Originally Posted by
Evalu8ter
Islandlad,
...it all adds up to the RAF playing a significantly larger part in 1982 than the RN played in GW1 and GW2. The latter, frankly, was a farce, as a force of small ships and elderly wheezing helicopters were deployed purely in order to be seen to be there, at great cost - followed by airbrushing the RAF's role out of any part they could….
P.S. The extent of your ignorance, not to mention arrogance, is breath-taking. Which other navy did the USA trust exclusively to alternate with their own ships as primary up-threat AD picket during GW1 and GW2?
Which navy was uniquely able and willing to take the lead in clearing the 1,300 mines laid by the Iraqis in the NPG during GW1 and open up the port of Umm Qasr for the seaborne delivery of humanitarian aid in GW2?
As you seem unaware, I’ll tell you. It was the ‘farcical’ Royal Navy in each of these cases.