Charles Julian

Sea Dart, Sea Wolf, Sea Cat, and Rapier (land based)

I'm sorry. I don't believe that weir is 900 years old.

There's a "Triggers broom" situation going on, surely.

Well ... Obviously.

F*ck

Question. Will the Straits of Hormuz be the US Navy's San Carlos Water?

Obviously naval air defences are better than they were in 1982, but nevertheless, the site of a USN ship on fire after a drone, or mine strike would set the world's media alight. And would further upset US public opinion.

Going for an English | Goodness Gracious Me | BBC Comedy Greats YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats

Here it is. I see someone elsewhere found the gif.

youtu.be/H-uEx_hEXAM?...

Reminds me of a sketch in, I think, "Goodness Gracious Me" . A group of Indian youths get drunk and decide to "Go for an English". They try to out-do each other in the blandness of what they order.
It's probably decades old. Some may recall it.

Yup. We had an item tossed onto the front lawn of a house a mile away.

Very worrying. Trump should go down as the worst US President in history.

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Strategic Goals?

a rocket is being launched into the sky ALT: a rocket is being launched into the sky

I was going to suggest a trebuchet.

No no no. He's in great shape. Just like "The Straits".

Irene Montero (right), speaking to reporters in Madrid, Spain. (Photo By Diego Radames/Europa Press via Getty Images)

Spain MEP Irene Montero: “Send your son, Donald Trump — If you want war, send your own people to the front line. We in Spain want our children, our daughters, & our loved ones at home, safe. We don’t want war — those who want war should send their own children”

Maybe deliberately.

😂😂😂😂

Yup. I vote for that. I also know someone who will reply in a different chat to the one you messaged them in. And not by accident. Mystifying.

There's a local restaurant here in Chatel that usually has reserved signs on all the tables. But if you turn up early and ask nicely, one of the reserved magically disappears. (If Le Patron approves of you, I suspect).

Yes please.

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And some nuclear (although it's not cheap, but maybe the aims of SMR will pay off).

Wtf?

😂.

They are so f*cked if this is their strategy. AI "journalism" is pretty much by definition "derivative".

So here's a possible medium term future.

Trump sees pictures like this, and determines that the USN will escort convoys through the straits.

We eventually see a picture like this, involving a USN ship on fire.

Then what?

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To go with the bridge they bought.

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Yup

Yup.

There's a four box matrix of discussion that can be summarised as follows.