Be Prepared. Royal Navy already ready for war
dwight heet | 16.09.2001 00:28
rather like the designer of 'the coup' album 'party music', our military rulers demonstrate incredible prescience- the biggest deployment of Royal Navy and Royal Marines since the Falklands left a week before the US atrocities
A Royal Navy news release:
HMS Illustrious leads task groups to Middle East
The aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious sailed from Portsmouth on Monday 3rd Sept as the flagship of the largest maritime deployment undertaken by the Royal Navy since the Falklands conflict. HMS Illustrious is the flagship of 3 groups of warships and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries deploying on@Argonaut 2001@ to the Middle East. The series of manoeuvres and vists will culminate in a major exercise - "Saif Sareea 2' involving the British Army, the Royal Airforce and the Armed Forces of Oman.This deployment includes the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, the assault ship HMS Fearless, destroyers, frigates, mine countermeasures vessels, other amphibious warfare vessels and Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ships.In all 24 surface ships from Britain will be invoved,plus 2 nuclear submarines...
Heading the task group is Rear Admiral James Burnell-Nugent CBE, Commander of the UK Maritime Forces. He said "This is a significant display of maritime power. We are sending 8500 sailors,airmen and Royal Marines to the Gulf Region...40 separate commands brought together into an integrated self sustaing fighting force"
Taken from www.davidicke.com
HMS Illustrious leads task groups to Middle East
The aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious sailed from Portsmouth on Monday 3rd Sept as the flagship of the largest maritime deployment undertaken by the Royal Navy since the Falklands conflict. HMS Illustrious is the flagship of 3 groups of warships and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries deploying on@Argonaut 2001@ to the Middle East. The series of manoeuvres and vists will culminate in a major exercise - "Saif Sareea 2' involving the British Army, the Royal Airforce and the Armed Forces of Oman.This deployment includes the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, the assault ship HMS Fearless, destroyers, frigates, mine countermeasures vessels, other amphibious warfare vessels and Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ships.In all 24 surface ships from Britain will be invoved,plus 2 nuclear submarines...
Heading the task group is Rear Admiral James Burnell-Nugent CBE, Commander of the UK Maritime Forces. He said "This is a significant display of maritime power. We are sending 8500 sailors,airmen and Royal Marines to the Gulf Region...40 separate commands brought together into an integrated self sustaing fighting force"
Taken from www.davidicke.com
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