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2024-01-26 Arabia

Second French warship arrives in Red Sea region

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Posted by Fred 2024-01-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top
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#1 French, but not British. What would Nelson say?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-01-26 01:13|| 2024-01-26 01:13|| Front Page Top

#2 What would Nelson say?

"Zoot alors!"

For those curious about such things, the Languedoc is an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Or it was back in the time King Louis XV. Today, she is an Aquitaine-class frigate equipped with generic frigate stuff for doing generic frigate things.

Posted by SteveS 2024-01-26 09:06|| 2024-01-26 09:06|| Front Page Top

#3 The Aquitaine is a pretty, advanced ship.

Posted by badanov 2024-01-26 09:15|| 2024-01-26 09:15|| Front Page Top

#4 I am truely impressed the French can crew and support TWO warships to protect their country's freedom of navigation on the open seas. Eh, the Brits and Krauts, not so much.
The US should protect only US affiliated shipping.

Posted by Cleared Cookies Lost Nic 2024-01-26 09:20|| 2024-01-26 09:20|| Front Page Top

#5 The Germany Navy has successfully patrolled the coast around the Horn of Africa (Somalia) for many years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_frigate_Bayern

Posted by European Conservative 2024-01-26 09:28|| 2024-01-26 09:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Impressive indeed. ^

Posted by Cleared Cookies Lost Nic 2024-01-26 10:39|| 2024-01-26 10:39|| Front Page Top

#7 The US should protect only US affiliated shipping.

I wonder if that wouldn't primarily be Chinese goods.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-26 11:58|| 2024-01-26 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Aquitaine is a pretty slick looking ship.

Something rattling around my head took shape considering the last couple years:

Are we/have we looking at something like the Olde Trope about Mounted Knights vs. Crossbowmen? The one about very capable, very expensive, nearly irreplaceable units vs. a barrage of very cheap yet easy to field units?

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-01-26 20:41|| 2024-01-26 20:41|| Front Page Top

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