Royal Navy fires warning shot at Spanish patrol boat after it cut up the path of a US nuclear sub of

[DokVis]

[QUOTE=TornadoAP;50272107]I think you might want to take a look at the title of this sub-forum...[/QUOTE]

Its not a suggestion, its a joke.

[GarrettFox]

[QUOTE=MaverickIB;50271439]Subs are power projection, they just aren't as physically imposing. An aircraft carrier and nuclear sub have similar projection capabilities (a sub moreso, actually) in relation to foreign governments. They know what our boats are capable of and it's a big slap in the face when we penetrate their search plans and pop up right off their coast to say, "lmao missed us."

Carriers, however, are better at long term projection and influencing civilian populations. The general masses who do not understand war machines think carriers are more scary than submarines. A carrier can also sit in one place for an extremely long time, submarines do not have that capability (not because of logistical limits, they could technically do it, but it'd be outright tactically retarded to leave a sub in one place for a long time and leave it open for acoustic data collection), working more as a big long fuck you.[/QUOTE]

Yeah you make a good point. They are a form of power projection, but of a different sort. They also need to be used differently in order to do so.

However the point remains here that it wasn't being used in that fashion. It was in British waters where, given the actions of the British warship, it was a guest. I don't imagine it was there to intimidate the Spanish.

[Mr.Campin]

If it's not the Argies, it's the Spanish.

[Unclejimmema]

[QUOTE=Senscith;50265508]My experience is mostly Army, would love to know what it is in the Corps.[/QUOTE]

On the boats the sailors would usually fire warning shits from a 240 or m2 across the bow. At check points we'd shoot a pen flair followed by warning shots in front of the vehicle. On convoy it would just be warning shots in front of the vehicle.

Point being, flares are not "warning shots".

[viper__]

[I]Millions traumatized by blinding firepower of senseless Royal Navy barrage, is war imminent? [/I]