Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
24-07-2019, 09:14
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
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Indeed. NATO works rather well without its own body of law, Parliament or anthem. It has done far more to guarantee European peace than the EU ever will.
Bilateral arrangements are flexible and effective and I’m confident something can be put in place to protect shipping in the strait.
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You might want to check this out - NATO Anthem - https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_150419.htm
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24-07-2019, 09:38
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
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“NATO hymn,” in fact. Close, but no cigar.
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24-07-2019, 09:40
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
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3) The Navy cutbacks started before 2010.
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I'm not sure where 2010 comes into the equation - I said we downsized our navy too much.
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24-07-2019, 20:12
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
That showed up in the Falklands war... with HMS Victory being scrapped.
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24-07-2019, 22:22
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
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That showed up in the Falklands war... with HMS Victory being scrapped.
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But she's still in dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard..
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25-07-2019, 13:29
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
The UK government has said it will provide a Royal Navy escort for British-flagged ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz - amid increasing diplomatic tensions in the Gulf.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49110331
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25-07-2019, 19:37
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
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But she's still in dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard..
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Nice one Maggy I should have said the air-craft carrier Ark Royal.
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25-07-2019, 21:41
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
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Nice one Maggy I should have said the air-craft carrier Ark Royal.
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It’s simplistic to say Ark Royal (Audacious class) was just the victim of cutbacks. It was a WW2 era design that required fairly constant modifications and repairs throughout its service life.
The Invincible class light carriers came into service within 3 years of Ark Royal’s decommissioning, two of them in time for the Falklands war. The government had realised by the mid 1970s that it was a strategic error not to have fixed-wing aircraft launching capability at sea and ordered its new fleet of anti-submarine cruisers, still on the drawing board at the time, to be modified to carry a navalised harrier jump jet. The older HMS Hermes also remained in service at the time of the Falklands war.
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27-07-2019, 16:47
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
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“NATO hymn,” in fact. Close, but no cigar.
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I think Jon can claim the cigar:
https://www.forces.net/news/nato-off...nthem-alliance
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NATO Officially Adopts Hymn As The Anthem Of The Alliance
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
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Not really, from your link.
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After a long journey, this piece of music has finally become the official "NATO Hymn" when the North Atlantic Council approved it on 3 January 2018.
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27-07-2019, 18:35
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27-07-2019, 18:48
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
Topic?
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27-07-2019, 22:07
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
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Not really, from your link.
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Really, from my link and others:
http://www.outono.net/elentir/2018/0...om-luxembourg/
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On Wednesday, January 3, the Atlantic Alliance approved its official anthem, a composition written in 1989 by Captain André Reichling, director of the Luxembourg Military Band.
Since its composition this anthem has played in numerous NATO events, but always with an unofficial character
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Re: Iran Tension Escalates as Iran Seizes British Vessels In Strait of Homuz
Ahem! TOPIC! Which is not NATO's anthem or hymn
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