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Nullius in verba

[Trev @ttrevellers]

@mpwarwick @hawchcf1 @HiddenHistoryYT @WeHaveWaysPod @James1940 @almurray Thanks. Just caught up on your thread now: interesting and thoughtful as always.

[Trev @ttrevellers]

@mpwarwick @hawchcf1 @HiddenHistoryYT Hi Matthew, have you heard the recent @WeHaveWaysPod series “Sink the Bismark?” - it’s a tremendous tale vividly told by @James1940 & @almurray. They seem to think that the deck mounted torpedoes may have had something to do with the catastrophic explosion - which was news to me

[Trev @ttrevellers]

@pegge49 @TightToffee That and a further loss of opportunities for command experience. The decision to decommission them a few yrs ago was hastily reversed, and yet we’ve fewer ships of all classes since then - the op requirements haven’t changed - so why sell good ships, if not for penny pinching?

[Trev @ttrevellers]

@pegge49 @TBrit90 I thought a German tanker occasionally supported FOST?

Unverified half memory!*

[Trev @ttrevellers]

@navalhistorian @BAES_Maritime @HarlandWolffplc Correct. I know RN can’t publicly comment on capability gaps, but surly there are MP voices in government that can challenge these repeated policy failures: why no pushback from @JohnHealey_MP or the Def committee? @AlistairCarns & @TanDhesi are good men: gents, please speak up!

[Dr Alexander Clarke @AC_NavalHistory]

The "Rules Based Order" that some keep talking about in international relations, was based upon collective ability and will to enforce the order... unfortunately many successive governments in many countries have neither invested in the ability, nor had the will, to do so...

[Think Defence @thinkdefence]

That the state of the British Armed Forces is such a surprise to many is a sad reflection on our political and media class. People have been screaming about it for decades, and given a stiff ignoring.

[Navy Lookout @NavyLookout]

Britain has deluded itself about its navy - this war shows us how exposed we are. Iran must be the catalyst for a change of strategic course for the Royal Navy

by @John_ForemanCBE

https://t.co/HqOQDpZYax

[CommonSense Defence @DefenceSenseUK]

@graham_euan Such a mixed bag…

- Shouldn’t really be there without at least another 🇬🇧 SSN being available for High North ops.

- Once in 🇦🇺, and with a no strike 🇮🇷 policy, she should be kept on AUKUS activities.

- But does show the value & capability SSNs provide, being redirected.

[Trev @ttrevellers]

@Rberdom09 @nicholadrummond And that’s waiting on the DIP!
Hopefully events in the ME will finally force the Treasury to agree to fund the DIP meaningfully - alas, just as the ME crisis will likely be harming UK economy.. it’s painful, but hopefully this is the turning point for UK defence.

[Gabriele Molinelli @Gabriel64869839]

J Ingram with a fantastic spotting coup as Typhoon in 41 Sqn colors seen flying at Warton with rocket pods.
APKWS for cheap drone kills getting closer. "Just" 2 pods here, but that's 14 shots already.
Go check their albums: https://t.co/9qT2nqAFbR & https://t.co/TlFgXLjp7v

[Iain Ballantyne @IBallantyn]

35 years of cuts. The Labour ones began to bear down in 2005, the coalition delivered the catastrophic 2010 SDSR. The Tories went solo and carried on slicing away and the current govt cut unwisely in 2025, and we are now in a state of paralysis and abject humiliation. The UK cannot even stay out of a war with a smidge of defence competence. Shambolic leadership.

[Trev @ttrevellers]

@TBrit90 Hi @TBrit90 am I right in thinking this inexcusable list of delay is largely down to a critical bottleneck for a finite amount of nuclear certificate dry dock space (priority given to Vanguard)?

Or is it also cannibalisation of kit between A-boats? It’s surly not lack of crew

[Trev @ttrevellers]

@FennellJW @JonathanPieNews Glad I’m following you @FennellJW because I felt miffed by the apparent change when I saw the original tweet without this context.
Cheers

[Trev @ttrevellers]

@NIGGA_MAXIMUS @JohnMappin @grok I disagree @grok, I think it’s Château Gaillard in Normandy. King John of England failed to lift a lengthy siege by King Augustus of France. After the fall of Château Gaillard the rest of Normandy soon fell to the French king ending Plantagenet rule of the Duchy. @JohnMappin ?

[Trev @ttrevellers]

@Gabriel64869839 & now the navy is down to 7 frigates, & 6 T45s still going through upgrades.. so UK can’t even focus on navy which we excel at most. That leaves the RAF, which while highly credible, at present structure hasn’t a whole lot more resources to offer beyond covering current taskings

[Trev @ttrevellers]

@BearJFK @thepublicgets Build them and the crews will sign up!
Yes it takes decades to train up the specialists required to form the crews of such ships but by the time the fleet finally begins to grow in the 30s that cadre will be maturing. We won’t wait we want 8 [more]!

[Trev @ttrevellers]

An overlap is unfortunate, but consider that 🇳🇴 will operate T26 in our shared backyard (& beyond; see #CSG25); increase from 8 to 13 T26s, huge potential for interoperability & all while the #RoyalNavy needs time to generate new ship’s companies anyway. 🇬🇧 & 🇳🇴 now in lockstep.

[Steve Scrase @StevenScrase]

In the current dangerous global security environment this is totally unacceptable. The state of the RN not only in numbers but also availability to T23s & T45s is laughable.

I could understand the second T26 going to Norway in exchange for the frigate sale between the UK, but simultaneous frigates between both navies at a time like we are in with Russia as a serious threat is ludicrous.

[Dr Phil Weir @navalhistorian]

Nice work by the @RAF_Marham engineering team in seemingly not only getting the @RoyalAirForce F-35B that had been stuck in India airworthy, but airworthy enough to return to @HMSPWLS off Australia after a 4,000 mile flight (supported by a Voyager tanker). https://t.co/hhLaUoUpK8