However, the MoD has failed to reveal which, if any, of the existing equipment programmes will be cut to reduce the funding gap. ", DON'T MISS:Vladimir Putin braced for Kremlin 'ultra-nationalists' mutiny[REPORT] West puzzled after Putin evacuates warships and submarines from region [REPORT] UK tanks to cause 'real problems' for Russia on Ukrainian frontline[REPORT]. Coast Guard captain describes encounter with Chinese, Russian warships The Kremlin also deployed servicemen to Belarus this week, ostensibly for major military operations with the country, sparking fears in neighbouring Lithuania. But what might a Russian attack look like and what could it seek to achieve? You guys need more ships me thinks . The anti-tank weapon systems weve sent out recently are a welcome contribution alongside the stuff the US sent out last year, but much more should have been done and long before now. THE Royal Navy has shadowed nine Russian warships stalking Britain's coast in the past two weeks. It looks like a scene from 1984. With pressure to take a more hawkish stance, he met Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Berlin to discuss the next steps. It said: "The crew of the frigate 'Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov' conducted an air defense exercise in the Norwegian Sea. THey may have a go at making life uncomfortable for the US there as well. The result is a net drop in drivers. The Sentinel 2 satellite image, taken at 11:47 local time, shows at least 14 vessels. "The U.S. Coast Guard is currently monitoring the Russian . There was the Orange revolution in Ukraine in 2004/5 that was the point that they started to orient themselves more with the West. And T26 will also receive the future cruise/anti ship weapon. You forgot Estonia which is British led! I think it is sad that Biden never got a shot at the Presidency a decade ago. Defence chiefs have been keen to suggest new cyber and space capabilities will be major beneficiaries of any extra money for Defence. If Russia did invade the Ukraine, could/would the UK and France deny Russia access through the channel? A RUSSIAN warship armed with "unstoppable" hypersonic missiles is sailing towards the US coast in a show of strength, reports claim. The Army will undergo its most comprehensive modernisation since the 1980sIt will experiment its way to robotic and autonomous capabilities. UK could learn a few things by this process and not immediately scrap stuff. Food, the are a exporter of food. It could be solved if Ukraine finally implemented the Minsk Protocol it signed in 2015. Critics fear it will increase Germany's reliance on Russian energy supplies. 'I am not ashamed to ask to help us with everything that is possible to avoid this war. The target selection technology provides NSM with a capacity for independent detection, recognition, and discrimination of targets at sea or on the coast. Military analysts said even if it overwhelmed Ukraine's army, which is half the size of its own, Russia could face guerrilla-type resistance, making it hard to hold on to captured territory. , As you can see from the pic at the top the Russian ship is within visual range. Russian warship with 'unstoppable' 7,000mph hypersonic missiles 'sails Dont we have typhoons in the Balkans and Romania? We reported earlier that amid ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian navy has sortied 5 Ropucha-class landing ships and one Ivan Gren-class landing ship from their Baltic fleet, likely headed to the Black Sea. I doubt you can stand at all given the amount of hallucinogens you must be partaking. Can you see hot winded Macron or blustering Boris doing that? Erm, theres certain CO of a T23 on TV at the moment who disagrees with you not to mention Radakin hgiving HoC evidence, I havent see the show, so Ill take your word on it, Surely if Russia invades Ukraine theres gonna have to be big increases in defence and security spending were gonna have to reinforce all Eastern European alliance members for that matter any country world wide that feels threatened buy any powerful country, Hi Geordie, Youd think so. 'We have information that indicates Russia has already pre-positioned a group of operatives to conduct a false flag operation in eastern Ukraine,' she said. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. Merkel should not have abandoned Germanys nuclear power generation capability, and become so reliant on Russian gas. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. This stuff was going on long before sites like this were around to report it in the public domain. Thats an oversight. Ukraine has long accused Russia of having regular troops in the region, something Moscow denies. Supplying intel and light weapons will not change the outcome much , Russia will win regardless of the losses shell receive. We are now at a stage where Russia could at any point launch an attack on Ukraine.'. I would love it if we did do that. Missile attacks would take advantage of Ukraine's weaker anti-missile defences. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. Wow so they first entered service about the same time as the Type 21s ! Russia said it had ventured as far as 3 km (2 miles) into Russian waters near Cape Fiolent, a landmark on Crimea's southern coast near the port of Sevastopol, headquarters of the Russian Navy's Black Sea fleet. We should grant him that and make it a reality. NSM is able to navigate by GPS, inertial and terrain reference systems. But then we are talking about a Govt that is all style (and what style that is these days judging by the No.10 makeover) over remote substance and my do those Type 45s look smart and mean when they are out on the water especially when they have a dragon on the bow though Boris would probably add flock wallpaper as camaflage. During his meeting with Zelensky today, Blinken reaffirmed the American commitment to his nation's sovereignty and said Ukraine had faced 'relentless aggression from Moscow' since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The big question is-could this conflict once started, and if NATO do get involved, be limited to a conventional battle? Likewise the presence of Nato tripwire forces might just persuade Russian planners to step back. The Russian ships sheltered from bad weather within the Baie de Seine, Northern France, where Severn was joined by allied French navy ships and aircraft. Time to send some Astutes to the Med for target practice! The reason they were happy to get rid was cost. The US CSG in the med training with Italy and Spain no doubt this is positioned close by aswell. Kyiv might also be provoked into attacking by the separatists who could then ask Russia to send troops to help, he said. Warships belonging to the Russian Northern Fleet have sailed through the English Channel in a routine and lawful passage through British waters. For other inquiries, Contact Us. Spot on Johnathan, nothing beats the smell of Cordite when doing a spread or up ladder SU shoot. Assassinations of nuclear experts. Access unmatched financial data, news and content in a highly-customised workflow experience on desktop, web and mobile. the Poles keep shtum about their involvement, unlike the Balts who declare it openly. UK and French jets team up against simulated aerial threat, Britain, Italy and Japan merge combat aircraft projects. Special Forces, or a couple of thousand US Marines or Paratroopers. Sweden has also been reinforcing its forces on the island of Gotland in case the Russians attempt anything there. Russian Navy Landing Ships Seen Approaching Ukrainian Coast Near Odessa They are not a golden bullet. Is funny that in America when Trump was President the media said he had made a secret deal with Putin but now that Biden is President and has verbally given Putin the OK to invade Ukraine the US media says nothing but how great Biden is. The RN suffered badly in the Falklands through short sightedness and gaps in capabilities, and is sadly doomed to suffer again unless it takes the enemies and their capabilities and tactics seriously. While the oil tanker Kama turned on its AIS tracker, the frigate Admiral Gorchkov kept it off to stay under the radar. Since then its been regular movements in/out as the Russian military cycled as many as possible through Syria for the experience. Sean, Where is this wharf in Australia? Although hailing the recent 24.1 billion uplift in Defence spending as reversing a long period of decline, General Carter did not say how much of the new money will fill the existing black hole of around 10 billion in the MoDs 10-year equipment budget. Etc, etc. slow not stealthy the bocks the UK has have quite limited onboard electronics. And its theseRead more . We are in a potentially high risk scenario all it takes is a trigger point. Without OHT you are randomly chucking missiles out down a bearing and hoping the target is somewhere within the seeker head basket for the terminal homing. The Iranians are being bombed at will. In new training drills yesterday, three dozen Russian warplanes including Su-34 fighter-bombers, Su-25 attack aircraft and MiG-31 fighter-interceptors flew from airfields in Perm, Krasnoyarsk,. By teatime at least during the cold War the surface arm of the RN was given 7 days before lights out 6 days more than the RAF , only the Army faired better indefinitely if resupplied ? 'They discussed U.S. and international security and economic assistance to Ukraine, and the Secretary expressed appreciation for Ukraines continued calls for a diplomatic solution, stressing the need for Ukrainian unity in the face of the Russian threat,' Price said. The diplomat hit out at Germany for failing to match Britain's offer of military aid, with Berlin preferring to focus on the threat of sanctions. If a shooting war were to start, the Astutes would be at sea ready to start shooting, its what they are for, granted we dont have enough of them, a situation that wont be rectified until SSN(R) comes of the pipeline at the earliest. Yep, putting a heavy weight anti ship missile in a cruise ship would be the ultimate fuck up and hand a victory to Russia. Published. Royal Navy shadows NINE Russian warships around UK coast in just 2 weeks Russian warship spotted miles from UK coast with hypersonic cruise The Russians are on drawdown but maintaining overwatch I understand. So will Taiwan. Patrol ship HMS Tyne monitored two warships and an intelligence gathering vessel as they carried out replenishment operations with their supporting tanker. He also works for the NHS. Iranians being bombed at will??? A Russian ship that's been off the coast of Hawaii for weeks is Now over, the Russian ships heading for the Med, inc a cruiser. A Slava Class cruiser isnt going to be worried by any Wildcat, whilst ROEs mean that by the time Astutes have surfaced to receive comms the shooting has started and finished. A mere 3 BGs in total and designed just to reassure the people of Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. Most of these incidents were blamed by Iran on Israel. Later versions have much better electronics and sensors developed with Israel. Russian warships have been pictured off the coast of Britain, en route to a suspected bolstering of the bombing campaign on the besieged Syrian city Aleppo.. Royal Navy vessels were closely . https://www.army-technology.com/projects/land-based-future-local-area-air-defence-system-flaads-land/, Is Russia just grandstanding in some effort to remove the economic sanctions? In a hastily arranged trip, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to arrive in Kiev last night to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Well done RN. , updated So the design probably dates back to the late 1960s / early 1970s, so getting a bit long in the tooth..! Agreed. Britain disputed the Russian version of events, with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab calling it "predictably inaccurate". Yes we cant come to Ukraines aid in any meaningful way but this should be it now as far as the Baltics are concerned- reinforce the fuck out of them so they know what surrounded really means and, I hate to say this but trump was right the Germans are useless spineless allies and they dont deserve the support they have now, relocate all forces to Poland and the Baltics where it really matters. Invasion of a NATO state or even probably Sweden Im sure would. Who do you think got impeached by the US House for trying to compromise Zelensky? Mr Putin is aware that as Ukraine does not belong to Nato, there will be no military response by Western states. https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/01/us-sends-more-military-equipment-ukraine/361042/  With the clown we have as PM? Royal Navy shadows Russian ships after 'high activity' in Channel 'This of course would be the most costly economically, politically and in terms of human lives and that's probably why it's least likely,' Melvin said of an all-out invasion. Patrol ship HMS Severn was on duty in the English Channel and Dover Strait, where it shadowed a surfaced Kilo-class submarine, the Stary Oskol, the corvette Boikiy, patrol ship Vasiliy Bykov and support ships. Royal Navy warship @HMSPortland is tracking Russian guided missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov and accompanying tanker Kama as they sail in international waters close to the UK. Actually having checked further the major problem the USA/Canada are having are the same that most countries are. Yes and who do you think gave them the green light. General Carter, who joined the Royal Green Jackets in 1977, has been head of the armed forces since June 2018. I meant a small number combat troops postured to help the Ukranians defend themselves. Meanwhile, in the Black Sea, the Kasimov antisubmarine ship 'successfully destroyed' air and sea targets by artillery fire in storm conditions, in a naval exercise. However, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he may consider halting the pipeline if Moscow attacks. Earlier this year, Vladimir Putin said the 135-meter-long frigate would sail for the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea with the latest generation hypersonic cruise missiles on board. British warships escort Russian fleet through English Channel Thought about those beasties Johnathan if they hadnt been converted to Helicopter carriers as such and kept the Aft turrets as well nice broadside those cordites were huge, No worries. The BBC said shots were fired and that as many as 20 Russian aircraft were "buzzing" the British ship. The trick is to sort the rubbish and the facts, with good journalism there is always some good Intel to be gleaned. All it takes is for 1 to get through! Helicopters for the littoral, Nuclear boats for larger vessels. ", READ MORE: Russian doctors urge Putin to 'stop abusing' Alexei Navalny, Maintaining maritime situational awareness is a core task for #NATO Standing Maritime Groups, in close coordination with Allies. The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. If I see him Ill ask. Several Latvians were arrested when they returned from fighting in the Ukraine they had been on the Russian side! An good opportunity knoks coming soon, to sink the Russian fleets in the Med, lol!! Pity we didnt keep developing the 6 system fitted to Tiger and Blake? HITLER AND NAPOLEON DID AND LOOK WHERE IT GOT THEM. HMS Lancaster joined Severn tracking Steregushchiy-class corvette Boikiy in the Channel and using its Wildcat helicopter to gather intelligence. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/naval-weapons/latest/turkish-navy-commissions-first-intelligence-gathering-ship. Could be a rerun of the 1904 Russian fleet of to the far East didnt go too well for them then but they did attack Traelers of dogger bank. As for unvaccinated drivers not being allowed to cross, well who wouldnt want to keep the chronically stupid out of their country? Thats what I was thinking, but invading Ukraine probably isnt allowed under international law. The only time there is a difference, is when a SM is deep, sprinting to a new position. In Moscow, Russia summoned Ambassador Deborah Bronnert for a reprimand over what it said were Britain's "dangerous" action in the Black Sea - while foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused London of "barefaced lies". An interesting question is how much does Kremlin insider Klyushin being in US custody have to do with the escalation? On the face of it, Trumps position on the Right of the political spectrum, should have placed him as a hard opponent of the Russians but he was like a contrite schoolboy sitting next to Putin. 'He emphasized the United States unwavering commitment to Ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity and reiterated the principle of nothing about Ukraine, without Ukraine.'. "We can appeal to common sense, demand respect for international law, and if that doesn't work, we can bomb," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Russian news agencies. LOL Ivan you really are poster boy for Putin . But at various times four navy frigates were deployed. During the last 2 years lots of HGV drivers left the profession, as happens every year. Your logic makes no sense. Well on your point about coming to Ukraines aid in any meaningful way, I would disagree to an extent. This idiot wants Biden to start the war. Genuine question did Ukraine have 100% complete control of the USSR nuclear weapons that had been stationed in its territory? Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers. Didnt Bidens Son in law have an interest in the Ukraine (monetary) ? Will it damage to a ship? If allowed to go unchecked, this will only serve to embolden both Putin and Xi, so interesting times ahead for all of us. I note that you seen to have accepted my comments on the US border debacle. "These are Ukrainian waters and it was entirely right to use them to go from A to B," Johnson said. No they didnt. kill chain is very complex to find, track, and then engage a warship at range that doesnt want to be shot at. The Russian ships' 'highly irregular' movements sparked Swedish authorities to deploy hundreds of troops and armoured vehicles to the island of Gotland. NATO Aid to the Ukraine is not some knee jerk reaction to current events,there have been initiatives underway since independence in 1991,and especially since 2014,in the case of the UK under Operation Orbital. Our carriers will only come intoRead more . The US Coast Guard said Wednesday it is monitoring a Russian ship near Hawaii. I think itRead more , Hi Dave ,knife through Butter with todays build of warships we can but dream a larger build of Destroyer with 6in either single or twin fully Auto good fire control radar no need for the old 274/75 sights or LAS just ops Rm fire controller and PWO but alas smaller ships and bores seem too be the way fwd with The MOD. Its perhaps worth considering that just supposing a few Russian armoured/infantry detachments had been deployed in and around Baghdad at important government and military sites as peacekeepers/observers or an actual hostile force, then would the 2003 invasion of Iraq have taken place? Yep 100%. Find out more. The ships have included a surfaced submarine, a destroyer, a corvette and a patrol ship along. Also Congress now has the Trump White House documents related to Jan 6. Or Major joining Carlisle, Osbornes 8 or so jobs, Miliband joining that charity or Blair on his 1M a year+ all for following the US line? That was due to the unusually large number of landing craft in the Baltic. No Typhoons in Romania at present, but USAF F-15Es there. The core of the Russian navy's Northern Fleet has been observed manoeuvring in and around Irish-controlled waters in recent days, ahead of planned live-fire drills. A Ministry of Defence Spokesperson told me: As part of a unified response with our allies, the Royal Navy are monitoring the presence of Russian Ships as they transit through the English Channel. Im all for countries determining their own choices, but I can see Putins concerns. KALIBR provides even modest platforms, such as corvettes, with significant offensive capability and, with the use of the land attack missile, all platforms have a significant ability to hold distant fixed ground targets at risk using conventional warheads. We in the West lost sight of the long term strategic goal of the US is remaining the sole superpowewr. That calls a defense expert on the plan. On western side it was concern that with the post Soviet economic collapse theyd end up in very dodgy countries hands. Its the bowl of gruel and the slice of old bread that really makes it all worthwhile. 'Russia invaded territory in the Crimea, ginned up a conflict in eastern Ukraine, and has systematically sought to undermine and divide Ukraines democracy,' Blinken said. The Royal Navy has shadowed nine Russian warships around the UK in the last two weeks alone - as Vladimir Putin increases his military presence in British waters. In comarison with previous pictures those ships are sailing well loaded. Thomas C. D'Arcy, encountered a formation of seven Chinese and Russian warships in the Bering Sea last month. I somehow doubt it. Certainly Ivan is getting very desperate now with the prop.! Really poor analysis of a foreign state. NOTAMs will clear seaways fast, whilst the Falklands demonstrated the potency of AsUW back then. "I am sure that such a powerful weapon will allow us to reliably protect Russia from potential external threats and help ensure our country's national interests. "Despite the increase in Russian activity, both on the surface and underwater, we are always ready to respond.". If Biden had the balls he could put a small contingent of US troops in Ukraine and dare Putin to attack. So many completely underestimate the complexity and difficulties of achieving the kill chain with Anti ship missiles. Ukraine didnt invent the weapons so im curious how much of them they could have used and ultimately maintained over time. US truckers are heavily non vaccinated. His views were backed by Labour leader Keir Starmerwho tweeted on Saturday: To protect our values and our security we must be steadfast in our opposition to Russian aggression. Next time round-Hillary Clinton vsRead more , Grandpa Biden has been engaged with the Pentagon bigwigs and was informed that Troops had already been pulled out of Vietnam .Now have your 40 winks and Cocoa, You cant blame Trump for this. (apologies for the convoluted English there!). Instead we were lured away by the glitter of ongoing wars in the ME. I certainly do! Whilst the Canada and now Mexico border problems are now very real indeed. A pair of those would make a proper mess of todays warships. The . You underestimate the Russian bear at your peril! So were Western economies corrupt, going back in time. Well they didnt of course and no sympathy was deserved . As its a shed load easier to detect an RF emission and from a lot further away with a highly sensitive receiver. Which begs the question why? It just shows the Ruskis have sleepers in the German armed forces. Even so, Ukraine's Defense Ministry said it was accelerating its plan to form reserve battalions, a move that would help it rapidly deploy 130,000 recruits to bolster its 246,000-strong armed forces. More info. Irish defence forces have been monitoring the activity of Russian warships that on Tuesday made a U-turn off the country's coast. Russian warships have been spotted off the British coast. Russian, US, French and UK warships spotted off south coast by Defence faster working shipyards would help. REUTERS/Sergey Smolentsev. It depends on the severity of what Russia will do if it invades. (NATO will do nothing without US Support) Alternatively, NATO could station aircraft in Ukraine bordering countries and work with the Ukrainian AF to secure Ukraine airspace again daring Putin to attack NATO Aircraft. Britain was unexpectedly embroiled in a diplomatic and military dispute with Russia on Wednesday after Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender briefly sailed through territorial waters off the coast. Oh, that would be Slovakia and Poland for example who have NATO aircraft from America not to mention eFP fighters in Lithuania, Estonia and Bulgaria. He said the countries were 'united in their resolve' against Russian aggression. TheRead more . It will take them at least a decade to begin to get off Putins apron strings. Something will give as you cannot maintain an army at this sort of readiness indefinitely. A very rugged and reliable ship, only 500 tons carrying capacity but their operation in Syria would not have been possible without the. Trump kissing Putins ass in Helsinki infuriated a lot of Americans. Unless we get fair warning and are able to build stuff in advance of a peer to peer conflict it wont matter, as it will be over too quickly. Biden is standing up to Putin in every way logical. means nothing until they are in the fleet, weve got more warships but the admiralty and the M.O.D cant see beyond their arrogance 5 more rivers given the thai navy upgrades to their batch 2 KRABI i.e a 76 otto melara rapid fire gun which was chosen ahead of the raytheon ram 116 system two extra 30mm cannon located aft of the bridge wings with the option of martlet sometime in the future otions to fit harpoon, these are real warships and we should do the same and designate them as corvettes or light frigates add 5 more warships to todays number of 19, then, 24 ships soundsRead more , reasonable place to forward base a t31 maybe. The Russian strongman will be sending warships within Ireland's maritime economic zone - around 240km off the southwest cost of Ireland. It would be a signal of intent to the Russians. Going after the Ukraine neatly side steps the maritime flank to some extent. Our SSNs will be busy chasing their SSNs, and so each RN surface vessel should be capable of offensive action. Defence Forces monitoring Russian warships acting unusually off Irish