- The Falklands had its shares of horrific moments, and did make a point about the issues of having iron bombs, aluminium superstructure and drivers of sleds with an abundance of testosterone doing some serious harm to the greatest fleet in Portsmouth in 1982. (once upon a time, it was the best fleet north west of Dunkirk... it was once, and it was a long time ago).
Oh, well said, Sir!
I stand to be corrected, but perceive that following the unpleasantness down south back then their Lordships of the UK Admiralty sought to order 12 Type 45 air defence ships in belated recognition of some past misjudgements.
It seems that only six were actually built, but then - oh, dear! - were found to be short of propulsion in hot places, so the UK is left with only three still in service and not undergoing very lengthy refits.
Now, I have an uncomfortable memory of the reports of Iran’s missile development program a few years ago, when they were test firing goodies from ships in the Caspian .. recent images suggest that their latest toys can easily be launched from a standard 40‘ container (vide Ukraine experience).
What if .. such munitions were to be deployed surreptitiously in the Western Approaches .. or even in the Thames Estuary .. aboard apparenty normal container ships ? .. nasty!
Seems that Dunkin’s belated and now unexpectedly delayed departure for Cyprus is another wrinkle, and I wonder what shape Draggin and Dormless may be in just now --- departure of any of these might significantly weaken UK home air defences, no? - if the IRGC has been a bit smarter than was anticipated.