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elstatec · 11-02-2006, 07:22 PM

so a small local fishing boat bearing the british merchant flag, that is not directly heading for the warship, and has the right of way too pass it, and is not exactly touching toes with it, and is doing what it has always done for many years before this looks like a fucking viable option for threatening to open fire on. I guess everyone has to be a suspected terrorist until proven innocent sleeping: totally OTT

oh and its kind of relevant.

[quote="Someone@RoyalNavyForum":41904]Just to add, when I was based in Faslane, we had a number of USN Warships moored up at the Garelochead fuel depot on occasion. On a number of occasions they apprehended and threatened to open Fire on the MDP for being unidentified intruders. Makes you wonder - if you see a guy in one of the most secure Military bases in the UK, In a car marked "police", wearing uniform that say "police" on it, who is patrolling the jetty alongside your ship in the 3 hour stint and you still mistake him for a terrorist - how fucking stupid are these people![/quote:41904]

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elstatec is Offline Colonel Posts: 9,369 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: United States of England	11-02-2006, 07:22 PM so a small local fishing boat bearing the british merchant flag, that is not directly heading for the warship, and has the right of way too pass it, and is not exactly touching toes with it, and is doing what it has always done for many years before this looks like a fucking viable option for threatening to open fire on. I guess everyone has to be a suspected terrorist until proven innocent sleeping: totally OTT oh and its kind of relevant. [quote="Someone@RoyalNavyForum":41904]Just to add, when I was based in Faslane, we had a number of USN Warships moored up at the Garelochead fuel depot on occasion. On a number of occasions they apprehended and threatened to open Fire on the MDP for being unidentified intruders. Makes you wonder - if you see a guy in one of the most secure Military bases in the UK, In a car marked "police", wearing uniform that say "police" on it, who is patrolling the jetty alongside your ship in the 3 hour stint and you still mistake him for a terrorist - how fucking stupid are these people![/quote:41904]