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Heavily Armed Russian Navy Ships Sailing Between Britain and Ireland

by mothsonasloth on 8/30/22, 11:08 AM with 24 comments

• by exabrial on 8/30/22, 12:59 PM

  I think I’d chalk this up to more ignorance than malice, at least at the current moment. They could be out of fuel and taking the shortest route home or something stupid like that.

  If low intensity aggressions continue, then yes, it needs to be dealt with. I think for now it’s desperation, not a chess move.

• by tiernano on 8/30/22, 11:17 AM

  have to love this quote: When the warship was deploying there in January it planned live firing exercises in Irish EEZ (exclusive Economic Zone), at the time a controversial move. These had to be relocated after Irish fishermen complained.

• by LatteLazy on 8/30/22, 11:37 AM

  When our ships sail near their lands it "freedom of navigation", when their's do it near us it's "provocative" ["proactive"]...

• by VictorPath on 8/30/22, 12:34 PM

  The article could also mention that Britain has a heavily armed presence in the six counties of north Ireland, which colluded with and armed loyalist death squads, when it wasn't locking up the native population in concentration camps during internment, shooting dead unarmed protesters in the street when Irish men and women marched through the street protesting internment. This is not a possible threat to Ireland but a threat against Ireland which already was enacted, and Britain seized six counties from Ireland.

  The British empire has now turned its attention from Ireland to Russia and has been sending weapons abroad in order to kill Russians. So Russian warships sailing past Britain is natural enough.

  I hope they do fire on Britain in order to not only stop the weaponry killing Russians, but to weaken Britain so the Irish can be free of Britain's military occupation.