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Ah if only they'd had different colour tarpaulin, then they'd have gotten away with it...
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They will be replaced by new seafarers & the ship will carry on sailing with its minimum crew & clock starts ticking until the next time an OOW falls asleep, perhaps with more tragic results. end./
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They will vow to take steps to prevent it occurring again (perhaps a second watchkeeping alarm?!?). But in truth all that will happen is the OOW will be sacked and perhaps also the Captain for allowing it to happen. 4./
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Finally the investigators will issue their report which will almost certainly mention fatigue and the dangers of the working pattern that small crews have to do. The Governments/companies involved will all wring their hands and be horrified that such an accident could happen 3./
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The result is the OOW falls asleep, misses the waypoint & the ship runs aground. Happily no one is injured, so it becomes an amusing story in the media for a few days, before disappearing. 2./
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Sounds like a mistake whilst trying to launch. So presumably this is an incident involving hull 2, rather than the lead ship Choe Hyon.
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No it's based at Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.
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That ship is still years from entering service, so other than a quick PR boost, it's difficult to see what Ukraine gain by using valuable resources in attacking it.
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Operation Jubilee... I've spent 20+ years going through the various archives... Now I just need to get around to writing that definitive book on the subject...
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From my Twitter account.
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Looks like the ship is carrying two Runnymede Class LCU's. I wonder if they're the ex Gaza pier ones, that had been at Rota for some time.
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Grim times... Good leadership is about making the right call, even if it has consequences... Hell even making the wrong call, is better than ducking the issue and making none... As the famous quote says 'the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men [and women] to do nothing'...
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True, though the numbers involved would probably be small, so the effect would likely be limited. Though as it seems neither the US, UK, France or Germany have any plans to change their policies, I guess Ukraine will just have to continue to focus on improving their own long range weapon programs.
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Whilst other than the Kursk offensive, considering the battlefield numerical imbalance between Russia and Ukraine, they have few options of escalation. And considering the success they're having with UAVs the long range missile saga seems more a political issue, than one with a real military benefit
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You have to wonder how Israel would have reacted if the Iranian attack on 13th April hadn't been so ineffective. With the current danger from Iran seemingly neutralised, they seem to have been emboldened to continue the current conflict.
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Ah, plus that's probably half of the equipment that they've dragged out of storage and are now using in Ukraine. Winning or losing, whatever else is happening, Russia is definitely burning through its population and stocks of Soviet era equipment, with little means of replacing a fraction of either.