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RAF F-35B Lightning stealth jets and Merlin submarine-hunting helicopters are to stand ready on the task group's flag ship, the carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, to support the warships in the Black Sea should they be threatened by Russian warships, submarines or aircraft. HMS Queen Elizabeth has to stay in the Mediterranean because an international treaty prohibits aircraft carriers from entering the Black Sea.
I'd like to see the planned Head Office response time to a call for backup when a Kilo surfaces within range and gives them the bird.
Ready 10, loaded for bear - then ten days waiting for dip clearance.
LFH
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