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"I did know a US Navy Boomer officer who operated in the Mediterranean, and said they were always in Western Mediterranean due to depth."
Thats odd - the eastern med is at least as deep as the western med - and back in November an Ohio went through the Suez Canal
Thats odd - the eastern med is at least as deep as the western med - and back in November an Ohio went through the Suez Canal
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Yes. Three Kilo class diesel boats (Russian origin) and a few smaller ones of local manufacture.
There is also the threat of mines should anyone be daft enough to lay some.
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
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Someone is taking the piss….
Get SF to place themselves in a position where they risk death, or worse capture, in order to disable engines which can be rapidly replaced?
An AC-130 would do the same job much more effectively, or if you didn’t want to risk that, PGMs…
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/news/uk/u...tack-l9psltb5w
UK special forces could destroy Houthi boats in Red Sea
Britain and America are weighing up military options in response to attacks on shipping in the Red Sea by the *Yemen-based Houthi militia, sources have told The Times.
General David Petraeus, a former CIA director, said he had spoken to UK officials and others in Washington and that although airstrikes were possible, the West could also use more covert means to destroy the fast boats used by the Iran-backed militia.
A UK government source confirmed that there were several options, including airstrikes on targets in Yemen. *Special forces could be *deployed to disable the engines of the Houthi fast boats, or explosives used to sink them while they were in harbour.
Get SF to place themselves in a position where they risk death, or worse capture, in order to disable engines which can be rapidly replaced?
An AC-130 would do the same job much more effectively, or if you didn’t want to risk that, PGMs…
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/news/uk/u...tack-l9psltb5w
UK special forces could destroy Houthi boats in Red Sea
Britain and America are weighing up military options in response to attacks on shipping in the Red Sea by the *Yemen-based Houthi militia, sources have told The Times.
General David Petraeus, a former CIA director, said he had spoken to UK officials and others in Washington and that although airstrikes were possible, the West could also use more covert means to destroy the fast boats used by the Iran-backed militia.
A UK government source confirmed that there were several options, including airstrikes on targets in Yemen. *Special forces could be *deployed to disable the engines of the Houthi fast boats, or explosives used to sink them while they were in harbour.
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Struggling to see the logic of the latter.....
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Suspicion may fall on Arab separatists and Sunni jihadist groups like Islamic State (IS), who have carried out attacks on civilians and security forces in the country in recent years.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for what Iranian state media called a “terroristic" attack shortly after the blasts in Kerman, about 820 kilometers (510 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran.
While Israel has carried out attacks in Iran over its nuclear program, it has conducted targeted assassinations, not mass-casualty bombings. Sunni extremist groups including the Islamic State group have conducted large-scale attacks in the past that killed civilians in Shiite-majority Iran, though not in relatively peaceful Kerman.
Iran also has seen mass protests in recent years, including those over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in 2022. The country also has been targeted by exile groups in attacks dating back to the turmoil surrounding its 1979 Islamic Revolution.
While Israel has carried out attacks in Iran over its nuclear program, it has conducted targeted assassinations, not mass-casualty bombings. Sunni extremist groups including the Islamic State group have conducted large-scale attacks in the past that killed civilians in Shiite-majority Iran, though not in relatively peaceful Kerman.
Iran also has seen mass protests in recent years, including those over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in 2022. The country also has been targeted by exile groups in attacks dating back to the turmoil surrounding its 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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[QUOTE=Asturias56;11566102]"I did know a US Navy Boomer officer who operated in the Mediterranean, and said they were always in Western Mediterranean due to depth."
Thats odd - the eastern med is at least as deep as the western med - and back in November an Ohio went through the Suez Canal
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Asturias]
He was on Polaris, and said they operated in the Western Mediterranean. The gentleman is now dead, and his time in US Navy would be late 60;s to early 80;s when he left to work in IT, so I cannot ask any further, but he said always in the western Mediterranean and only one boat. I think also German U Boats also stayed clear of the Eastern Mediterranean to a degree, as far more sunk in the Western Mediterranean as well, but willing to be contradicted.
Cheers
Mr Mac
Thats odd - the eastern med is at least as deep as the western med - and back in November an Ohio went through the Suez Canal
[/QUOTEAsturias]
He was on Polaris, and said they operated in the Western Mediterranean. The gentleman is now dead, and his time in US Navy would be late 60;s to early 80;s when he left to work in IT, so I cannot ask any further, but he said always in the western Mediterranean and only one boat. I think also German U Boats also stayed clear of the Eastern Mediterranean to a degree, as far more sunk in the Western Mediterranean as well, but willing to be contradicted.
Cheers
Mr Mac
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ORAC - I'd guess the "sources" the Times quotes are probably related to some nonentities in No10 - if you read it carefully there's no serious information in that article about what is and what is not available