THIS SUNDAY: Tune in for life aboard @HMSQNLZ as she continues her deployment in the Med, the Indian Ocean, and the South China Sea. #Warship
🎥 The Warship: Tour of Duty
📅 Sunday 22nd January
📺 9PM, @BBCTwo
The @NATO flag flies in @HMSPortland after the Ship joined @NATO_MARCOM Standing NATO Maritime Group 1. PORTLAND 🇬🇧 will operate with @deutschemarine frigate MECKLENBURG VORPOMMERN 🇩🇪 and Polish frigate GENERAL TADEUSZ KOŚCIUSZKO 🇵🇱 under the command of @COM_SNMG1#WeAreNATO
Royal Navy warship @HMSPortland is tracking Russian guided missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov and accompanying tanker Kama as they sail in international waters close to the UK.
Feel the thunder💥
The #RoyalNavy and @RoyalAirForce put on a formidable display of firepower with United States allies, obliterating a specially prepared ex-US Navy warship in the North Atlantic with high-powered weapons.
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“Direct hit, good effect on target!”
An 847 NAS Forward Air Controller (Airborne) provides terminal guidance from a Wildcat HMA of @815NAS onboard @HMS_Westminster to a 500lb Paveway IV launched by @41RTES Typhoon as part of Ex Atlantic Thunder 22. @RoyalNavy@RoyalAirForce
@pinstripedline I think it’s a fair observation but having seen the way soldiers, sailors and airmen were received in Scarborough yesterday, there is also a value in allowing them chance to enjoy recognition and accolade from the general public.
@KierenJ Ref-ing teams managed by Simeone is like ref-ing Simeone the player: if you’re not firm and decisive, you get played and dictated to. Utd not creative enough perhaps bit difficult not to feel frustrated when you’ve been stifled and the play broken up by inconsistent officiating.
@KierenJ As a neutral, the referee just looked overawed and out of his depth. It’s damning - and frankly not good enough - when the referee is the centre of post-match attention in a fixture of that magnitude.
Outside Lviv station, which is thronging with exhausted refugees fleeing war in eastern Ukraine, an accomplished pianist is playing “What a Wonderful World.” It’s hauntingly beautiful.
@Will__Armitage I was the same… dwindling interest and fearing the worst until I saw the scorecard and was straight back on it full of (false?) optimism! 🤦🏻♂️
The disgraceful use of words like “scum” has to stop. Civility in political debate and a willingness to engage with the other side are central to democracy. David Amess understood this deep in his bones. We should follow his example
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