Originally Posted by
Biggus
BBC reporting that HMS Dragon will not sail for the Eastern Mediterranean until "sometime next week"...
Add on a 7 day transit, and that means it won't be on task for another 11+ days.... By which time numerous assets from various other European countries will have been on scene for days.
A case of too little too late.
I can't help but wonder, why bother? Just posturing and virtue signalling from Starmer?
How essential is it? We have other assets in the neighbourhood.