UK warship availability is certainly low at the minute, though note that other nations participating in a carrier group isn’t that unusual. The French aircraft carrier is currently being escorted by allied ships too. I guess and hope that PoW won’t be sent though; the idea of PoW going – and even HMS Dragon really – comes across as pretty politically motivated. If more airpower were needed…Cyprus is right there, we kept those bases for a reason.
The shadow defence secretary is doing a lot of talking from his arse there:
> James Cartlidge, the shadow defence secretary, said: […] “The truth is Labour have prioritised welfare over defence, leaving an under-funded Ministry of Defence forced to make £2.6bn in cuts this year.
>
> “That’s why there are no Royal Navy warships in the Middle East and why even if a carrier were deployed, there would be serious questions about escort ships.”
It’s nothing to do with the current bloody welfare spending and a lot more to do with the fact that replacements for the ageing Type 23s and the infrastructure to maintain the submarines weren’t ordered until far too late, for which his own party shares a significant part of the blame.
Triana177 on
French Escort?
Now Donald Trump is listening
eloyend on
So – was Nelson’s corpse already plugged to power generator? Him turning in his grave should be classified as clean energy!
contre-torpilleur on
Pride of the Royal Navy forced to seek escort from the French. Maybe there is a God after all.
sajukktheeternal on
Britain’s aircraft carrier can stay where it is. As an added bonus, it won’t need any escort
yubnubster on
Isn’t that pretty much how NATO navies work though?
Vacumbot on
It is a good thing for European nations to cooperate. Especially to formntasksngroups in actual real life situatuons and not only NATO maneuvers.
Gentle_Snail on
The French aircraft carrier was literally just escorted by British ships, thats how alliances work.
Mikkel65 on
“If it’s deployed to the middle east”. Remember Britain has not decided to send anything yet.
dbxp on
It’s shitty however the fact that the Torries are trying to use this to get in punches when the solution would have been to build more ships during their term. The Torries could have picked up the Type 45 options for 2 more ships if they wanted to
TokyoBaguette on
BREAKING NEWS! Allied forces do Allied things!
Torygraph at its finest.
Atys_SLC on
That’s what allies do.
And the Telegraph trying to pin the state of the UK navy on Labour when they are in charge only since 1 year after two decades of conservative leadership is laughable. Not saying they will improve it.
greenpowerman99 on
Start how you mean to go on.
What’s more dangerous than a nuclear armed opponent?
Two nuclear armed opponents!
Anglo French defence cooperation makes a lot of sense.
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UK warship availability is certainly low at the minute, though note that other nations participating in a carrier group isn’t that unusual. The French aircraft carrier is currently being escorted by allied ships too. I guess and hope that PoW won’t be sent though; the idea of PoW going – and even HMS Dragon really – comes across as pretty politically motivated. If more airpower were needed…Cyprus is right there, we kept those bases for a reason.
The shadow defence secretary is doing a lot of talking from his arse there:
> James Cartlidge, the shadow defence secretary, said: […] “The truth is Labour have prioritised welfare over defence, leaving an under-funded Ministry of Defence forced to make £2.6bn in cuts this year.
>
> “That’s why there are no Royal Navy warships in the Middle East and why even if a carrier were deployed, there would be serious questions about escort ships.”
It’s nothing to do with the current bloody welfare spending and a lot more to do with the fact that replacements for the ageing Type 23s and the infrastructure to maintain the submarines weren’t ordered until far too late, for which his own party shares a significant part of the blame.
French Escort?
Now Donald Trump is listening
So – was Nelson’s corpse already plugged to power generator? Him turning in his grave should be classified as clean energy!
Pride of the Royal Navy forced to seek escort from the French. Maybe there is a God after all.
Britain’s aircraft carrier can stay where it is. As an added bonus, it won’t need any escort
Isn’t that pretty much how NATO navies work though?
It is a good thing for European nations to cooperate. Especially to formntasksngroups in actual real life situatuons and not only NATO maneuvers.
The French aircraft carrier was literally just escorted by British ships, thats how alliances work.
“If it’s deployed to the middle east”. Remember Britain has not decided to send anything yet.
It’s shitty however the fact that the Torries are trying to use this to get in punches when the solution would have been to build more ships during their term. The Torries could have picked up the Type 45 options for 2 more ships if they wanted to
BREAKING NEWS! Allied forces do Allied things!
Torygraph at its finest.
That’s what allies do.
And the Telegraph trying to pin the state of the UK navy on Labour when they are in charge only since 1 year after two decades of conservative leadership is laughable. Not saying they will improve it.
Start how you mean to go on.
What’s more dangerous than a nuclear armed opponent?
Two nuclear armed opponents!
Anglo French defence cooperation makes a lot of sense.