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MtarfaLee

@MtarfaL

Political orphan, opinionated amateur, defence and intelligence background, disruptive thinker and not so new to the Twitter anymore

London, England Katılım Şubat 2020
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Think Defence
Think Defence@thinkdefence·
If you want to apply any reasonable effect, you have to have vehicles, ok, ok, not you light infantry people, yes, we know you like to walk everywhere.
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Think Defence
Think Defence@thinkdefence·
To view it in simplistic terms, you can't apply any effect unless you are physically there, stand fast all you information operations and air power folks, we get it, no need to constantly bloody well go on about it.
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Think Defence
Think Defence@thinkdefence·
𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 Let's talk about… Vehicle Transportability
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RN ship losses
RN ship losses@RNshiplosses·
25 May 1982 // Destroyer HMS Coventry was attacked by Argentine aircraft north of the Falklands and hit by three bombs, two of which exploded. She flooded, capsized, and sank with 19 men lost and one man dying later from his injuries. (Images @I_W_M, details below) #RoyalNavy
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Cdr George Ericson
Cdr George Ericson@CdrEricson·
Monitor Monday! Lord Clive class monitor HMS Lord Clive. Commissioned 10.07.15 under Cdr. Norman Hunter Carter, RN. The only Royal Navy ship ever named for Lord Robert Clive. She was fitted with a single BL 18-inch (457 mm) Mk I gun in August/September ‘18.
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MtarfaLee@MtarfaL·
@BearJFK @felix_sears It’s called the slow managed decline Dependency is next - hidden under the guise of partnership and “load sharing” Don’t get me wrong, through NATO and AUKUS that can only be a good thing but through other mechanisms then we start down a slippery slope….
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Navy Lookout
Navy Lookout@NavyLookout·
HMS Anson inbound to Plymouth Sound this afternoon for boat transfer Via @RfaNostalgia
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MtarfaLee@MtarfaL·
@DailyMail This is how you “spread the blame” so that “no one person will be found responsible”, “lessons will be learned” and “processes tightened” He’s got away with it 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Daily Mail@DailyMail·
Cabinet Office under fire after it kept no record of Morgan McSweeney's phone theft or bullying claims against Whitehall chief trib.al/eE0XKJH
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Tom Harris 🇬🇧
Tom Harris 🇬🇧@MrTCHarris·
"I once spent £400,000 of other people's money on jewellery, cosmetics and a campervan and my wife didn't know anything about it."
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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian
May 25th 1982: With the order to abandon ship, the crew of HMS Coventry dive into the water as she begins to roll over. It has been less than 20 minutes since she was hit. Nineteen men are killed and 30 injured...
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felix sears
felix sears@felix_sears·
It’s all about optics. It looks pitiful even if they didn’t need it. 8 F35, 8 Merlin?
Mark D@Mark1_1984

@MtarfaL @felix_sears Though I don't think every carrier, ever, has done every deployment with its full Air Group. I'd like to see carriers at sea normalised and what its got on the decks as being part of routine peaks and troughs of maint periods (well aware of the difficulties of a 'full' Air Gp)

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian
May 25th 1982: The keel of HMS Coventry is now visible as she begins to roll into the sea. By a miracle, by good evacuation drill and by having nearby ships and helicopters, the surviving crew are picked up in record time...
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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian
May 25th 1982: At 15:30 five Pucaras perform an aerial display over Stanley harbour to celebrate Veinticinco de Mayo. They bank and weave, fly out then back in again... only this time there are four... they fly out, come back again... only three left now... Locals get suspicious.
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The Angry Gunner
The Angry Gunner@TheAngry53586·
On this day in 1982, the loss of HMS Coventry. A complex and well executed attack that could have gone either way except for one fatal decision. Grab a beer and listen to SME’s discuss the strike. There’s more to it than you know. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/shi…
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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian
May 25th 1982: A painting of HMS Broadsword rescuing the crew of Coventry, as meanwhile, helicopters from other ships come to help. HMS Broadsword rescues 170 men from the sea, and rescue efforts are rapid and effective...
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MtarfaLee@MtarfaL·
@UKDefJournal @FennellJW Slowly but surely….. We live in a country where governments are changing faster than progress on “in-service” weapon systems 🤷🏻‍♂️
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UK Defence Journal
UK Defence Journal@UKDefJournal·
The Sting Ray Mid-Life Upgrade programme has advanced to its next phase, with the Ministry of Defence intending to award BAE Surface Ships a contract for the Demonstration and Initial Manufacture stage, the UK Defence Journal understands. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=69542
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