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Tell me I didn't see a Russian warship sailing down the channel.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 20/10/2016 14:32

On the news just now. wtf?

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legotits · 20/10/2016 14:34

It's fine.

They are just practising.

Nothing to see here.....

closes bunker door

OhYouBadBadKitten · 20/10/2016 14:36

ok, so as far as I can tell they've not made it to the channel yet. Good gracious though. They're having a laugh with us aren't they.

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HellsBellsnBucketsofBlood · 20/10/2016 14:41

They're apparently off to Syria (presumably to destroy it some more).

TheCompanyOfCats · 20/10/2016 14:42

They've been doing this for years now (Russian aircraft flying into British airspace and having to be turned around etc). It's a bit of a concern but I'm telling myself that it's all completely normal and fine. La la la!

OhYouBadBadKitten · 20/10/2016 14:45

the airspace stuff is very normal - hence the scrambling of jets that startled everyone earlier this year with their sonic booms.

This isn't their usual route to Syria I'm sure!

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PinkSwimGoggles · 20/10/2016 14:48

what other route is there, though?

HarrietVane99 · 20/10/2016 14:49

Round the north of Scotland?

OhYouBadBadKitten · 20/10/2016 14:52

over the top of us and down the west coast.

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HumphreyCobblers · 20/10/2016 14:54

this is worrying me too

KathyBeale · 20/10/2016 14:57

They were 100 miles off the coast of Edinburgh when I heard the lunchtime news on R4, so I doubt you saw it in the channel! But yes, the principle is the same.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 20/10/2016 15:16

yeah apologies for the totally scary and at the moment misleading thread headline Blush I was walking through the living room and misheard slightly what the bbc were saying while seeing the image of the warship. Bad kitten!!

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pastelmacaroons · 20/10/2016 16:04

they are having a bloody laugh, its a scary sight and prospect.

TuftyFinchy · 20/10/2016 16:48

They've set a course to pass through Dover Straight, they are 8 ships and two more coming to meet them in English Channel that are coming from the other direction?
Admiral Lord West said its just Putin doing a bit of willy waving!

megletthesecond · 20/10/2016 17:00


I'm hoping it's just willy waving as usual. Putin is a dick. But I think he's fond of being an alive dick.
dingit · 20/10/2016 18:05

Just reading this chills me to the bone

Russia and the West: Where did it all go wrong?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-37658286

hopetobehappy · 20/10/2016 18:19

i daren't read that link, can you just give me the jist of it in a non alarming way please.

ErrolTheDragon · 20/10/2016 18:23

I think they said just now they're in the north sea heading for the channel, shadowed by a couple of RN ships.

Putin is swinging his dick.

flumplet · 20/10/2016 18:27

I wonder who is more of a psychopath - Putin or Kim Jong Il?

I'm very confident it's all going to be absolutely fine. Putin will feel much better about himself after strutting his stuff a bit down the channel, and if you need me in the meantime, you'll find me in the Winchester with a nice cold pint, waiting for all this to blow over.

PleaseGetOffTheTableDarling · 20/10/2016 18:29

Nice reference flumplet

PleaseGetOffTheTableDarling · 20/10/2016 18:30

Obviously I meant Wink

DoYouRememberJustinBobby · 20/10/2016 18:32

This is the kind of thing I lose sleep over. Making more bloody pickled onions tonight, that will save us all, won't it? Heads to Preppers board.

GiddyOnZackHunt · 20/10/2016 18:34

I bet it's not just a couple of RN ships shadowing it. There's probably all sorts lurking or on standby.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 20/10/2016 18:39

saved by pickled onions!!!

Its not all going to be ok for those in Syria though is it :( those poor poor sods - no real end in sight to this.

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hopetobehappy · 20/10/2016 18:43

I'm frightened by all this.

dingit · 20/10/2016 18:53

Hopetobehappy, I'm not very good at summing up, but I clicked on the link as it was highlighted ' are we heading for another Cold War?'
I was following the preppers thread about Germans being warned to prep. Is this what Merkel is alluding to?

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