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Navy frigate sent to Libya with four missiles (UK)
The Daily Telegraph ^
| 21 Nov 2011
Posted on 11/22/2011 3:31:41 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
Navy frigate sent to Libya with four missiles
A Royal Navy frigate was sent to the Libyan war zone armed with as few as four missiles, it has been disclosed.
Royal Navy officers said HMS Westminster was dangerously under-defended when it was called on to patrol close to the Libyan port city of Benghazi in March.
The warship can carry 32 Seawolf and eight Harpoon missiles but it is understood that military cutbacks left the Westminster and its crew of 190 with only a fraction of that capability.
As Seawolf missiles which are used to intercept incoming missiles are fired in pairs, sources said the Westminster had just two rounds to defend against missile attacks from Col Muammar Gaddafis forces.
In another recent admission, the Royal Navy said it was unable to spare a warship to guard British waters for the whole of October after last years defence cuts.
Rear Admiral Chris Parry, a retired officer, said it was unbelievable that the Westminster had so few missiles on board and said ships in the Falklands and the Gulf wars were equipped to full capacity. He added: This is yet another example of the incoherence of last years Strategic Defence and Security Review. What if the Governments bluff had been called? What would the Ministry of Defence be saying if the Westminster had been hit by something? They took a big risk.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: hmswestminster; libya; royalnavy; uk; ungland
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HMS Westminster Photo: Chris Ison/PA
To: sukhoi-30mki
and some very old fish and chips..
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posted on
11/22/2011 3:48:51 AM PST
by
aces
To: sukhoi-30mki
Well that was pretty reckless of the Admiralty to allow that ship to sail into harms way if they had no intention of supplying it further at sea.
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posted on
11/22/2011 3:48:51 AM PST
by
exPBRrat
To: sukhoi-30mki
Don’t they know the Navy way???.... IT DOESN’T MATTER IF IT WORKS - JUST AS LONG AS IT SHINES!!
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posted on
11/22/2011 3:53:42 AM PST
by
missnry
(The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
This is what Obama wants for us.
He has said flat out that he will make sure the cuts promised if the Super Committee failed are carried out.
Obama could care less about our military,except for Air Force One, he loves that.
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posted on
11/22/2011 3:55:55 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: Venturer
"Obama could care less about our military,except for Air Force One, he loves that."
Cut that first... Give the slug an old Piper Cub.
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posted on
11/22/2011 3:59:49 AM PST
by
Average Al
(Forbidden fruit leads to many jams.)
To: exPBRrat
Sorta like the days we had with the peanut picker sitting in the oval office with his thumb up his butt while Iran held our embassy staff hostage and Jimmah kept cutting the military budget.
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posted on
11/22/2011 4:02:37 AM PST
by
BTCM
(Death and destruction is the only treaty Muslims comprehend.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Sure hope the Brit’s didn’t tell the enemy...
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posted on
11/22/2011 4:07:22 AM PST
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2013: Change we can look forward to.)
To: BTCM
Sorta like the days we had with the peanut picker sitting in the oval office with his thumb up his butt while Iran held our embassy staff hostage and Jimmah kept cutting the military budget.And let's not forgot the fine job Stansfield Turner did in gutting the CIA at the command of Cahter. Both, POS, may they burn in hell.
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posted on
11/22/2011 4:08:20 AM PST
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: sukhoi-30mki
When my father joined the New York National Guard in 1940, they drilled with wooden rifles. With Obama’s sense of tradition, maybe we’ll be back to wooden rifles in 2012.
To: sukhoi-30mki
Rule Britannia...
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posted on
11/22/2011 4:15:39 AM PST
by
ejonesie22
(8/30/10, the day Truth won.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Coming soon to the US Navy. FUbo and every slimy dim that ever breathed! I will make exception for those that have left satan's party and no longer tolerate their anti American communism.
LLS
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posted on
11/22/2011 4:19:04 AM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
To: Covenantor
Both will burn in hell and worse. That’s my opinion and I am sticking to it.
LLS
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posted on
11/22/2011 4:20:52 AM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
To: sukhoi-30mki
What do you call a frigate without weapons ?
A target
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posted on
11/22/2011 4:21:53 AM PST
by
maine yankee
(I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
To: sukhoi-30mki
"The Government needs to realise theres only a limited amount you can cut the tail before the teeth fall out."
Is this a normal British saying that is getting lost in the translation?
To: Venturer
"Obama could care less about our military,except for Air Force One, he loves that."
One more thing, he doesn't want to give up all those base golf courses either. He's making sure that we pour money into the base golf course part of the defense budget.
To: sukhoi-30mki
That’s ok. The money has been more well spent provided free housing, welfare, and food to the millions of muslim missionaries they invited in who want Sharia Law.
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posted on
11/22/2011 4:52:11 AM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
To: sukhoi-30mki
Sounds like the liberals in the UK are doing the same things as the liberals here. The US Navy is currently at pre-1915 levels and shrinking. Thank the jerk in charge, Obama, for this.
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posted on
11/22/2011 5:04:11 AM PST
by
BuffaloJack
(Defeat Obama. End Obama's War On Freedom.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Ungland...
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posted on
11/22/2011 5:08:04 AM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Proud_USA_Republican
'the Westminster had just two rounds to defend against missile attacks from Col Muammar Gaddafis forces.'
Another casualty of the UK's welfare state
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posted on
11/22/2011 5:08:06 AM PST
by
STD
(Cut Taxes, Cut Spending Stupid!)
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