[ealgeone]

Some things never change.

[ScaniaBoy]

[TalBlack]

But defence sources said it was rare for a Royal Navy vessel to fire flares and it had only happened a couple of times in the past two years.

Flares. Terrifying. What ever happened to putting a little steel across their bow?

[ghosthost]

it’s like a human body- when the body is weak, even a harmless bacteria can take over. Our immune system is a black Muslim gay pot smoker. Even the spainards are mighty

[King of Florida]

After over 200 years, I’d say it’s about time for another Anglo-Spanish war.

[SubMareener]

That is why you should transit the strait submerged. Just find a couple of tankers going your way and slip in between them. Maybe it is hard to find a tanker these days.

[grania]

Gibralter is just a peninsula with a mountain that overlooks the Med at a rather narrow point. It's connected to nothing but Spain. It depends on Spain for electricity and garbage removal. Britain extended the 99 year lease to protect the vicious, nasty, Barbary Apes (so they say). There are really cool caves under "the Rock" with a lot of history. I can't imagine how Brits get anything to Gibralter without being in Spanish waters.

Amazing what one learns on a port-a-day cruise with the guided tour. <^.^>

[Victor]

USS Florida...hmmm...Ohio class?

Nice to see those bad boys out on patrol/duty station.

[Delta 21]

Were gonna party like its 1588 !

[armydawg505]

Without the Brits, the sub captain probably would have tried to surrender his boat to the Spanish. That’s the in thing to do in Obama’s Navy.