Originally Posted by Capt P U G Wash
Originally Posted by FODPlod
... RN assets would already have been in precisely the right place (as was HMS Triumph) to acquire situational awareness and act with maximum effect for NEO or whatever else necessary.
What maximum effects could RN ships such as Triumph provide? 4.5 inch guns?
Now I know the poverty of your knowledge and argument, I will treat it accordingly:
Originally Posted by Wikipedia article about HMS Triumph
In March 2011, she participated in
Operation Ellamy, firing Tomahawk cruise missiles on 19 March, 20 March and again on 24 March at Libyan air defence targets.
Triumph returned to
Devonport on 3 April 2011 flying a
Jolly Roger adorned with six small Tomahawk axes to indicate the missiles fired by the submarine in the operation.
Triumph has fired several more TLAMs since then.