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

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Thar she blows! (Looks like the head gaskets gone, though)

 

[ThePompousPaladin]

It's a shame we're not in Syria, those lucky blighters will have seen every plane in jane's i would have thought.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Cleared by 1600.

 

[The Fifth Column]

My last RN ship would have made mincemeat of that dirty knackered old Russian heap of shite, HMS Cumberland F85 affectionately known as 'The fighting Sausage'. A bloody awesome ship and sadly decommissioned in 2011, now scrapped and probably made into razor blades and other such crap A couple of her mahoosive Harpoon missiles would have sunk the Ruskie in no time at all.

Affiliated with amongst other organisations, Roedean Girls School!! What fun they had when they occasionally visited the ship

 

[beorhthelm]

My last RN ship would have made mincemeat of that dirty knackered old Russian heap of shite,

i wonder if HMS Belfast might do a job. the whole willy waving by Russia has only really shown they have a one carrier thats smoking its way south to winter in the Med. Russia is not the force it once was, i know we;re short on carriers but what we have is probably all a generation better spec, and when we get the carriers will have twice the power or Russia.

and someone said the RN sent out some salvage tugs... please tell me that really happened, that would be a superb British style two fingers.

 

[jakarta]

i wonder if HMS Belfast might do a job. the whole willy waving by Russia has only really shown they have a one carrier thats smoking its way south to winter in the Med. Russia is not the force it once was, i know we;re short on carriers but what we have is probably all a generation better spec, and when we get the carriers will have twice the power or Russia.

and someone said the RN sent out some salvage tugs... please tell me that really happened, that would be a superb British style two fingers.

Well we may (eventually) have a couple of carriers but will have no aircraft to fly off them, it might have been a bright idea not to scrap the Harriers?

 

[Paskman]

I hope the that Peter The Great is better maintained than the carrier, as she is nuclear powered!!!!!! Just what you want sailing through your back yard..

 

[Bry Nylon]

Russians have embarrassed themselves there.

It's a bit like cruising up the high street in a 1986 Vauxhall Nova with a dodgy exhaust.

 

[whitelion]

Russians have embarrassed themselves there.

It's a bit like cruising up the high street in a 1986 Vauxhall Nova with a dodgy exhaust.

With fluffy dice and go-faster stripes.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Ex Russian MP on BBC this morning, sounded like they're ready for war!

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[ManOfSussex]

That ship wasn't ready for war yesterday. Smoke pouring out of it and I walked faster than it could move.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Well we may (eventually) have a couple of carriers but will have no aircraft to fly off them, it might have been a bright idea not to scrap the Harriers?

We are now going to borrow US Marine F-35s, as ours won't be in service for a few years.

Of course the F35 is 5th generation stealth and a little better than a Harrier.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

That ship wasn't ready for war yesterday. Smoke pouring out of it and I walked faster than it could move.

But when it eventually reaches it's destination probably ready to launch air strikes on hospitals...unfortunately.

 

[Megazone]

Worrying times.

This is going to be be 1066 all over again!

 

[jakarta]

We are now going to borrow US Marine F-35s, as ours won't be in service for a few years.

Of course the F35 is 5th generation stealth and a little better than a Harrier.

If we 'borrow' US kit no doubt we will have to ask them to use it. Pathetic.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Worrying times.

This is going to be be 1066 all over again!

Once the ruskies get a good look at Hastings they will be sending in aid parcels by the ton!

 

[The Fifth Column]

But when it eventually reaches it's destination probably ready to launch air strikes on hospitals...unfortunately.

Debatable, this is the Russians only aging aircraft carrier and they have no history of being able to run a successful carrier based strike operation. In fact they have very few pilots qualified to even take off and land on this carrier such is their inexperience. It is all for show, the Su-33s displayed on the flightdeck are more likely to take off and base themselves at the Russian airbase in Syria where of course they will be free to launch air strikes on hospitals etc. I very much doubt whether you will see anything other than helicopters deploying from the Kuznetzov - no doubt loaded with barrel bombs to kill even more innocent Syrians.