Sir Humphrey
@pinstripedline
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Primarily interested in Cold War lessons for 21st Century Problems. Former Civil Servant.
Joined February 2012
I am finding Twitter an increasingly intolerant site, long on anger, and short on reasoned debate. As a rule, I now rarely, if ever, engage here beyond posting blog threads or retweets. Its nothing personal, I just don't find that this site brings me joy anymore.
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RT @RoyalMarines: Mastering the mountains. #RoyalMarines of @45CdoGp have spent the last six weeks sharpening their world-leading mounta….
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RT @DefenceAust: On a still and cloudy afternoon, Leading Stoker Des Jones was laid to rest, carried to his gravesite on the shoulders of s….
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As part of 1980s war planning, this is the RAF Support Command list of essential requirements that it required funding for - mattresses, bunks and sheets! . 15,000 bunk spaces would be needed in under a week - an enormous challenge.
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RT @ForcesNews: "You can't hide on a battlefield"🗣️. @BFBSSitrep analyses the uptick in secretive surveillance flights by the UK, US, and R….
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RT @pinstripedline: Rare archives find - in 1970s, RN transition to war plans called for towing the mothballed maintenance carrier HMS TRIU….
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RT @pinstripedline: You know its going to be a good day in the Archives when your first find is the SECRET 1980s plan by the British Army t….
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Triumph was an odd ship - converted for East of Suez duties, she was a legacy of a lost world. In 1971 though the RN planned to use her as a mini carrier to assist in planned NEO from Africa as part of contingency planning.
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Rare archives find - in 1970s, RN transition to war plans called for towing the mothballed maintenance carrier HMS TRIUMPH to the Clyde to act as an emergency maintenance base. A reminder she would likely have been of little use in the Falklands.
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The 1980s Government War Book measure setting out what would be done to finalise the release of British strategic and tactical nuclear weapons.
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A chilling 1970s MOD vision of the likely targets that the replacement for the WE177 series of tactical nuclear weapons would be intended to destroy.
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You know its going to be a good day in the Archives when your first find is the SECRET 1980s plan by the British Army to defend the UK against diversionary attack by bde sized Soviet air or amphibious forces.
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RT @ChiefofAirStaff: Serving as CAS the past 2+ years has been an honour. I've worked alongside remarkable people & been inspired by the ou….
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RT @pinstripedline: In 1971 the French Government conducted atmospheric nuclear tests in the Pacific. The British Government, naturally, ch….
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RT @pinstripedline: In 1973 the MOD began working on a TOP SECRET intelligence history of WW2, before ULTRA became public knowledge. Incred….
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A great article by @TomSharpe134. As someone who used to be an optimist about the prospects for the RN in the 2020s, I reluctantly find myself in complete agreement with his findings.
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The Senior Service is being asked to do too much with too little. Something has to give
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In 1973 the MOD began working on a TOP SECRET intelligence history of WW2, before ULTRA became public knowledge. Incredibly, this project remained highly classified, with even mention of its existence classified as CONFIDENTIAL due to the need to protect ULTRA decades later.
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The 1971 directive to the Commander of the SAS Squadron in Oman, on his mission to support the Sultan of Omans Armed Forces. At this time the FCO was pushing heavily for a 2nd SAS squadron to be deployed in addition to existing RAF forces at Salalah airfield.
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The new UKSF Reserve recruitment poster is nicely done. Interested applicants should scan the QR code.
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