LordRaven wrote:One British warship he parades on in the Black Sea and he goes on TV and says that this is a "message to Putin?" Fucking idiot!
Has anyone told this banana brain about the Repulse and the Price of Wales?
I guess this is what we get when we have a knappy wearing, non military type as a defence secretary.
I am wondering if he got the job for having a high score on some online combat game.
He should try sailing through the Kerch Strait and see how he gets on - that would definitely be sending a "message to Putin"
HMS Echo's a survey ship, not a proper warship. I'm sure its couple of 20mm Oerlikons are going to put the shites right up a squadron of Fencers
No air self-defence or air cover, it'll be a sitting duck.
You're right to mention Repulse and PoW, sent out to sea without any air cover just so that Churchill could "show the Japs", Another politician ignoring the situation on the water just to make himself look tough.