European military soon to be established by Hunt

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Mordac replied

23 July 2019, 22:24
Originally posted by WTFH View Post

Fire?

Yes sir!

3rd Party might prove more expensive than first thought...
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WTFH replied

23 July 2019, 12:49
Originally posted by Mordac View Post

3rd Party, Fire & Theft. Fully comp was way too much...

Fire?

Yes sir!
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Mordac replied

23 July 2019, 12:46
Originally posted by WTFH View Post

Do we have insurance on it, or will we still have to repay the loan from the Chinese?

3rd Party, Fire & Theft. Fully comp was way too much...
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WTFH replied

23 July 2019, 12:28
Originally posted by Mordac View Post

You're forgetting our shiny new Aircraft Carrier. Mind you, it's running Windows XP, so if it gets torpedoed we have to ring an Indian call centre...

Do we have insurance on it, or will we still have to repay the loan from the Chinese?
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Mordac replied

23 July 2019, 12:25
Originally posted by meridian View Post

Steady on, you don’t want to deploy the entire U.K. defence capability at once!

You're forgetting our shiny new Aircraft Carrier. Mind you, it's running Windows XP, so if it gets torpedoed we have to ring an Indian call centre...
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Eirikur replied

23 July 2019, 12:21
Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post

So what is Boris going to do, defend all the UK's ships with a frigate.

Nah Shauny will pick up his potato peeler and defend the empire
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meridian replied

23 July 2019, 12:13
Originally posted by Mordac View Post

Pedalos with machine guns mounted is only a temporary solution...

Steady on, you don’t want to deploy the entire U.K. defence capability at once!
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Mordac replied

23 July 2019, 12:03
Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post

So what is Boris going to do, defend all the UK's ships with a frigate.

Pedalos with machine guns mounted is only a temporary solution...
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WTFH replied

23 July 2019, 11:53
Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post

So what is Boris going to do, defend all the UK's ships with a frigate.

Boris has form when it comes to British interests in Iran. Anyone remember Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe?
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BlasterBates replied

23 July 2019, 11:38
Originally posted by Mordac View Post

Not now, he isn't...

So what is Boris going to do, defend all the UK's ships with a frigate.
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Mordac replied

23 July 2019, 11:36
Originally posted by Eirikur View Post

Remember Brexit was all about not joining a European army?
Hunt is about to form one

Iran tanker seizure: Hunt seeks European help on Gulf shipping - BBC News

Not now, he isn't...
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BlasterBates replied

23 July 2019, 09:00
Britain will be part of the "EU army" even after Brexit, that's because it's a defence co-operation and Britain has no ships.
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darmstadt replied

23 July 2019, 08:53
Welcome towards the formation of an European Naval Force, at the request of the UK, to counter Iranian piracy. Brexit might mean Brexit, but it's clear Europeans are stronger working together rather than relying on being the USA's bitch....
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BlasterBates replied

23 July 2019, 08:46
The EU army myth

While there is no EU army and defence remains exclusively a matter for member states, the EU has recently taken big steps to boost defence cooperation.
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BlasterBates replied

23 July 2019, 08:42
Originally posted by woohoo View Post

There is a difference between looking for allies to police a route that is important to the UK/EU and being part of an EU military under the command of the EU.

But you know this, you are just a poor troll.

No but that isn't what is being proposed. There is no such thing as an EU army, that is just a tabloid slogan.

The EU army, is not actually an EU army it is a defence co-operation very similar to the one Hunt has proposed.

The EU army under an EU commander with conscription is simply tabloid lies.
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