Are the Dutch preparing to send anyone to the PG to support tankers, or, was this a long scheduled exercise for general air defense training?
Nice article on the UK MoD + Royal Netherlands Navy doing a Sharpshooter exercise (Hebrides Range) featuring HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën is here.
Originally Posted by
dead_pan
Trump having to ask the Chinese for help to get him out of this mess! If this ever came to pass, which I'm confident it won't, the Chinese will extract a verrry heavy price.
They would indeed, but I think they'll let him wrestle with this a while longer.
Originally Posted by
Frostchamber
I suspect China will, if it hasn't already, prefer to cut its own deal with Iran to get its vessels through.
Over the past couple of days, saw some news that half a dozen ships bound for China have passed through the Strait already.