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@chinnychick @RAF_Odiham I have a similar affliction for submarines, I've not had one fly over my house yet though.

My name is Liz. My handle is Chinook Crew Chick. I flew on Chinooks for 17 years. I wrote a book about Chinooks. I still run to the window when I see a Chinook. I still video when a Chinook flies over me. I’m 43 years old…and I LOVE Chinooks. Thanks for the flyby @RAF_Odiham 🫶❤️

@BootneckStuff You're a bit off the mark with that post. It's just a defect on the RO plant as I understand it. She's alongside to receive parts and make a repair, if she had to fight she would sail with her water tanks refilled from shore supply. Not a big deal.

So HMS Dragon, the only ship sent to help in the Middle East, has now had to go for maintenance. They said she's on high alert. From the maintenence site. Gen. I don't want to see us involved in this mess at all, but they're still trying to sound off like we're major players in the maritime game here. I've seen bigger threats from a local pond holding a model boat competition for 7 year olds. We're a shambles. Start trying to fix it. What do you think about this?

@USN_Submariner @TheSubHunter1 Good thing they both had enough air for a second blow.

Severe Submarine Surfacing Saturday😱  1️⃣ USS Pickerel (SS-524) during tests off Oahu in 1952 where they went flank from 250ft, bubble maxed out at 65° 2️⃣ Norwegian Ula-class submarine HNoMS Utvær (S303) accidentally reached about 75° up angle during a 2001 training exercise.

@SidneyPowellQ More made up bullshit. Who's paying you? Putin?

🚨BREAKING: British citizens are calling upon King Charles to ABDICATE amid huge backlash following the announcement that he will not be giving an Easter message this year. Should Charles hand over the throne?

@EdOfWraxall @thinkdefence Can't fit that stuff in such a small ship. VLS on its own isn't enough, you also need the sensor fit, the command system, the communication system, and then the cooling capacity and generation capacity to go with it. That's why T45, T26 & USA AB's are the size they are.

@thinkdefence I honestly dont know why navy doesn't commission maybe 20 batch 2 type river class and chuck in a bit of vls and maybe cwis. Absolutely could be done and a lot cheaper and easier to crew. So much more presence at lower cost and higher availability

Just a quick point order, Type 45's were a billion quid each because they included all the expensive sea viper development, radars, missiles, fire control etc. Accepting it wasn't called sea viper then, but you get the point

@obbsie @ScotsPolFed Good leadership 👍

I was at newly appointed Sir John Stevens first mass briefing. A Fed Rep stood up during Q&A & said one of his officers, was in hospital desperately ill with cancer & was worried as he was about to go on half pay. Sir John's response was brief. 'Oh no he's not." Next day the stricken PC received a visitor: Sir John Stevens!!

“We are now getting police officers who are terminally-ill who are off their work, who have been injured on duty who are off their work, being told by the service that because of the budget you’ll no longer be kept on pay and you’ll be forced onto half pay or no pay whilst at home." heraldscotland.com/news/25937056.…

@BartGonnissen Interesting, one of those photos shows waterline damage, not an airborne drone/missile then, likely an unmanned fast attack craft. I suspect they've got a rather large stock of those.

On the one photo yiu can see the launching of the freefall lifeboat and the crew embarking in the liferafts.

3rd engineer from the Thai vessel Mayuree Naree, a bulk carrier. ​The attack occurred on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, as the ship was transiting the strait en route from Khalifa Port (UAE) to Kandla (India).

@IBallantyn @HoyasFan07 Opportunity for a reciprocal deal with Germany, we buy 212's, they buy Tempest.

@HoyasFan07 In the mag a couple of editions back FYI. Sadly, I doubt it will happen as too sensible, but we can keep suggesting it....

RN operating joint attack sub fleet (SSN+SSK) not a bad idea. Perhaps both UK and Canada will end up with such undersea fleets.

@TheSimonEvans @rorysutherland Brilliant idea, who could disagree with that? Probably the one thing that could actually unite the country.

@rorysutherland I’d had have preferred “figures from the golden age of British SitCom”. Hancock. Steptoe and Son. And then a rolling selection of these would tide us over until money itself is no longer a thing.

This is annoying. I was looking forward to the "Great British Pirates" series of banknotes.

@thinkdefence The T26 export success is at least one thing we can be cheerful about right now.

When i look back at some of my older writing the thing I got spectacularly wrong was export performance of Type 26.

@ModernNavy @HouseofCommons The secretary of state, or CDS for that matter, shouldn't be involved in that decision. It's an operational matter, therefore the remit of the Fleet Commander, (3*). SoS, CDS and even 1SL are not operational commanders, they provide policy, oversight & budget.

Defence Secretary, John Healey admits the Chief of the Defence Staff, Richard Knighton didn't advise him to send HMS DRAGON to the East Med until Tuesday, 3 March last week: 3 days after war started and 20 days after US let on @HouseofCommons @ModernNavy hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026-0…

@MichaelShurkin You realise that Cyprus has an RAF base right?

They should send it at the very least to defend Cyprus, and to expand available options. Isn't that what it's for?

@Jacob_Rees_Mogg @YouTube David Cameron & George Osborne is what happened @Jacob_Rees_Mogg as soon as they won office they set about scraping ships. And for balance, several years earlier Blair & Brown reduced the T45 order from 12 to 6.

What has happened to the Royal Navy? Why do we have no ships? Jacob Rees-Mogg's State Of The Nation | Wednesday 4th March youtube.com/live/j5Q0oYiDI… via @YouTube

@Patricia344130 @Keir_Starmer So what's so strange about the Greek Navy defending one of their own islands??

Who would have thought that our British troops in Cyprus would have a Greek & a FRENCH (yes, FRENCH) warship protect them instead of the British Navy?? A sick joke that shames & embarrasses us all. @Keir_Starmer

@shashj She was in dry dock undergoing a planned maintenance Period. Getting a ship out of dry dock and operational is a big job, Ships Company and Dockyard staff will be working round the clock.

@MrJamesMay @almurray @LordHardThrashe @MrJamesMay Didn't I see you fly in the back of a U2 once on TV? I mean, that ain't a bad gig is it.

@almurray @LordHardThrashe Bastard.

They say 'do not touch' but she's looking right at me

@agbdrilling @pinstripedline The big difference between now and 82 is the number of ships that were either already at sea, or at 48hrs notice. Compared to today the 82 fleet was huge. Responsibility for the decline lies with every government since 1990.

Two days after the Falkland Islands were invaded in 1982 the Royal Navy had its first Submarine heading South, followed a day later by the lead elements of a task force including Aircraft carriers. 127 ships eventually went south That was in an analogue age. Then We had a Prime Minister that said make it so

It is barely 48hrs since Akrotiri was attacked - important to realise that military activity occurs at normal speed, not 'twitter speed'. There are many things that must be done, plans made, ministerial approval sought and given. It is not as easy as saying 'make it so'.

🇬🇧Britain sent warships into Brazilian harbours. Without permission. Seized ships at anchor. In their waters. Under their flag. Brazil refused to stop the slave trade. So Parliament passed the Aberdeen Act. It authorised the Royal Navy to treat Brazilian slave ships as pirates. Anywhere. Brazil was furious. Diplomatic crisis. The Navy went anyway. Into harbours. River mouths. Ships seized. Crews arrested. Enslaved people freed. Within five years, Brazil banned slave imports. The world hated Britain for this. Ending slavery cost them trade. Cost them allies. Other empires called it interference. Britain didn't care. Be part of us: proudofus.co.uk Be proud of us. 🇬🇧

@PolitlcsUK @max__young The cunts at this so-called news site are lying to you. This change is simply because Queen Elizabeth died, which means that the UK Government now uses King Charles arms instead. Nothing to do with being accessible.

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer's Director of Communications has commissioned another redesign of the Government's Coat of Arms to make it more "accessible" It follows the last redesign in October 2024 (below) [@max__young]

@James1940 @WeHaveWaysPod Really enjoying all the recent Naval stuff, looking forward to this year's fest, BZ's to you and the rest of the team👍👍

We’re looking at one of the most astonishing stories of the war: the pursuit and sinking of the battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic in May 1941. Just an incredible episode and worth a detailed 4-part series on the @WeHaveWaysPod!