Originally Posted by
GeeRam
Or its broken down en-route....
UK news programmes this morning first thing were stating that Dragon was due to arrive off the coast of Cyprus today after its journey from UK, so if its sitting in Gib, its still 3 or 4 days away from Cyprus from whenever its departure from Gib will be.
HMS "Drags On" crew might be desirous of a name change, to say, "Bounty", there are some lovely islands in the Adriatic to go to for some time out, as would be pretty sure the moms of the crew of a skimmer going out to be a drone magnet will be none too pleased.
Stuff changed from February 2022, and apparently the message has not been received by those with wax in their ears that look at the risks of these "interventions" in this "excursion".
The fix for a prostate blockage in the Strait of Hormuz probably doesn't work as it used to do, grey targets floating by are just that, targets, and a game of whack-a-mole with 6 billion dollar flat tops vs 20-40K drones seems to be myopic. I would think you would need lots of lubricant for that examination. The solution once the scab ("excursion") has been pulled off the suppurating sore (Irans "nukular" ambitions) is probably not to add new divers delights as artificial reefs with the US CBGs, and attendant targets.
I would think that a quick whip around whatever adults remain in the upper echelon of the
DOD Dept Of Whaaaa? might produce alternative facts as to what a smart person would do, like, really, what would Plato do?
This issue has been in "plane" sight since the Ukranians started teaching us about warfare in the 21st century; fighting this
"excuse-ion" with the tools, tactics and mindset of the last
"excuse-ion" as we are doing currently, seems so Stone Age. What would "Ukraine smart" look like? It probably won't look like a flat top as an inviting target for every person with a bit of a grudge against the operator of said flat top. It may be more point defence oriented to the shipping that is the other target, as an SM used to be a lot more expensive than the cost of a quad-copter with an RPG PLD, or even a shaheed or two. Sucks, but yesterday's tactics are not likely to be optimal or without consequences.