Ireland's commercial fishermen 'testy' about Russian Navy drills. Murphy's Law..? (Page 1/3)
rinselberg JAN 26, 07:43 AM
MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow reports on suspicious activities by the Russian Navy in waters off Ireland that have added to concerns about Russia's planned naval war games in Irish territorial waters, and the intention of Irish fishermen to "disrupt" those war games and protect their fishing territory.

Sabotaging the undersea cables that carry the Internet between North America, Ireland and Europe would be kind of a "big deal"--and there's concern that the Russian Navy wants to convey this threat to the U.S. and NATO, as Russia maintains the menacing posture of invasion-sized troop deployments along Ukraine's borders.

Air date: January 25, 2022. Video content: 12 minutes.


"Irish fishermen plan to 'disrupt' Russian navy exercises"

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Russia plans to hold military drills 240km off Ireland’s coast.


Louis Westendarp for Politico; January 25, 2022.
https://www.politico.eu/art...ssia-navy-excercise/


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According to Murphy [who else?], there are half a billion tonnes of blue whiting [commercial fish] in the area where the Russian military drills would take place. He also fears seismic shocks that could be created by missiles fired during the drills as they could change the migration pattern of tuna for years.

“We want to act. We’re not going to face down [Russian Navy] boats, we’re not going to take them on that way, but we are definitely making a point here and we want our government to do something for us,” Murphy announced.





It wasn't so menacing way back in 1966.
MidEngineManiac JAN 26, 08:59 AM


Smirnoff vs. Jameson's.

This could turn into one hell of a bar brawl !!!!
maryjane JAN 26, 11:36 PM
Historically, the Irish were good at 2 things. Fighting and starving.
Things have improved significantly since then.
blackrams JAN 27, 10:52 AM

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Originally posted by maryjane:

Historically, the Irish were good at 2 things. Fighting and starving.
Things have improved significantly since then.



Hmm, well that hopefully includes being good sailors.

Rams
Valkrie9 JAN 28, 05:55 AM

22350 Wessel

How many Irish fishing boats have to be sunk before the Royal Navy acts ?
Early February
steve308 JAN 28, 09:03 AM
I hope the fish they catch are vaccinated before cooking.
maryjane JAN 28, 09:04 AM

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Originally posted by Valkrie9:

2350-frigate-will-be-backbone-of-russian-navy-2021-6]22350 Wessel[/URL]

How many Irish fishing boats have to be sunk before the Royal Navy acts ?
Early February



Why doesn'r the Irish Navy and air force police it's own FIR?

(because it doesn't have the capability to do so yet still complains that an agreement was forged with the hated UK to do the job.)

The USN tried the frigate thing with Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile warships. We moved on from them, and are embarked now on te Constellation Class frigate, but they are to be built by the Fincatieri Group, which is an Italian shipbuilder. They bought the Manitowoc Marine Group in Wisconsin. The Constellation class ships will be built in Wisconsin, with at least some modules being built outside the USA. They will be of Italian/French design.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...multipurpose_frigate

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Valkrie9 JAN 29, 01:08 AM

Let's tune in to Hollywood, to get a handle on what the world will look like next year, after the collapse.
Will the Russians sink a nuke sub ?, Will they cut the cables ?, Will they turn off the gas pipelines ?
Will Biden_Joe do nothing when Taiwan is overrun ?
Doomed to be, again.

Dr. Ryan extrapolates an idea !

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williegoat JAN 29, 04:09 AM
My second favorite movie, behind Casablanca.
maryjane JAN 29, 05:34 AM

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Originally posted by Valkrie9:


Let's tune in to Hollywood, to get a handle on what the world will look like next year, after the collapse.

Let's don't. Hollywood gets it wrong (and greatly so) much more often than they get it even close to correct. So does 90+% of the youtube bubbas that so many people are addicted to.

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Will the Russians sink a nuke sub ?

if they do, it will probably be one of their own.

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Will they cut the cables ?

Which cables?

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Will they turn off the gas pipelines ?

Maybe, but not to Germany and not for long.

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Will Biden_Joe do nothing when Taiwan is overrun ?

He will do something but his 'doing' won't reverse China's occupation of Taiwan (assuming China does indeed invade Taiwan)