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Neutral Zone
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Perhaps he's SBS or a member of some other branch of the special forces along for his specialist skills, there's a long standing prohibition on the media showing pictures of SF personnel.
As a rule I don't buy conspiracy theories, why run a black operation in broad daylight right under the Iranians' noses and not provide any worthwhile backup?
Hi Neutral Zone
I think conspiracy is the wrong word. What we can be sure of is that as revolutionary Gaurds are supplying Shia groups with material assistance, that there is an Intelligence "War" being waged along all borders of a sort we have not seen since the end of the cold war.
It may be the case that SF or MI are currently normal compliment for inspection patrols. To me though it does sound a bit like Special Branch or the FBI turning up on your doorstep after you report a missing Cat. If they are normal compliment, just there to ensure that the significance of anything found is fully understood, then there is no further dimension. If however, they are not normal compliment and an unusual compliment just happens to run into a group of Revolutionary Guards under disputed circumstances, then things may not be quite as straight forward, as others would like us to believe.
Of course its all conjecture, but conjucture is good exercise for a fit, healthy and active mind
I think conspiracy is the wrong word. What we can be sure of is that as revolutionary Gaurds are supplying Shia groups with material assistance, that there is an Intelligence "War" being waged along all borders of a sort we have not seen since the end of the cold war.
It may be the case that SF or MI are currently normal compliment for inspection patrols. To me though it does sound a bit like Special Branch or the FBI turning up on your doorstep after you report a missing Cat. If they are normal compliment, just there to ensure that the significance of anything found is fully understood, then there is no further dimension. If however, they are not normal compliment and an unusual compliment just happens to run into a group of Revolutionary Guards under disputed circumstances, then things may not be quite as straight forward, as others would like us to believe.
Of course its all conjecture, but conjucture is good exercise for a fit, healthy and active mind
Neutral Zone
Junior Member
Hi Neutral Zone
I think conspiracy is the wrong word. What we can be sure of is that as revolutionary Gaurds are supplying Shia groups with material assistance, that there is an Intelligence "War" being waged along all borders of a sort we have not seen since the end of the cold war.
It may be the case that SF or MI are currently normal compliment for inspection patrols. To me though it does sound a bit like Special Branch or the FBI turning up on your doorstep after you report a missing Cat. If they are normal compliment, just there to ensure that the significance of anything found is fully understood, then there is no further dimension. If however, they are not normal compliment and an unusual compliment just happens to run into a group of Revolutionary Guards under disputed circumstances, then things may not be quite as straight forward, as others would like us to believe.
Of course its all conjecture, but conjucture is good exercise for a fit, healthy and active mind
It was common in Northern Ireland for SAS personnel to be slipped into Army units disguised as members of something innocuous like Transport Corps or Royal Engineers. This guy could have been just a Arabic/Farsi linguist there to act as a translator for the boarding party or he could have been an instructor and was assessing the crew's performance. Any explanation is possible, one thing is certain though, if he was SF we won't know what he was doing there for a very long time!
celtic-dragon
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Interesting story and a very cool link. Thanks for the heads up!
Also, I agree with you that the "dog" reference was demeaning and unnecessary. I would never have thought that Lord Nelson's navy would be called a "dog", and you chaps are in no way subordinate to anyone else.
England expects that every man will do his duty
Lord Nelson, Trafalgar.
Neutral Zone
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Indeed, I just hope we see enough of her sisters join the fleet in the coming years to make up a viable navy. There won't be much point in building 2 big carriers if there is no escort force worth talking about
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Indeed, I just hope we see enough of her sisters join the fleet in the coming years to make up a viable navy. There won't be much point in building 2 big carriers if there is no escort force worth talking about
Definitely. I try to remain optimistic - we shall see what happens. What do you see as the minimum needed - 6 or 8?
Neutral Zone
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For me 8 is the bare minimum, 10 would be good, the original requirement of 12 would be superb. As well as numbers I hope they turn out more than just pure area air defence ships, and that means TLAM, Harpoon and in a perfect world, RAM.