Really Pleased to Read.........

[Nigel H-J]

That the Royal Navy stood its ground and refused to be bullied!!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57583363

Regards
Nigel.

[Chris Trott]

The funniest part is that the Russians have now released video of their "Warning Shots" and instead proved themselves to be lacking (again).

Here's the thing, the "weapon" they were using to fire warning shots was an AK-630, a CIWS (Close In Weapons System) designed for small boats, aircraft, and missiles. It has a MAXIMUM range of 5km (the rounds self destruct at that distance). The video shows them chasing the ship and at a range of well over 5km. So all they did was make noise. That's not a warning shot.

Article on "Warning Shots"
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/4 ... ning-shots

These are warning shots -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S19Bx5eftnU

or this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0y_WyofgVc
(poor quality, but you can see the splashes to the left of the bow of the IRAN vessel at the end of the video)

Firing a gun in the air is a salute. Firing across their bow is a warning.

[Nigel H-J]

Thanks for those links Chris, Ministry of Defence has stated that they will continue to use that shipping route now and in the future. Lets see how bully boy Putin reacts!!

Regards
Nigel.

[TSR2]

All a bit of posturing. No coincidence that we had journalists on board either. All a well orchestrated dance.