What's that got to do with us in the UK?

Russia is expanding its sphere of influance in diplomacy, the military and economics.
I think all these should be of a concern to the U.K. Especialy when linked tto a nationalist feelind in the 'Motherland'.

DougC wrote:Russia is expanding its sphere of influance in diplomacy, the military and economics.
I think all these should be of a concern to the U.K. Especialy when linked tto a nationalist feelind in the 'Motherland'.

I really don't want anything kicking off over there, my husband works in Kazakhstan

Didn't know Russia or the UK still had a navy, sure they aren't just inflatables?

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Do they have dashcams on those ships? Will we get some fresh Russian crash videos out of this?

Jumbo wrote:The language in the report is sneaky:

The SNP has been critical of the scrapping of the Nimrod fleet, leaving the UK with no dedicated maritime patrol aircraft. The party also highlighted the fact that there are no warships based in Scotland to respond to such an incident.

Well. come next year Salmond, with the help of his new 16-year-old voters, will ensure that Scotland will have its own navy.

Oeditor wrote:

Jumbo wrote:The language in the report is sneaky:

The SNP has been critical of the scrapping of the Nimrod fleet, leaving the UK with no dedicated maritime patrol aircraft. The party also highlighted the fact that there are no warships based in Scotland to respond to such an incident.

Well. come next year Salmond, with the help of his new 16-year-old voters, will ensure that Scotland will have its own navy.

50cal on the bow of the Vital Spark.

Scarlett wrote:Just as well they didn't want to nuke us eh? Considering the time it took to send help

Realistically, the Russian Navy isn't out to nuke anybody, and if they sailed a warship close to Scotland or within her 200 mile limit and it exhibited warlike tendencies, both the British and US Navies and God knows the French would be there in a heartbeat warning them off or otherwise shooing them away

And this despite whatever relations that might exist between the UK and Scotland.

The probably just sent a zodiac ashore for rowies and McEwans.

FACT-MAN-2 wrote:

Scarlett wrote:Just as well they didn't want to nuke us eh? Considering the time it took to send help

Realistically, the Russian Navy isn't out to nuke anybody, and if they sailed a warship close to Scotland or within her 200 mile limit and it exhibited warlike tendencies, both the British and US Navies and God knows the French would be there in a heartbeat warning them off or otherwise shooing them away

And this despite whatever relations that might exist between the UK and Scotland.

THWOTH wrote:The probably just sent a zodiac ashore for rowies and McEwans.

I still think you're Scottish

Och no hen!

THWOTH wrote:Och no hen!

The tattoo, the knowledge of rowies, the ease of taking the piss out of the language

Bill tries, as do others, to get the patter right, they just fuck it up though, you don't

And don't forget, I have a ginger beard too!

My grandfather on my mother's side was from Edinburgh. It's in the blood you know.

Scottish is a state of mind.

THWOTH wrote:And don't forget, I have a ginger beard too!

My grandfather on my mother's side was from Edinburgh. It's in the blood you know.

Scottish is a state of mind.

State of inebriation.

An RAF Typhoon scrambled to see off two Russian jets off the north east coast again!

http://news.sky.com/story/1247985/raf-jet-chases-russian-planes-away-from-uk

That's the proper north east, not Newcastle

Scarlett wrote:An RAF Typhoon scrambled to see off two Russian jets off the north east coast again!

http://news.sky.com/story/1247985/raf-jet-chases-russian-planes-away-from-uk

That's the proper north east, not Newcastle

It used to happen a lot back in the Cold War. We'd send jets over to test their defences too.

The timing of these two incidents suggests a little more sabre-rattling but people suggesting this shows a weakness in UK defences are missing the point. On both occasions the Russians were picked up and seen off well before they would have been able to do any damage.

Cthulhu's Trilby wrote:

Scarlett wrote:An RAF Typhoon scrambled to see off two Russian jets off the north east coast again!

http://news.sky.com/story/1247985/raf-jet-chases-russian-planes-away-from-uk

That's the proper north east, not Newcastle

It used to happen a lot back in the Cold War. We'd send jets over to test their defences too.

The timing of these two incidents suggests a little more sabre-rattling but people suggesting this shows a weakness in UK defences are missing the point. On both occasions the Russians were picked up and seen off well before they would have been able to do any damage.

I just wish they go to London

Scarlett wrote:I just wish they go to London

They sort of did. The planes intercepted by the Dutch would've been about as close as Russia could get to London without actually starting a war with several countries. 200 miles from Scotland there's a lot more open space to play in.

Buggers