On the 21/8/14 the USS Annapolis came for a short visit to the Royal Naval base in Gibraltar. The information on its arrival was known by the Spanish Ministry of Defence, which then appears to have leaked this information to the Spanish press. The Spanish press then published this information prior to the submarines arrival.
The Spanish press, by releasing this information, was knowingly endangering the submarine, it's crew and the surrounding area. It is well known, that no military information is given to the public about the arrivals or departures of nuclear submarines for obvious security and force protection reasons, The people who leaked this information were clearly well informed; information like this is very very difficult to come by.
The USS Annapolis is a Los Angeles type sub.This submarine is nuclear powered, it carries mark 8 torpedoes, tomahawk missiles and captor mines.
The leaking of the submarines location could have resulted in a dangerous situation, which could have resulted in the submarine being on the receiving en of a terrorist attack; all because of our irresponsible neighbour Spain having a grudge with Gibraltar!
An attack on this submarine could have seriously endangered the lives of people in Gibraltar and all the surrounding Campo area! This could have also negatively affected SPains own citizens outside Gibraltar!
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On the 22/08/14, HMS Talent (British nuclear submarine) which came into port was on this occasion obstructed by a Spanish Guardia civil boat. The GC åurposefully broke the security cordon around the submarine - which lead to the Gibraltar Defence Police and the Royal Navy patrol boat having to intervene to warn the vessel off and subsequently escort the Spanish Paramilitary vessel out of British Gibraltar Territorial Waters,
The British and Gibraltar security forces have enough on their hands protecting these vessels, to have the paramilitaries of another nation interfering with their work! What if one of these Guardia Civil vessels had been commandeered by a terrorist group? It would make it very difficult for the GDP or Royal Navy to know what to do! That is if to stop them or just let it go as it is supposed to be the vessel of a NATO Ally who seems not to understand what security is all about!
Spain is supposed to be a NATO Ally and behaves in a manner that it is not supposed to. Someone needs to teach them a thing or two before they cause an international incident! It seems they do this just to intimidate Gibraltarians who are the 30 thousand people that live next door, and to make the Royal Navy look bad.
Gibraltar, or better said British Gibraltar Territorial Waters, suffer hundreds of incursions every year as the Spanish Government refuses to recognise that UK have clear sovereignty over these waters,
Well this time they have gone over what any NATO Ally should have to put up with! This is definitely not what is expected of Spain! They continue unchallenged and are putting all Allies at risk and that is not very intelligent at all! Sadly, this rampant childish behaviour is what we have come to expect from an immature neighbour to the north. This child needs to be introduced to a good spanking or the naughty step! Maybe then they will learn.
Press report + Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation
Unlawful incursion: Guardia Civil crosses path of Royal Navy submarine
A Civil Guard launch crossed the path of a nuclear powered submarine on its way to the Naval Base on Friday morning. In response to GBC questions, a spokesperson for the Foreign Office has described it as a “very serious incident”, and confirmed the FCO has already raised the matter with the Spanish Government.
HMS Talent was in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters when the Guardia Civil launch, the Rio Tormes, came towards it, behaving in what’s been described by the FCO as a “dangerous manner”. The Foreign Office says it will be issuing a formal written protest over this unlawful incursion, going on to say that given that the incident involved considerable risk and danger, it’s already raised concerns directly with Spain.
HMS Talent is the second submarine to berth on the Rock this week, after the American nuclear powered submarine Annapolis came in on Thursday. Advance notice was given in the Spanish media of HMS Talent’s arrival, despite the fact that submarine movements are generally kept secret for security reasons.
Spanish national newspaper El Mundo published an article about the two submarines to be berthed at the Rock. It looked ahead to the arrival of HMS Talent, citing unnamed sources who’d said they would probably coincide in port. Asked by GBC how the Spanish authorities – and subsequently the media - were aware of HMS Talent’s movements, an FCO spokesperson said for security reasons, it doesn’t comment on operational matters referring to ship visits.
The minesweeper, HMS Ramsey also stopped over yesterday on her way home. She conducted a security sweep of British Gibraltar Territorial Waters before stocking up on supplies.
(Photos courtesy of Tommy Finlayson)
On another note, we also have the Spanish government agreeing with the EU on sanctions against Russia due to the problems in Ukraine. But Spain violates these high level agreements and again as a NATO Ally by allowing the refuelling of Russian fleet ships in its port in Ceuta Surely not a very reliable NATO are they!
Is Spain playing games with the EU and NATO? Spain has the cheek to ask for a seat in the UN Security Council! + God help us all if they did as it seems that they don't know what side they are on! Can you now imagine the danger if they had to make a decision that could affect the whole world? The UN security council should never allow Spain to gain a seat; how can you give such responsibility to a country which hides the horrors of its dictatorship and pretends like nothing happened! A country which still celebrates and venorates the horrors it committed!
I think the Spanish government should get rid of that chip on its shoulder with Gibraltar which has been going on for over 300 years, They need to be reprimanded on their childish behaviour as by doing stupid moves like the ones I have mentioned, Spain is putting the well-being of many people at risk - including their own!
The worst now is they are trying to deny it - Spain is a joke but a very bad one! Here is the link of the video taken by Tommy Finlayson - http://youtu.be/TKDW6espEuo
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