Came across this...
https://www.thesun.ie/news/3440099/...is-revealed-as-tensions-with-ukraine-explode/
What the heck?
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I'm not saying this is did or did not happen, but, as a former sailor who was forward deployed to a warzone, aboard warships...
This thing is... strange.
British warships have drop ceilings? Internally run wiring? Curtains to separate passageways (hallways) from internal spaces? No dogged hatches? No internal ribs, no water control knee knockers?
I've been in control rooms, lots of times. During combat operations. The atmosphere was nothing like what was portrayed. It's tense, and focused, and serious **** is going on.
I understand they aren't going to show actual displays, but... did they? No directional pips, no Doppler numbers that I could see, just weird triangular blobs and lots of meaningless lines. This was my job, am I this out date?
I looked up the coastline of Crimea, one of the radar images showed a clear outline of the coast, and a small island to starboard, the heading at the top of the screen indicates the ship is headed directly toward shore, albeit 30 kilometers out. The rest of the fleet does not show on radar? No British or American aircraft carriers in the area to scramble the alert 5? No other friendly or civilian aircraft in the sweep of the radar? Because, they show up. And are marked, usually by a green, or "ghost" pip, and a number indicating airspeed and direction, and a number indicating distance from the ship... none of that.
I Google earthed it, I couldn't find any part of the coast with that profile.
Beards? Maybe that's a Royal Navy thing.
The layout of that control room looks like nothing I've seen. Typically, it's a square, so that the seated enlisted technician can monitor the screen, then you have an officer who would be in charge of a set of ships systems, who would be hovering near, then some people who seem to run other places and come back (saw that in the video) and the Captain, who isn't much involved.
One guy in a green jumpsuit? What, is he special? Swedish flag on one ladies sleeve?
I can't believe the Royal Navy would allow civilian non combatants to be posted aboard a warship heading into a potential conflict zone. Let alone film underway command and control operations while being interdicted by possible hostile aircraft.
Speaking of hostile aircraft, the Russian jets they show close up? No markings, whatsoever. No squadron markings on the tail, no plane numbers, no external ejection hatch markers, no intake zone markers, no carbon streaking, no scorched paint from probe heating, no rtv sealant visible (it's at a distance, but not that far) on panel lines... These jets are freshly painted grey. There are some lighter grey touch ups. I've seen warplanes from all over, they only sort of look like this. I guess the Russians dont allow squadron markings?
No shipwide general quarters alarm?
No fire control commands?
What the heck? Is this even real? Or a recreation?
https://www.thesun.ie/news/3440099/...is-revealed-as-tensions-with-ukraine-explode/
What the heck?
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I'm not saying this is did or did not happen, but, as a former sailor who was forward deployed to a warzone, aboard warships...
This thing is... strange.
British warships have drop ceilings? Internally run wiring? Curtains to separate passageways (hallways) from internal spaces? No dogged hatches? No internal ribs, no water control knee knockers?
I've been in control rooms, lots of times. During combat operations. The atmosphere was nothing like what was portrayed. It's tense, and focused, and serious **** is going on.
I understand they aren't going to show actual displays, but... did they? No directional pips, no Doppler numbers that I could see, just weird triangular blobs and lots of meaningless lines. This was my job, am I this out date?
I looked up the coastline of Crimea, one of the radar images showed a clear outline of the coast, and a small island to starboard, the heading at the top of the screen indicates the ship is headed directly toward shore, albeit 30 kilometers out. The rest of the fleet does not show on radar? No British or American aircraft carriers in the area to scramble the alert 5? No other friendly or civilian aircraft in the sweep of the radar? Because, they show up. And are marked, usually by a green, or "ghost" pip, and a number indicating airspeed and direction, and a number indicating distance from the ship... none of that.
I Google earthed it, I couldn't find any part of the coast with that profile.
Beards? Maybe that's a Royal Navy thing.
The layout of that control room looks like nothing I've seen. Typically, it's a square, so that the seated enlisted technician can monitor the screen, then you have an officer who would be in charge of a set of ships systems, who would be hovering near, then some people who seem to run other places and come back (saw that in the video) and the Captain, who isn't much involved.
One guy in a green jumpsuit? What, is he special? Swedish flag on one ladies sleeve?
I can't believe the Royal Navy would allow civilian non combatants to be posted aboard a warship heading into a potential conflict zone. Let alone film underway command and control operations while being interdicted by possible hostile aircraft.
Speaking of hostile aircraft, the Russian jets they show close up? No markings, whatsoever. No squadron markings on the tail, no plane numbers, no external ejection hatch markers, no intake zone markers, no carbon streaking, no scorched paint from probe heating, no rtv sealant visible (it's at a distance, but not that far) on panel lines... These jets are freshly painted grey. There are some lighter grey touch ups. I've seen warplanes from all over, they only sort of look like this. I guess the Russians dont allow squadron markings?
No shipwide general quarters alarm?
No fire control commands?
What the heck? Is this even real? Or a recreation?
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