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@stewgreen, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:51 PM
The UK Ministry of Defence has said that the four Typhoon fighters flew "in support" of the four Tornado jets which carried out strikes on Syria
Russia and thus Syria were notified in advance of time & targets, hence low casualties.
Typhoons were eye-candy to justify their existence. Tornados launched Stormshadow from >100 miles outside Syrian airspace. It wasn't an attack, it was a turkey shoot.
It's a game being played by Trump & Putin to put China & DRNK back in their box. SJW May doesn't understand.
Pcar
Apr 15, 2018 at 11:51 PM | stewgreen
Fighters and missiles may have been launched to defend Syria. It would be logical for the RAF to go equipped to defend themselves, even though their Mission was not to degrade Syria's Air Defence capability.
As this Mission was apparently accomplished, any subsequent Mission would require the destruction of a different Target, and this might involve degradation of Syria's Air Defence capability. Assad knows this, and I expect Russia does too.
golf charlie
BBC 17:52 14 Apr
\\Typhoon fighters deployed 'in support' by UK
The UK Ministry of Defence has said that the four Typhoon fighters flew "in support" of the four Tornado jets which carried out strikes on Syria, according to BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale.
The MOD did not confirm the role of the Typhoons, but they can carry air-to-air missiles.//
stewgreen
Syria
Nigel Farage Slams Theresa May over Syria, Strikes ‘Not in National Interest’
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Major General Jonathan Shaw: President Assad did not cause the deadly chemical attack in Douma
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFnbLPQOdrc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgj7gRvsjMU
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On RAF: BBC reported that Stormshadows (air to ground Tomahawk) were launched by Tornados.
Typhoon? No, can't do that, it's still being adapted - at huge cost - for air to ground.
Tornado to be scrapped later this year/early next year as no money (plenty for DFID to give to dictators).
RAF will then be like RN: equipped for but not with. What's next, scrap SA-80? Army equipped for but not with guns?
Pcar
stewgreen
It's abundantly obvious that the pikeys at Hither Green don't perceive any threat from the police - and THAT isn't going unnoticed around the country.
If the police do even more of enforcing laws that they feel like enforcing then it's an absolute certainty that the public will start obeying the laws they feel like obeying - and quite possibly only paying taxes that they feel are being used for the common good.
I actually see this as a continuation of the dilution of enforcement that was a feature of May's term at the Home Office and likely a Common Purpose agenda - yet again....
tomo
E-N-T–I-T-L-E-M-E-N-T
… Is the word of this century
stewgreen
stewgreen
Mister Vincent's relatives are now taking the piss on an epic scale - to say that they feel entitled (and able) to do this says a lot about the present state of the country and our "public servants". Woeful
Sir Jean-Luc Picard would make a tremendous captain for the first "B Ark".
Pcar - if that NHS claim goes through it should be challenged at Judicial Review. As with all these cases the spotlight should also fall on the lawyers involved - both NHS and claimants. Amazing for non English speakers they found a lawyer fast enough - gosh ... I wonder how that happened?.
The relationship between medical negligence lawyers acting for the NHS and claimants lawyers is rather to cosy and friendly for my taste - I heard some un-effin believable stuff a couple of weeks ago late night driving IIRC - the NHS is a money waterfall for legal predators who are feeding on institutional incompetence both medical and legal.
tomo
Idiocy in Judiciary:
Refugee Family Set to Win Millions from NHS for Not Using Foreign Language to Explain Importance of Feeding Newborn
Learn this: NHS policy/rules - if a patient does not speak/understand English it is their obligation to provide an interpretor.
On this case: Judge Martin McKenna should be sacked, every creature that raises their progeny knows they must be protected and fed. Wood-lice, birds, reptiles, mice, sloths all do this without being told to. Idiot Judge has ruled non-english speakers are less intelligent than wood-lice, isn't that racism?
Pcar
stewgreen
Nice work if you can get it - Jonathan Beale copy 'n pasting RAF press releases - for likely what? - £70k a year?
Don't see any brave BBC reporters based in Syria ... Beirut seems popular though.
I wonder if the different head choppers sponsored by different parts of the US spook effort are still fighting each other?