Russian warships passing through English Channel will we be able to see them ?

[Insel affe]

As they sail past will we be able to see them from the Sussex coastline anywhere

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Hope for a good turn out from the Stop the War Coalition, have they got a boat .......

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It's like the M25 out there

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-0/centery:51/zoom:9

 

[Insel affe]

It's like the M25 out there

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-0/centery:51/zoom:9

which ones are the Russians

 

[Thunder Bolt]

which ones are the Russians

I don't know. I've hovered over quite a few of the markers but they all seem to be merchant vessels.

 

[Giraffe]

The Russians are expected to pass by Dover about noon. Guess they should be passing Brighton within an hour or two of that?

Get on the end of the pier with your pitchforks.

 

[wellquickwoody]

I don't know. I've hovered over quite a few of the markers but they all seem to be merchant vessels.

I tried this yesterday, then realised that military vessels on active service are hardly likely to advertise themselves are they, friend od foe?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I tried this yesterday, then realised that military vessels on active service are hardly likely to advertise themselves are they, friend od foe?

They'll still show up on radar.

 

[Pretty Plnk Fairy]

Perhaps they can collect a few of the migrants trying to cross The Chanel in rubber rings and take them back to warsaw

Brexit means brexit

Regards
DR

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

They'll still show up on radar.

Radar? Can hardly miss the black smoke belching out of the aircraft carrier

 

[Prince Monolulu]

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

I tried this yesterday, then realised that military vessels on active service are hardly likely to advertise themselves are they, friend od foe?

they do to other ships, it's called IFF.....Identification Friend or Foe

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I tried this yesterday, then realised that military vessels on active service are hardly likely to advertise themselves are they, friend od foe?

Don't tell them your name Kuznetsov!

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Having done a little search on firebug for Kuznetsov it isn't showing up. BBC says a 'flotilla' were sailing through the Channel in a news report two hours ago. Although they can be picked up on radar, as suggested in a previous post, it seems likely these are being left off the map, and I would hazard a guess they have long since passed Brighton.

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

amazing the interest, probably because we don't actually have a Navy anymore !!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

amazing the interest, probably because we don't actually have a Navy anymore !!

Don't you worry, our subs & aircraft are watching them.

This aircraft carrier is very old and has a tug with her at all times because she breaks down so often. It's hardly a threat to us, as she's in international waters. The media do love to build this sort of thing up.

 

[Official Old Man]

Rather than look for something there, look for something not there. Big gaps in the sea where you would expect the next boat to be.
There is a ship called Concorde just off Hastings right now with a massive gap behind it.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

So is Putin making sure they sail into British waters just to make a point ? Or are they keeping out ?

 

[Frutos]

Don't you worry, our subs & aircraft are watching them.

This aircraft carrier is very old and has a tug with her at all times because she breaks down so often. It's hardly a threat to us, as she's in international waters. The media do love to build this sort of thing up.

Indeed.

Its similar to the occasional hysterical headlines you see about Typhoons being launched on QRA to monitor the movements of Russian bombers in the vicinity of our airspace.

The stories always seem to present this as a highly unusual act, when in fact its been going on fairly regularly since we were chasing them off with English Electric Lightnings.

 

[Chicken Run]

Rather than look for something there, look for something not there. Big gaps in the sea where you would expect the next boat to be.
There is a ship called Concorde just off Hastings right now with a massive gap behind it.

Gosh, that's sounds like Yodas explanation for the missing Cloners planet on the Jedi's interactive map[emoji3]