Comments by "Orbital_Inclination" (@Orbital_Inclination) on "What warships make up the new task force protecting Red Sea shipping?" video.

  1. What air threat is the UK currently under that would require an air defence destroyer?
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  2. Far less than the cost of a sunken fuel tanker or cargo ship, and the effects that would have on global shipping in the aftermath
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  3. I was not expecting this kind of balanced thought from a YouTube comment section, fair play!
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  4. That would be the job of the border force and Coastguard, not military vessels. It would also be the job of a legal asylum system, but the Tories dismantled that, so we're stuck with the illegal routes we have no control over.
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  5. It's only overkill if you fail to take into account the total global cost of a drone hitting a commerical vessel.
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  6. ​ @faithosadebe5293 three civilian vessels have been hit recently, causing ships to reroute to avoid that shipping lane. That drives the price of global trade up, which means we all pay more.
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  7.  @paolodechipiece1027  You seem to have missed my point. Destroyers specialise in air defence, and frigates specialise in sub hunting, even if they are both capable of engaging sea targets. That's their primary role. Why would we use these highly specialised and expensive military vessels to turn around rubber dinghies when there are plenty of Coastguard vessels designed to deal with the situation far more efficiently? It would be a complete waste of military resources to deploy them to the channel to do the job of a civilian agency.
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  8.  @paolodechipiece1027  "Most of them", get a grip 😂 It was a conflict, oddly enough that tends to involve losses. Argentina lost 45 aircraft in the conflict, 15 as a result of ship-based air defence. Anyway, let's keep on topic shall we?
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  9. Oh no, they'll be devastated.
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  10. Ages ago.
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  11. No, it shouldn't. That's the role of civilian agencies like the Coastguard and Border Force, not a military air defence destroyer.
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  12. ​ @archstanton6310 the channel crossings issue is a matter for civilian agencies, not the armed forces.
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  13. Civilians are always the worst casualties in war, but that doesn't mean Hamas should get a free pass to continue operating when they've made it very clear they will never settle for a peaceful solution.
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