Historian, naval and intelligence. Familiar with the Second World War. PhD, MA etc. Senior Lecturer, War Studies @ King's College London
Sep 27, 2022 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
So the RN submarine force question. First off there are no simple answers. Any decision even if immediately made would take a decade to get to the frontline at best. Nuclear involves longer lead times. All options are either expensive or very expensive.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/…
In the context of domestic politics and defence economics that’s not conducive for any major decision making. And this has implications on other long term naval level factors like training and career pathways that would need adjustment.
Standard 🇷🇺 position, no need to provide safe passage as the only threat to shipping comes from 🇷🇺. Would give licence to interfere with ships and PR images.
reuters.com/world/europe/r…2. Plans to construct temporary silos in border regions to overcome the bottlenecks caused by the different rail gauges coming in central Europe. Not a universal solution, would provide some relief to the problem.
Where have efforts to open 🇺🇦#BlackSea ports been going these past few days? Not very far because it's a complex and intractable problem. NBC had a comprehensive article on the #grain issue, worth reading:
nbcnews.com/news/world/rus… .
First mention of a 🇪🇺maritime mission.🇪🇺has run maritime ops before but nothing like this and the idea that 🇹🇷would support it is politically naive. An
🇪🇺 ops would likely depend on a settlement with 🇷🇺first as it alone wouldn't deal with all threats.
Crash course online teaching for @warmatters – don’t panic Matthew. There will be issues, there are advantages. Every subject, setting, group has different needs, adapt what you need & not what the template says. Fundamentals of your course shouldn’t change, just the delivery. 1
So here are a few general observations and points to think about, adapt to your conditions. This is a basic, starting introduction for immediate needs of anyone teaching out of an average college environment. 2
