Metrocity Officer who is fed up of the media spin - my views are my own. Not a criminal, Not corrupt, #StupidandWhite #NAFOfellas
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DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
The ‘have three, only have one is available for ops’ is a well-known thing, which has been recklessly discounted by the British 'to do more with less' for many years. Originally 16 x Type 23s. Three sold to Chile 2005, left 13. Therefore four approx avail for global ops (though more could be deployed in time of crisis/war).
But in recent years there have only been eight anti-submarine specialist (ASW) Type 23s, as rest general-purpose vessels. And so, even then only three max T23s (at any one time) could actually fully handle the vitally important ASW roles (protecting the deterrent working in northern seas and monitoring Russian submarine routes more generally).
The UK also failed to replace 6 x Type 22 (Batch 2) ASW ships that were axed late 1990s/early 2000s, then binned 4 x T22 (Batch 3, ASW/general-purpose) without replacement in 2011.
The T23s were meant only to replace Leander Class and Type 21 frigates btw.
The abandonment of common sense 3:1 rule and so having a fleet with, say, 10 frigates available for global ops at any one time, coincided with the notorious 17-year 'frigate building holiday'. Fewer ships left in service were pushed harder and wore out even quicker.
We are now fast approaching a nadir in British naval history (esp with no SSNs on ops) - even a shocking a low in modern global naval history for a so-called leading maritime power. But it should surprise nobody, especially in government or the higher reaches of the military (recent past and present) .
And certainly not a surprise for readers of @WarshipsIFR magazine via our repeated warnings of where things were going, since the first edition in 1998, plus the numerous warnings of other naval specialists on here and elsewhere.
ALT Type 23 (Batch 3) frigate HMS Cumberland receiving a refit in the covered sheds at Devonport Dockyard, 2001. Photo: 2001.
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
Time to calm down everyone. There is no ban on entering a Spoons boozer wearing a poppy. Statement below that is in the Daily Express. Always worth waiting for the facts, eh? @georgedmadgwick
Looking forward to having you on my TALK show again soon 😎
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
This government is taking preparations for war so seriously that the MoD is being forced to make £3.5Bn of in-year ‘efficiency savings’ during 2026-27.
"we needed to make some savings to bring them into line and balance the books. I have taken decisions to stop doing some things this year” says Streeting.
UK must be ready for war in 1000 days says Streeting trib.al/Tzf9Jil
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
Ho hum. Here in Russell Square we have London's supportive response to the protests and riots across Europe involving tens of thousands. At present they number around 30. Not even a visible red or Pally flag.
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter pilot Air Davy shared footage of people in Kharkiv Oblast waving to him as he flew past on his way back from a combat mission in Donetsk Oblast.
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
So, 10 days after Starlink/Starshield was limited over Ukraine, Musk has finally crafted his story and decided to break cover with an emotional explanation. Many will argue it exonerates him, I think it poses more questions than answers. Let’s see what’s missing here. 🧵1/6
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
The Chinook fleet is dying as it retires and only a niche SF fetish fleet of H-47(ER) Chinooks is been purchased to replace some at an insane cost and while destroying the helicopter portfolio. But lets add another role.
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
Absolutely insane footage of Ukrainian soldiers travelling around gas pipelines near Kupyansn on mini mining trains where heavy fighting has been taking place for days underground.
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
Ukrainian drones have reached deep into Siberia in a spectacular another long-range operation, targeting Russia’s massive Omsky Kauchuk chemical plant in Omsk, approximately 2,500 kilometers from Ukraine.
Established in 1962, the Soviet-era industrial giant is one of Russia’s most important petrochemical producers, with several significant national distinctions:
- Russia’s largest single-unit MTBE production capacity, producing a critical additive used in high-octane gasoline.
- Russia’s largest isopropyl alcohol production facility, with an annual capacity of 60,000 tonnes.
- Russia’s second-largest MTBE producer, accounting for approximately 16% of national production in 2026.
- One of Russia’s leading phenol producers, accounting for approximately 18% of national production in 2021.
- A top synthetic rubber manufacturer, supplying materials used in tires, industrial equipment, hoses, and other civilian and military applications.
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
US energy company execs have resigned in disgust as the Trump family is caught secretly expediting the funneling of $25 billion from a sanctioned Russian energy giant in exchange for allowing Russians to obtain a natural gas project in Alaska.
According to investigations by The New York Times and Financial Times, Russia's Novatek allegedly concealed its financial involvement in the American project through a UAE-linked intermediary.
Gentry Beach, a longtime Trump ally and close friend of Donald Trump Jr., signed an agreement with Novatek to pursue natural gas development in Alaska. Reuters documented the arrangement in February.
Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin discussed this cooperation on the Alaska energy project with Trump's representatives, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, during negotiations involving Russia and Ukraine.
The controversy deepened when Polar Train LNG's CEO, Joel Riddle, raised concerns about concealed Russian financing and possible sanctions violations. He departed in September, followed by other senior executives.
The Financial Times also described discussions about a potential arrangement under which Novatek would provide technology for the Alaska project in exchange for sanctions relief benefiting its Arctic LNG 2 development in Siberia.
According to The New York Times, Riddle and two other departing executives warned the Trump administration about the Russian financing and urged officials to investigate.
The White House maintains that the project was mentioned only briefly and that no detailed discussions took place. There is no established evidence that Kushner or Witkoff knew about the allegedly concealed financing. Polar Train LNG denies wrongdoing.
The central question is how a sanctioned Russian energy company became involved in a major American energy venture while Putin was discussing potential economic cooperation with Trump's representatives and a longtime Trump family associate was pursuing a separate agreement with the same Russian company.
Selling Alaska to the Russians or selling Ukraine to the Russians - to the Trump family it's all the same.
ft.com/content/e9cfbfbb-e65a…
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
The speed limits on Starlink and Starshield are still there. The speed has not been restored. And the delivery of interceptors to protect us against Russian ballistic missiles is still delayed. We’re waiting for interceptors that were already agreed on. But they are still not coming. This is a real problem, because the Russians attack us almost every single day.
All of this is happening while we continue our quite successful operations on the front. We keep defending positions. Things have become harder – partly because of the Starlink and Starshield policies and speed limits. But our frontline is still holding and I am proud of how strong our people are.
From an address at the Hudson Institute. (2/3)
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
Ukrainian forces carried out a Storm Shadow cruise missile strike tonight on Russia's Proton plant in Oryol, a producer of electronics for ballistic missiles.
Comes days after the UK supplied Ukraine with a new package of Storm Shadows to hunt down Russian missile capabilities.
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
"NATO reportedly ranks the UK 31st of 32 allies on rearmament, ahead only of Iceland
"Once regarded as Europe’s leading naval power, built on centuries of accumulated expertise, the RN is increasingly being downgraded in the eyes of allies and adversaries"
Crisis, what crisis?
Latest news commentary:
Royal Navy frigate crisis is even worse than Commons Defence Committee report suggests
navylookout.com/royal-navy-f…
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
Britain is unique among allies in declaring its existing nuclear forces to NATO, but despite nuclear consuming over a fifth of the budget, the Ministry of Defence does not 'maximise the value of that commitment'. Click image for more.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=7…
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
Latest news commentary:
Royal Navy frigate crisis is even worse than Commons Defence Committee report suggests
navylookout.com/royal-navy-f…
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
The national resilience moment that very nearly barely happened:
A huge amount of work has gone on behind the scenes to plan for the "Be Ready" rollout, which was first trailed during the dying days of Sir Keir Starmer's government.
Andy Burnham inherited the project as well as leadership of the much-promised but minimally-delivered national conversation on defence.
Yet he appears to have chosen not to speak out on the launch of the new readiness campaign despite its national significance.
Even Dan Jarvis, the security minister, who is leading on resilience, stayed away from journalists on Thursday, instead just publishing his ministerial statement and sending out a written post on social media.
This lacklustre approach was met privately with disappointment among members of the resilience community.
The concern - rightly or wrongly - is that it creates the impression that preparing the country (every post code!) for the possibility of any crisis, up to and including war, is not a top priority for the government.
news.sky.com/story/be-ready-…
DR PC_Angry PHD KC 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. troops told us what the Pentagon hasn’t: destroyed aircraft, bombed barracks, families left behind in Bahrain, troops digging their own foxholes.
Never-before-seen photos and video from the Middle East. My latest with @MeidasTouch and @ValorMediaNet: meidasnews.com/news/so-much-…
