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| Reports a French battleship anchored for hours at the port of Ras Lanuf, Libya |
| 2019-04-26 |
[TWITTER] France has battleships? |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 future reefs |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-04-26 18:31 |
| #10 What's the pool on Russians selling their battleships to France? Not betting on this since lately Russian seems to be buying their warships from France (Before the NATO sanctions on Russian. The two ships France was building for Russia before the sanctions was eventfully sold to Egypt.) I got curious and looked up a list of current Russian warships: List of active Russian Navy ships Seems Russian has an awful lot of submarines! |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-04-26 18:13 |
| #9 Heavy to port. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-04-26 18:02 |
| #8 What's the pool on Russians selling their battleships to France? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-04-26 11:43 |
| #7 3) Haftar is not an Islamist Color me skeptical. They never seem to be Islamists until they are. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2019-04-26 10:29 |
#6 Other Twitter reports suggest:1) France intends to give enough aid to Haftar that he will be able to open a second front by landing a force from the sea at Tripoli. Who knows it's only Twitter type accuracy. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2019-04-26 10:21 |
| #5 It appears that the "battleship is actually some sort of cargo ship carrying speedboats, etc.. "Journalists!", he snorted. "Bless their black little hearts" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-04-26 09:34 |
| #4 "He sunk my |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-04-26 09:32 |
| #3 France has battleships? From the same Twitter account the original article is from: #UPDATE: Additional reports that a French barge/(cargo?) ship has also docked at the port of Ras Lanuf accompanied by the deployment of an LNA military force belonging to Haftar in the region #UPDATE: Al-Jazeera reporting that the French Navy unloaded speedboats and assault weapons in the LNA-controlled port of Ras Lanuf, Libya It appears that the "battleship is actually some sort of cargo ship carrying speedboats, etc.. |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-04-26 08:39 |
| #2 France has battleships? ...Not since the Jean Bart (Richelieu's sister) went to the scrappers' torches in 1970. Mike Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2019-04-26 04:27 |
| #1 The prettiest ship in the Yard? That's the Richelieu, buddy. En garde! She bears eight to the fore, A great weight of "amour," But, the British assure us, she warred. |
| Posted by: Vinegar Gromock8346 2019-04-26 01:47 |