Footage of Iranian
Revolutionary Guards seizing
the Stena Imperio oil tanker
Iran Seizes Two UK Tankers,
One For "Violating Intl.
Regulations" & The Other
Was Released
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-20/iran-releases-first-footage-detained-british-flagged-oil-tanker?fbclid=IwAR0L8NFltO20jJXf3yS5_LeML2_MbXj89JyZ0csfurf4SDVFsAvdVpLFtj4
The
government has repeatedly failed to invest in defence and security,
leaving the UK struggling to cope with emerging threats, an
influential parliamentary committee was due to warn on Sunday in a
report thrown into sharp relief by the developing crisis in the
Persian Gulf.
The
Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy says the next prime
minister will have to tackle major challenges – from growing
strains on the UK’s relationship with the US and the EU, to the
rise of China – if the UK is to meet its defence ambitions
“If
the Government wants to turn the ‘Global Britain’ concept into a
meaningful strategy for a positive and self-assured role for the UK
after its departure from the EU, then it needs to be more honest
about how it proposes to address these challenges,” said the
committee chair, Margaret Beckett MP. “It must also back this up
with the necessary funding and resources, especially for defence and
diplomacy.”
The
report’s publication comes after the former chief of defence staff,
Lord Richards, warned that the Royal Navy was “just too small to
have a significant effect without being with allies”.
Speaking
in response to the seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker by Iranian
authorities, Richards told BBC radio’s Today programme: “The fact
is, for whatever reason, our government has invested relatively
little against the threat and the risks that we face, particularly
more and more in the longer term.”
The
former first sea lord, Lord West of Spithead, told Sky News that the
navy had “too few ships” to escort merchant vessels in dangerous
waters.
Boris
Johnson will be tested by a major international crisis in his first
days as prime minister, senior military figures and politicians have
warned, after Iran seized a British-flagged tanker in a move that
raised tensions in the Gulf to new heights.
Johnson,
who is expected to win the race to succeed Theresa May as Tory leader
and be installed as the new prime minister on Wednesday, was kept
informed about the spiralling crisis on Saturday by his rival for the
top job, Jeremy Hunt, whom he is expected to reappoint as foreign
secretary.
The
former first sea lord Admiral Lord West, writing in the Observer, has
said the British government should have done more to protect UK ships
in the Gulf in recent days and suggests those responsible for such
decisions were distracted by the race for No 10.
A
western security source said: “Russia has the technology to spoof
GPS and may have helped Iran in this venture as it was extremely
brazen. It would make British shipping extremely vulnerable and will
be of grave concern to Royal Navy warships in the region.
“The
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Russian intelligence have
worked very closely in Syria, protecting and promoting their
interests.”
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