section provide some interesting background to this article. A number of the comments are from residents of Gibraltar.

[Pecos]

Respond with an unannounced, unaccredited torpedo. The incursions will stop.

[AU72]

Wag el perro.

[wny]

how cute....the brits and the spaniards acting like they still matter.

[moovova]

Spain has a navy? Who knew...

[Moltke]

Gibraltar being a very small piece of real estate, how can the territorial waters of Gib. and Spain not overlap?

How does the Royal Navy get to Gib. without crossing through Spanish territorial waters?

Sounds like a stalemate.

[hemogoblin]

This is a job for Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin!

[exit82]

Board and seize the next Spanish vessel that violates British sovereign space.

Tow it to port and keep it until Spain behaves.

Rinse and repeat as necessary.

The Spaniards are the first to do the same to anyone who violates their space.