Britain, France and Norway search for Russian sub off Ireland
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/59d0aacb-1669-4168-8ec6-ee77edc33677?shareToken=aac67a0b1e9eee389001f13aa8e04330
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Britain, France and Norway search for Russian sub off Ireland
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/59d0aacb-1669-4168-8ec6-ee77edc33677?shareToken=aac67a0b1e9eee389001f13aa8e04330
Posted by KeyConflict7069
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I’d like to be worried but given the historical performance of Russian subs and the level of equipment they are deploying in Ukraine I just wonder if the search will actually turn into Search and rescue.
Always trying to fear monger everyone with scary Russia. Russia won’t do anything. 🥱
1. Anyone downvoting me, ask yourself the question, if Russia really were a major threat why haven’t they gone beyond Ukraine (according to the commentator below) since “2022”
2. The real threat is not Russia, it is China.
It is truly embarrassing from Ireland how unwilling they are to contribute to European defence. Especially when the claims of neutrality fall a bit flat as they ask other European nations to patrol for Russian subs… It’s not neutrality if you’re picking a side guys.
Not entirely sure how they manage to get away with being so cheap and calling it the moral high ground, would be nice if they got called out for it a bit more often.
“Irish neutrality” always was and always will be an excuse to not spend money on its own defence when they’re so far behind NATO lines. Free-loading twats.
>“Ireland simply [does not have the capacity](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/only-russian-good-will-can-keep-irish-no-fly-zone-intact-0cg6jq23d) to deal with threats like this but we need to educate the public to allow us to enter into bespoke arrangements with countries that can,” said Declan Power, the security analyst. “We need to move forward, not have an argument about joining Nato, but setting up bespoke arrangements. We need to explain this all to the public.
Ireland has the same population size as Finland and Norway. So its ok for them to call the Norwegians to fly over a very expensive piece of maritime surveillance kit when they have an actual physical border with Russia and then go back to having a defence force that is only slightly better armed than the boy scouts?
They also heavily rely on the RAF for watching Russian aircraft near their airspace while the aforementioned other small countries fly F-35 and all the expense that entails.
Couple of squadrons of Gripen and about 5 P3s would not break the bank and cover most of their air needs. They would not have to bone up to Red Flag level or be expected to pull serious duty internationally just lend some weight to those who are sort of now defending their air and sea space for free.