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05-09-2014, 10:09 AM | #1 |
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May 9th 2014. Russian Naval Task Group in the English Channel.
gifs upload A Russian aircraft carrier and and a nuclear-powered battle cruiser have passed through the English Channel - escorted by a British warship. The seven-strong naval task group led by the Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's largest warship, entered the Channel last night (Thursday May 8th), a Royal Navy spokesman said. Although the ships did not enter UK territorial waters, their movements were tracked by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon - the duty fleet-ready escort vessel - which was dispatched from Portsmouth. Daily Mail photo host A couple of weeks ago the Russian Air Force was prodding about the northern most limits of the UK Air Defence Region, today it's the turn of their naval colleagues. This group of ships passed through the English Channel last December en-route to the Mediterranean. The Straits of Dover are a particularly congested part of the Channel and it is to be hoped that the Russians obey all the rules. This time lapse video neatly illustrates a day's shipping movements. Watch out for the cross channel ferries neatly dodging the east and west bound streams.
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05-09-2014, 12:11 PM | #2 |
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Their aircraft carrier just doesn't look as impressive as our large ones.
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05-09-2014, 04:47 PM | #4 |
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Keep calm and have a cuppa. Russian planes, Russian ships, blah, blah, blah. Do you really think they will attack Britain? France? Germany? The US? Why would they commit a suicide move like that? This is just Putin waving his dick around before he gobbles the Ukraine.
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05-09-2014, 06:47 PM | #5 |
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well said bruce !!!
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05-09-2014, 10:33 PM | #6 |
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It's a game of Put 'n' Take.
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05-10-2014, 04:42 AM | #7 |
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"Follow my right hand.... Watch it closely!"
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05-10-2014, 03:52 PM | #8 |
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Whenever I see one of those type of carrier, the ones with the up-turned nose, it makes me think they need that extra lift at the end because they haven't yet mastered steam.
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I have a vague memory of Lt Cdr Taylor being awarded £25,000 for his work on this development. Might be wrong, so a bit more research required. ETA: Just found this article. It's hellishly more complicated than I thought. Ski Jump Explained.
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That said, the Channel is a very narrow stretch of water. You can see France from England across it. So Putin is waving his dick quite close to our faces there. I'm okay. I live it t'North now. I have enough time to travel five miles to the Leeds/ Bradford airport and make it to America when they invade.
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In fact it was so minor that it was barely visible to the naked eye but I still take an interest in these things.
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So, you were, like , MI 0.5?
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Carruthers is too smart to think it's an actual threat, and not grandstanding by Putin. Oh, the ski jump nose... the Russians only steal the best ideas.
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