# ![@pinstripedline Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::483928153.png) @pinstripedline Sir Humphrey

Sir Humphrey posts on X about gibraltar, secret, hong kong, memo the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Tonight's discovery which will form a future PSL thread is that in the early 1950s NATO put in place wartime plans for what to do with Soviet POWs including shipping them abroad and using them as forced labour"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2021298044369563712)  2026-02-10T18:59Z 81.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Another good discovery - the original Service Chiefs / Joint Intelligence Bureau analysis of how many Atomic bombs the UK would need by [----] the intended targets and how effective a UK/US atomic attack on Russia would be. Full thread to follow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2022438273742762388)  2026-02-13T22:30Z 81.2K followers, 15.1K engagements


"@VaclavBartuska @nyuniversity I'm slowly writing target list up but death toll would have been millions in a few short hours had this strike plan been executed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2022667480297021587)  2026-02-14T13:41Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I've uncovered a damning Army memo attacking the failure of Government to take decisions the lack of trained Army personnel and the inability of the British Army to be ready for warfighting. Its from Field Marshal Montgomery dated [----] and will be a PSL tweet thread soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2022427805582266408)  2026-02-13T21:48Z 81.2K followers, 10.8K engagements


"The Middle East would require a further two Corps of two Divisions. His concern was that the US and Dominions would offer help but not arrive in time to defeat the Soviet threat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2022683814523551777)  2026-02-14T14:46Z 81.3K followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] the UK felt there was a genuine risk of the Spanish invading Gibraltar. This led to a series of highly secret defensive plans being made approved at the highest levels of Government. PSL thread and blog will land this weekend telling this previously unknown story"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017305950206496933)  2026-01-30T18:36Z 81.2K followers, 54.6K engagements


"In [----] the UK Government was sufficiently concerned about the threat of the Spanish attacking Gibraltar to issue covert 'Rules of Engagement' to UK forces setting out when they could open fire on Spanish forces and brought the military to readiness for war. PSL Thread./"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638842828734915)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, 134.7K engagements


"In the immediate aftermath of the invasion of the Falkland Islands Gibraltar played a vital role supporting the UK task force. The airfield naval base and stores were essential to support the Task Force. This piece of UK sovereign territory had to be protected at all costs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638845756444714)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, 12.9K engagements


"Between [--] April and [--] May [----] the Spanish armed forces were conducting an amphibious exercise. Given the poor relations at the time the MOD assessed that "there is some military threat to Gibraltar from Spain" and that "an attack on Gibraltar could be mounted""  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638848746897628)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, 12.5K engagements


"Given the strategic shock of the invasion of the Falkland Islands this was not to be ignored. Urgent preparations were put in place to enhance readiness of UK forces and review the emergency reinforcement plans for the 'rock'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638851909423354)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, 10.6K engagements


"In a note to SofS Defence CDS set out that there was a credible threat of invasion from [----] Spanish Marines and that the CINC Gibraltar wanted to amend both his rules of engagement profile and bring certain units to enhanced readiness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638857013862466)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, 10K engagements


"The Governor had put covert plans in place. Clearly the threat was seen as sufficiently real to ensure that naval vessels were at readiness and able to proceed to war stations if required"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638872931324189)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The risk of Spanish invasion led to urgent planning in the MOD during April [----] to review contingency plans to defend Gibraltar. The plan (JTP 52) called for a range of reinforcements to enhance British presence. In this case two RAF Jaguars were deployed to provide anti-ship capability. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017638875699532149 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017638875699532149"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638875699532149)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The revised plan while OP COPORATE continued called for deployment of SBS CVRT recce tanks MILAN armed infantry Bn RN Lynx Rapier batteries and FH70 howitzers. Harriers and 40mm anti-aircraft guns would surge if the crisis escalated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638883844874248)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"This was a significant reinforcement group intended to defend Gibraltar at the same time as the Falklands War was ongoing. It speaks to how concerned the MOD was about the threat of Spanish invasion that this planning was done at the same time as OP CORPORATE continued"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638886860607528)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"By [--] April the UK had approved Rules of Engagement that would allow the CINC Gibraltar to use force if necessary to defend the territory from invasion. Although the threat was highly unlikely it could not be ruled out. These ROE were seen at the very highest levels of MOD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638889876304068)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The direction was that an attack was unlikely and it was important not to alarm the Spanish by accident. British forces should only take defensive measures if it was clear Spanish forces were committing hostile actions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638895559610450)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"In a note to the Secretary of State CDS made clear that these proposals were appropriate and sensible given the unlikely but credible threat to Gibraltar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638898713718881)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The fact that in [----] the UK was actively planning to defend Gibraltar from the credible risk of Spanish invasion is forgotten. But it was a real threat and taken very seriously indeed - in another world this could have seen the UK fighting two wars at once"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638901431599251)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"After the war the UK remained worried about the risk of Spanish invasion. Major force enhancements including Exocet missiles were deployed specifically to deter Spain. This was approved at the highest levels of Government and will be the subject of the next PSL thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638904103321808)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"This thread on the SECRET UK plans to defend Gibraltar from Spanish invasion during the Falklands War may interest: @NavyLookout @ColdWarPod @shashj @gordoncorera @RoryCormac @Sandbagger_01 @MarianoSciaroni @robert_lyman @ESlibrarian @adastral_trader @Strategyforwar1 @adampileUK @salisbot @MarkUrban01 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017638907350020285 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017638907350020285"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017638907350020285)  2026-01-31T16:39Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"New PSL blog live on 1980s plans to defend Gibraltar from Soviet and Spanish attack. It covers the land based Exocet deployment intended to sink ships from both nations and the deception plan to hide from the French what the UK was really doing. https://tinyurl.com/4wj3ktts https://tinyurl.com/4wj3ktts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2017911554587430933)  2026-02-01T10:43Z 81.2K followers, 16.9K engagements


""Do you expect me to talk" 'No Mr Bond we expect you to do your mandatory annual visual display screen training" Would you watch a spinoff series where Commander Bond reports for his naval reserve duties and has to work mundane military tasks with an eccentric cast of supporting characters https://t.co/RohoMgAI3B Would you watch a spinoff series where Commander Bond reports for his naval reserve duties and has to work mundane military tasks with an eccentric cast of supporting characters https://t.co/RohoMgAI3B"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2018375419557200047)  2026-02-02T17:26Z 81.2K followers, 58.1K engagements


"The Soviets tried to get a proposal to add minimum distances between ships and aircraft from both sides on the table. The RN rejected this presumably because it would reduce the quality of intelligence collection material gained"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2019853108306657537)  2026-02-06T19:18Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"To reduce the risk of flare incidents the Soviets proposed establishing agreed joint radio frequencies and exercises to test the protocols to reduce tension. The RN was dubious about this seeing it as a means to reduce intelligence but agreed to engage further"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2019853110772957212)  2026-02-06T19:18Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@DrChrisParry Actually Chris this was largely because DREADNOUGHT cannibalised preexisting 12" gun mounts installed on her at cost of completion of other ships. Had this not been done she'd have taken years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2020048727830823381)  2026-02-07T08:15Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"In [----] the Soviet Navy formally complained to the UK that [--] RAF Buccaneer jets had simulated bombing and then flown between two KRIVAK frigates at an altitude of 100ft and accelerating away - this thread explains why This is a Soviet Typhoon class submarine. In [----] when a Royal Navy Lynx had flares fired at it while 'observing' a Typhoon while on a secret intelligence mission in the Barents Sea. Short thread on Soviet / UK naval incidents and interactions in the late Cold War era. https://t.co/WgMRQ0ZbLF This is a Soviet Typhoon class submarine. In [----] when a Royal Navy Lynx had flares"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2020194347539702131)  2026-02-07T17:54Z 81.2K followers, 39.3K engagements


"@MarketOfLace Two minor problems. [--]. I can't read Russian. [--]. I have no desire to EVER go back to Russia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2020214264246444369)  2026-02-07T19:13Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"A fascinating Archives map showing the size and scope of British forces barracks and bases in Hong Kong in [----] when approximately [-----] personnel (UK Gurkha and LEP were based there)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2020474857826230282)  2026-02-08T12:28Z 81.2K followers, 26.5K engagements


"Crikey now the Indian space programme is part of the moon landing hoax 😉 More seriously invaluable imagery to remind those who cannot admit that these giant leaps happened and will hopefully happen again soon. I look forward to the day humanity returns to the moon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2020495524781240693)  2026-02-08T13:50Z 81.1K followers, [----] engagements


"In reality the days of mass parachute assaults passed decades ago. It is hard to see any situation where scarce airlift can be justified to drop troops onto an objective that could not be denied by other means. British Army paratrooper regiment face being sent into battle without parachutes as part of latest cost-cutting measures https://t.co/DyArJ4TTIp British Army paratrooper regiment face being sent into battle without parachutes as part of latest cost-cutting measures https://t.co/DyArJ4TTIp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2020578718549471674)  2026-02-08T19:21Z 81.2K followers, 41.3K engagements


"The role of the SBS was to respond to incidents on Oil Platforms (OP OILSAFE) and onboard ships (OP ORCADES). They could be used for THROWER "if the situation demands their special skills". This showed a clear split between SAS & SBS in terms of operational roles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2021664545786191989)  2026-02-11T19:16Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"In a TOP SECRET memo the head of the British Army has stated that the UK is within weeks of war with Russia and the Government has "drifted into the amazing situation where we have no plan as to what we will do if war breaks out". It is Aug [----] & the author is Montgomery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2022683778418696236)  2026-02-14T14:46Z 81.2K followers, 11.3K engagements


"An unusual opportunity for the RNR using a WW2 era museum ship to carry out modern naval training recently. HMS Cavalier berthed in Chathams Historic Dockyard also played host to Ships Company developing their seamanship skills. Trainees honed core naval competencies on board equipping them with the skills to mobilise across the world to support the Royal Navy on operations. https://t.co/T7U53BwBlC HMS Cavalier berthed in Chathams Historic Dockyard also played host to Ships Company developing their seamanship skills. Trainees honed core naval competencies on board equipping them with the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2022380597507698982)  2026-02-13T18:41Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"In Jun [----] the Soviets attempted to force the issue of Berlin seeking to make the UK US and French withdraw by blockading the city. A massive airlift was all that kept the population from starvation. Tensions rose between the two blocs and armed conflict seemed likely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2022683781916655712)  2026-02-14T14:46Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"This thread on 'Montys Memo' and his damning views on the failure of the British Army to be ready for war in [----] and its possible modern day analogies may interest: @robert_lyman @RJohnsonCCW1 @RALee85 @shashj @gordoncorera @Sandbagger_01 @ColdWarPod @NavyLookout @OberstWKlink @JEyal_RUSI @BeaverWestminst @ESlibrarian @MarkPiesing @MarkUrban01 @haynesdeborah @BenWallace70 @warmatters @adastral_trader @CHACR_Camberley among others"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2022683844084682927)  2026-02-14T14:46Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Welcome to the Thin Pinstriped Line (PSL) twitter account. If you're new here please read this thread first to understand what this account is for what it does and does not do and how to get in contact with me (pinstripedline@gmail.com)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2007775904794288479)  2026-01-04T11:27Z 81.2K followers, 34.5K engagements


"This is a Soviet Typhoon class submarine. In [----] when a Royal Navy Lynx had flares fired at it while 'observing' a Typhoon while on a secret intelligence mission in the Barents Sea. Short thread on Soviet / UK naval incidents and interactions in the late Cold War era"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2019853082495176885)  2026-02-06T19:17Z 81.3K followers, 115.5K engagements


"Observations on the Soviet head of delegation and his warm welcome "perhaps assisted by a number of cognacs on the flight" were notable for his views on everything from confidence building measures at sea to how reunifying Germany would lead to WW3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2019853113683833145)  2026-02-06T19:18Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I have questions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2020165453008470440)  2026-02-07T15:59Z 81.2K followers, 25.1K engagements


"Ministers were advised that MINSTREL was regularly exercised and tested. It was fully implemented during the Iranian Embassy siege in [----] and SAS deployed during a hijack in Stansted in [----]. GASTRIC had not been implemented by 1983"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2021664538731721186)  2026-02-11T19:16Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"If an incident occurred overseas OP THROWER would happen. The Foreign Sec would chair COBR and authorise an SAS assault while a Junior Minister would deploy to the country to manage the incident. THROWER was tested by the SAS in Cyprus in [----] [----] and 1983"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2021664541592187221)  2026-02-11T19:16Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Wider plans existed to deploy troops to Heathrow and Gatwick airports under OP TRUSTEE and BLACK DIAMOND. Both would have used regular troops and were tested routinely to understand the exercise and skills needed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2021664548449923541)  2026-02-11T19:16Z 81.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Defence of British interests in the Far East would require a further Division plus infantry units. These would need to deter Soviet attack and protect sea lines of communication"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2022683817887388043)  2026-02-14T14:46Z 81.2K followers, [---] engagements


"A blunt [----] memo from Field Marshal Montgomery advising the Government that the Army was too small at [------] to meet all the tasks placed on it and that it needed to be at least [------] strong (Excluding women) to carry out all the tasks required"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/2022768466730660320)  2026-02-14T20:22Z 81.2K followers, [----] engagements


"HM King George VI signed a 'dormant commission' in [----] appointing CBF as Governor which could only be actioned by the actual governor signing it off prior to their evacuation. This would only be activated in the most desperate times when the military needs demanded it. /"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1953899024089854272)  2025-08-08T19:20Z 74.8K followers, [----] engagements


"By [----] it was clear that the UK could not defend Hong Kong due to the much smaller garrison and vastly more capable Chinese army that could threaten it - any resistance would be short lived and not likely to be managed in an orderly fashion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1953899027025535175)  2025-08-08T19:20Z 74.8K followers, [----] engagements


"The task of CBF and his troops was "to be prepared in the incidence of Chinese armed aggression to identify such aggression and to offer such assistance as may be appropriate in the circumstances prevailing in accordance with political direction at the time""  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1953899030586831297)  2025-08-08T19:20Z 74.8K followers, [----] engagements


"The position of all Governors from [----] was that in the event of invasion they would stay at their post following the [----] example "and secure the best treatment possible for the people of Hong Kong in an orderly handover""  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1953899034638459317)  2025-08-08T19:20Z 74.8K followers, [----] engagements


"This left a curious colonial anomaly - there was no chance the CBF would ever become Governor. as "it would be impossible to effectively defend Hong Kong against a determined Chinese attack" - in other words there would be no time to mount the major evacuation needed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1953899038581174719)  2025-08-08T19:20Z 74.8K followers, [----] engagements


"At best "it would be extremely unlikely that resistance to such an attack could be prolonged for a period sufficient to mount more than a last minute crash operation to evacuate a small number of people including the more sensitive personnel""  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1953899041600754111)  2025-08-08T19:20Z 74.8K followers, [----] engagements


"By [----] FCO felt this colonial hangover was no longer needed. Ministers were advised "the role of the Hong Kong garrison has undergone a fundamental change. and there is no longer any question of fighting a 'last ditch' rearguard action in support of a general evacuation plan./"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1953899044054405378)  2025-08-08T19:20Z 74.8K followers, [----] engagements


"A contentious view but credible - you could use civil servants reservists or retired officers as effectively and at far less cost for a similar outcome. Apart from fighting Div & Bde HQs all other staff officers should be civilians. Theres no reason to have very expensive deployable military staff in any jobs at Army HQ DES Regional Bdes etc. We gap jobs all over the military because we send soldiers to work in offices. https://t.co/f1MI8zf3UE Apart from fighting Div & Bde HQs all other staff officers should be civilians. Theres no reason to have very expensive deployable military staff in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1953919966505308517)  2025-08-08T20:43Z 74.8K followers, 16.7K engagements


"In September Brazil will take over both former RN LPD's to join the former HMS OCEAN. By contrast the RN does not have a single amphibious ship available for operations with all [--] LSD's in Reserve/Refit and RFA ARGUS legally banned from sailing. 📍#Brazil / #UnitedKingdom (/) In a report by @podernaval the @marmilbr is set to send a group of personnel to take ownership of the HMS Bulwark (L15) in September. It also notes that the Albion will also be purchased but due to poor condition will be a spare parts ship. https://t.co/aBrwNX9mTj 📍#Brazil / #UnitedKingdom (/) In a report by @podernaval"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1954280511213535741)  2025-08-09T20:35Z 74.8K followers, 37.7K engagements


"A grim read on the state of the Royal Navy - [--] ships scrapped in last [--] years just [--] SSNs and [--] RFA entered service. By all reasonable measures the Service is in a state of total collapse. Jam in future seems years off. Hard to see any positive news now https://www.navylookout.com/is-the-royal-navy-at-breaking-point-or-a-turning-point/ https://www.navylookout.com/is-the-royal-navy-at-breaking-point-or-a-turning-point/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1954826890100793548)  2025-08-11T08:47Z 74.9K followers, 34K engagements


"A timely MOD reminder from 1970s that without TA support the British Army of the Rhine would have run out of stores and munitions within [--] days of WW3 starting threatening the stability of NORTHAG. Reservists played a vital role in ensuring that BAOR could fight for longer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1955723422509469763)  2025-08-13T20:09Z 74.9K followers, 10.3K engagements


"An interesting Cold War snippet from early 1970s. Does anyone know what "No [--] Field Operational Research Group" was or why in context of total mobilisation for WW3 its plans were "need to know""  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1955926978977996800)  2025-08-14T09:38Z 74.9K followers, 12K engagements


"In [----] the UK Royal Navy fired a Sea Dart missile to intercept a Lance missile (used for tactical nuclear mission) as part of UK/US SDI trials - reminding us Sea Dart was potentially a very powerful anti-missile system"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1956104415037022366)  2025-08-14T21:23Z 74.9K followers, [----] engagements


"This change ocurred over a decade ago in [----]. No one noticed externally. Its not exactly 'current affairs' Giving someone a 2nd chance isnt always a bad idea and for over a decade its been fine until suddenly breathless outrage decides that its not. Exclusive: The Royal Navy's famous Perisher submarine command course has been watered down. Would-be captains can now have multiple goes at passing the gruelling final sea phase. https://t.co/8KWUdLT9mN Exclusive: The Royal Navy's famous Perisher submarine command course has been watered down. Would-be captains can now have multiple goes at"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1956791436323561705)  2025-08-16T18:53Z 74.9K followers, 23K engagements


"@C28862933 Okay boomer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1956810693724041616)  2025-08-16T20:09Z 74.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@melspence2 Agree - not everyone has a good day but they can be brilliant. A second go isn't always a bad idea"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1956810812733149627)  2025-08-16T20:10Z 74.9K followers, [---] engagements


"One day after we marked [--] years since the end of WW2 the final VC recipient of [---] awarded in that conflict has passed. God speed Sir thank you for your service. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/08/16/john-cruickshank-last-surviving-vc-recipient-ww2/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/08/16/john-cruickshank-last-surviving-vc-recipient-ww2/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1956815593270894958)  2025-08-16T20:29Z 74.9K followers, 10.6K engagements


"Monday [--] August will mark [----] days since HMS DARING was last at sea. Royal Navy & RFA status update. https://t.co/fVRtmC3Pxh Royal Navy & RFA status update. https://t.co/fVRtmC3Pxh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1957166891413217427)  2025-08-17T19:45Z 74.9K followers, 76K engagements


"In fact Mr King was an undischarged bankrupt and according to MOD accounts an individual who the DPP were considering bringing criminal charges against. This didn't make the RN keen to work with him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1957549690670690755)  2025-08-18T21:06Z 74.9K followers, [----] engagements


"At one point it looked like Greater London Council was prepared to step in with a 1.5m credit providing the RN donated the ARK to the Trust. This led to an uncomfortable exchange between the MOD and GLC as to why this was a very bad idea"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1957549693778481308)  2025-08-18T21:06Z 74.9K followers, [----] engagements


"This didn't stop Desmond Wettern from the Daily Telegraph reporting on it arguing that the RN was essentially at fault and putting GLC in a good light. This must have been infuriating to an MOD trying to secure the credible future of the ship"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1957549696798380044)  2025-08-18T21:06Z 74.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The result became inevitable - the Trust wasn't able to provide the necessary funding and the MOD ran out of patience. By March [----] it was all over with the ship sold for scrapping - she left Plymouth for the last time in Sep 1980"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1957549699973439654)  2025-08-18T21:06Z 74.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Would it have worked In reality the challenges of keeping a giant hulk afloat in the Thames requiring expensive maintenance and complex support while also operating her as a heliport and leisure centre were probably too complex. It would likely have failed within a few years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1957549703098163622)  2025-08-18T21:06Z 74.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Even getting ARK out for docking would have been complex - at 52m wide it would have been a tricky tow to get her through the Thames Barrier - as this shot of a later ARK ROYAL shows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1957549706248097925)  2025-08-18T21:06Z 74.9K followers, [----] engagements


"This image of a later ARK ROYAL at Greenwich perhaps gives an idea of what R09 may have looked like but also how challenging it would have been to keep her in perpetuity on the Thames"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1957549716100772281)  2025-08-18T21:06Z 74.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The one downside of this plan not happening is that it has denied the opportunity for 'alternative history' fans to discuss a [----] 'what if' about whether the RN could have reactivated HMS ARK ROYAL for service during the Falklands War"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1957549719288160281)  2025-08-18T21:06Z 74.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Today I learned that in May [----] the Royal Navy made contingency plans to retain HMS ARK ROYAL in reserve or even in active service well into the 1980s. Full thread and blog will follow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1957863781238796628)  2025-08-19T17:54Z 75K followers, [----] engagements


"@GuillermoRein The image is of the next ARK ROYAL commissioned in [----] and which was the 3rd INVINCIBLE class carrier"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1957899466226200624)  2025-08-19T20:16Z 74.9K followers, [--] engagements


"The decision by the RN to all but phase out 'ice cream suits' and replace with the ghastly bush jacket for Tropical use is a shame - as this photo shows they are a very classy rig. Time for the RN to allow Tropical rig in the summer in the UK Cdr Ben Dorrington hands over command of @HMSDauntless to Cdr Neil Skinner while alongside in Japan. #CSG25 https://t.co/GAp4kHvgPE Cdr Ben Dorrington hands over command of @HMSDauntless to Cdr Neil Skinner while alongside in Japan. #CSG25 https://t.co/GAp4kHvgPE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1959518122743939420)  2025-08-24T07:28Z 75.1K followers, 41.6K engagements


"Lots of reporting today about alleged claims for what the KGB would have done in the UK in the event of a run up to war to support a new book about MI5. Lets look at actual Cold War MI5 documents quoting Oleg Gordievsky (codename OVATION) to see what MI5 really thought"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1959556314192834645)  2025-08-24T10:00Z 75K followers, 31.2K engagements


"@Big_tudor It lpoked at PIRA too and concluded no appetite for sustained mainland attacks in TTW"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1959564837882593501)  2025-08-24T10:33Z 75K followers, [---] engagements


"HMS AMBUSH has been in commission for [--] years and has not left her berth for over three years. That is 25% of her service life spent neither in refit nor at sea. She is one of [--] SSNs currently in Royal Navy service. HMS Ambush alongside in Faslane yesterday. Not been at sea since mid-2022. Via @air_maritimepic https://t.co/GvE9KLK3HE HMS Ambush alongside in Faslane yesterday. Not been at sea since mid-2022. Via @air_maritimepic https://t.co/GvE9KLK3HE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1959581649102114914)  2025-08-24T11:40Z 75.1K followers, 53.4K engagements


"This wasn't a cheap operation - it was estimated that to dispatch the task force would cost some 300k (4m today) including the cost of chartering air freight to Lima Peru where the RAF would be based"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1960772813603921952)  2025-08-27T18:34Z 75.1K followers, [----] engagements


"The Army was concerned that this would have a significant impact on their planned amphibious training schedule and also potentially impact on the drawdown of forces in Anguilla following the British intervention there to restore law and order (a forgotten Colonial policing act)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1960772816720290050)  2025-08-27T18:34Z 75.1K followers, [----] engagements


"The Army were not impressed at this plan - VCGS noting that the short notice commitment of the PERCIVALE would cause disruption to Army logistic plans globally noting that it would cause major cuts to the availability of wider LSL units - which would be a Navy problem to fix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1960772820335817152)  2025-08-27T18:34Z 75.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Despite these concerns the force was dispatched to monitor the French tests. While it isn't entirely clear what they did this image of SIR PERCIVALE shows her operating a large tethered barrage balloon during the mission (image copyright unknown - please DM if yours)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1960772831584899338)  2025-08-27T18:34Z 76K followers, [----] engagements


"What is publicly known is that PERCIVALE landed monitoring teams in Pitcairn Island to monitor the potential radiation risk to the locals - marking a good example of MOD assistance to the smallest remaining UK Overseas Territory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1960772835250724912)  2025-08-27T18:34Z 76K followers, [----] engagements


"A fascinating Archives file from [----] showing the minutes of discussions by the Service Chiefs at a meeting where the first item of business was the naval defence of the Falkland Islands the second was retaining HMS ARK ROYAL (R09) beyond 1978"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1960801355611738333)  2025-08-27T20:27Z 75.7K followers, [----] engagements


"The MOD gym primarily exists for the thousands of Main Building based military personnel to keep fit. Civil Servants can join but certainly used to (and likely still do) pay to be members. The classes run in the lunch hour and after work as part of their membership package. Hundreds of MoD Civil Servants Taking Free Aerobics Classes at the Office https://t.co/sBR9dWBeOx https://t.co/kQEZYCEctB Hundreds of MoD Civil Servants Taking Free Aerobics Classes at the Office https://t.co/sBR9dWBeOx https://t.co/kQEZYCEctB"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1961102594920890710)  2025-08-28T16:24Z 75.1K followers, 16.9K engagements


"The new UKSF Reserve recruitment poster is nicely done. Interested applicants should scan the QR code"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1961179756906631631)  2025-08-28T21:31Z 75.1K followers, 24.1K engagements


"The [----] 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"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1961330540629332384)  2025-08-29T07:30Z 75.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@Hammo1988 BLWK was utterly broken - I've read the RN report into her condition. Never seen the BLAKE/TIGER reports"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1961842565394706748)  2025-08-30T17:24Z 75.1K followers, [--] engagements


"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 [-----] bunk spaces would be needed in under a week - an enormous challenge"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1961875179799232665)  2025-08-30T19:34Z 75.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Norway will purchase Type [--] Frigates joining the UK Australia and Canada in operating the world beating ASW frigate. Of note the [----] ISD suggests that RN may need to transfer at least one hull under construction to Norway to meet the deadline. The Norwegian government has selected The United Kingdom as a strategic partner and will procure British frigates for the Royal Norwegian Navy said PM @jonasgahrstore during Sunday's press conference https://t.co/IDrE6uo6yx https://t.co/YPa04Cftof The Norwegian government has selected The United Kingdom as a strategic partner and will procure British"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1962125772409143360)  2025-08-31T12:10Z 75.2K followers, 27.4K engagements


"The Royal Yacht BRITANNIA meets the Home Fleet in [----] escorted by HMS SUPERB destroyers and no less than [--] aircraft carriers in the background"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1962219056041185615)  2025-08-31T18:20Z 75.1K followers, [----] engagements


"A [----] assessment of the key threats facing UK homeland security from the Soviet Union. Fast forward [--] years and I'd argue nothing has changed about the threat or arguably the concerns about whether we can respond to it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1962604145224941746)  2025-09-01T19:51Z 75.1K followers, 16.7K engagements


"A little naval mystery. The Royal Research Ship Discovery II was used primarily for civilian maritime research in Antarctica and the Atlantic. In [----] she carried out a 2year long mission for the MOD OP TROUSSEA deemed so sensitive that the file remains classified to this day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1962941697815416868)  2025-09-02T18:12Z 75.5K followers, 21.7K engagements


"An epic mountain day atop Beinn Alligin with a full traverse including the Horns - well over 1200m ascent strong winds and stunning views made this a munro to remember"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1964391562496135673)  2025-09-06T18:13Z 75.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Looking down at Torridon its hard to imagine this tiny village was a likely alternate Downing Street in WW3. It was seen as a destination for a PYTHON group providing a post nuclear strike government for what was left of the UK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1964392570483560506)  2025-09-06T18:17Z 75.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Really proud to have this article which totally changes the accepted history of ARK disposal hosted on @NavyLookout - in [----] after SACLANT asked 1SL to keep her the RN seriously examined keeping ARK going till at least [----] but at a huge cost to the wider navy New guest article by @pinstripedline Running on empty how the Royal Navy nearly kept HMS Ark Royal into the 1980s https://t.co/ojUhEO6goS https://t.co/lcI7ycs8el New guest article by @pinstripedline Running on empty how the Royal Navy nearly kept HMS Ark Royal into the 1980s https://t.co/ojUhEO6goS https://t.co/lcI7ycs8el"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1964965926610325949)  2025-09-08T08:15Z 75.5K followers, 15.2K engagements


"A dark day in RN history with implications that will be felt well into the 2030s. #OnThisDay [--] yrs ago in [----] the MOD signed an agreement to sell [--] Type [--] Frigates to Chile. HMS NORFOLK MARLBOROUGH & GRAFTON still serve today as Almirante Cochrane Condell and Lynch. The RN retains [--] of the original Class of [--] soon to be reduced to [--]. https://t.co/6nBtcLbBeC #OnThisDay [--] yrs ago in [----] the MOD signed an agreement to sell [--] Type [--] Frigates to Chile. HMS NORFOLK MARLBOROUGH & GRAFTON still serve today as Almirante Cochrane Condell and Lynch. The RN retains [--] of the original Class of 16"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1964993456721563866)  2025-09-08T10:05Z 75.5K followers, 17.8K engagements


"@ClydesdaleDH @TomSharpe134 Dont be a cheapskate - subscribe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1965025326314180645)  2025-09-08T12:12Z 75.2K followers, [--] engagements


"An assessment of the ships materiel condition highlighted she was in poor shape. For example unable to form an NBCD 'citadel' to allow for safe operations in contaminated environments. She suffered heavily from corrosion too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1965086424535040367)  2025-09-08T16:14Z 75.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The key 21st century lessons here are firstly that the RN is perennially short of trained people that ships in Reserve Fleet status rarely make much sense and finally that the RN carrier force continues to matter to the USN and NATO more widely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1965086481925759025)  2025-09-08T16:15Z 75.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Finally this should hopefully kill the "ARK in 82" fantasy fleet nonsense. She'd have likely been in refit and would have had no AEW embarked as the Gannets would have had no engines. Sorry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1965086487260860813)  2025-09-08T16:15Z 75.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Grim military planning for WW3 - the view of the armed forces on how pre nuclear strike there could be widespread chaos after Chemical or tactical nuclear release across the UK and the need to prioritise what could or could not be saved"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1965874886213247125)  2025-09-10T20:27Z 75.6K followers, 11K engagements


"Another Archives bombshell. Confirmation that in very early [----] the then Chief of the Air Staff ordered drawing up "for sake of completeness" plans for "possible nuclear options" in the Falklands conflict"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1966122412623507894)  2025-09-11T12:51Z 75.6K followers, 64.6K engagements


"@HuwSayer I dont know and hence am unlikely to publish further details on it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1966180590945972369)  2025-09-11T16:42Z 75.5K followers, [----] engagements


"In a previously unknown incident in [----] HMS PLYMOUTH was 'used as a simulated target' by Yak jets from the KIEV which conducted dive bombing attack runs on her for several hours flying as low as 100ft above the ship. Experience to serve her well a few years later"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1966189740308443613)  2025-09-11T17:18Z 75.6K followers, 23.5K engagements


"A fascinating submission to the Foreign Secretary about the SAS operating in the Falkland Islands in 1984"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1966238405211337141)  2025-09-11T20:32Z 75.8K followers, 13.1K engagements


"Another great Archives find. In [----] the Soviet Navy conducted espionage operations on Tyneside using a cruise liner and freighter in refit to gain COMINT on HMS ILLUSTRIOUS (then in build) and HMS FEARLESS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1966572198606278970)  2025-09-12T18:38Z 75.5K followers, 14.6K engagements


"And just like that a valuable British naval asset was forever gone. https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/dsei-uk-2025/2025/09/brazilian-navy-signs-contract-for-hms-bulwark-acquisition-at-dsei-uk-2025/ https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/dsei-uk-2025/2025/09/brazilian-navy-signs-contract-for-hms-bulwark-acquisition-at-dsei-uk-2025/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1966770437100077243)  2025-09-13T07:46Z 75.6K followers, 18.2K engagements


"A shame that days after leaving the role the 'it wasnt me guv blame the bad civil servants' attacks begin. I've read the full speech this incendiary remark will land poorly with the thousands of MOD CS who are blamed for a system that the military dominate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1967669540504191287)  2025-09-15T19:19Z 75.5K followers, [----] engagements


"On the 85th anniversary of 'Battle of Britain Day' the RAF once again steps up to defend liberty from the evil of tyranny helping keep civilised nations safe from the horror that is the Putin regime. The UKs commitment to helping @NATO defend every inch of allied territory is unshakeable. @RoyalAirForce Typhoons will join allies and fly air defence missions over Poland as part of Eastern Sentry following Russia's reckless and dangerous drone incursion into Poland last week. https://t.co/wwdtFt1QqD The UKs commitment to helping @NATO defend every inch of allied territory is unshakeable."  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1967693328163672453)  2025-09-15T20:53Z 75.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Pathe footage from the early 1960s of the Admiralty Interview Board and BRNC training. The world has changed a great deal https://www.youtube.com/watchv=-utR5EvwX7Q&t=6s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=-utR5EvwX7Q&t=6s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1967698195942937054)  2025-09-15T21:13Z 75.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@shashj Good point (am dialled into same call) - Here is a Security Service report from 1980s using his codename OVATION showing clear access to the Embassy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1968654026184036840)  2025-09-18T12:31Z 75.6K followers, [---] engagements


"The Parliamentary report into undersea cable threat is a reminder of a prior PSL blog on HMS CHALLENGER and her secret 1980s role to keep cables safe from Soviet meddling. 40+ years later the threat remains unmitigated. https://thinpinstripedline.blogspot.com/2024/05/hms-challenger-warship-that-never-was.htmlm=1 https://thinpinstripedline.blogspot.com/2024/05/hms-challenger-warship-that-never-was.htmlm=1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1969080092576944605)  2025-09-19T16:44Z 75.8K followers, [----] engagements


"A nonsensical article in the Sunday Time relying on the false premise this is first overseas order for UK vessels. In fact the TIDE class were built in Korea and [--] Frigates are on order or under construction for UK & Norway right now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1969691602894348353)  2025-09-21T09:14Z 75.8K followers, 13.8K engagements


"In [----] Maj Gen Jeremy Moore RM took the surrender of Argentine Forces on the Falkland Islands. He was signatory to the original surrender document. In [----] the MOD launched a formal investigation about rumours that more than one document existed and was being kept by him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1969825354303901897)  2025-09-21T18:05Z 75.9K followers, 48.8K engagements


"@539Tony_ @DazC46164 Its a little bit of history. Nothing more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1969858838909386840)  2025-09-21T20:18Z 75.7K followers, [---] engagements


"In August [----] Ministers were concerned that the Argentine military planned to carry out a surprise Exocet attack on a Royal Navy warship off the Falkland Islands. The RN assessed Seawolf only had a 35% chance of intercepting any inbound missile. Thread on Exocet 1983"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1970558726479507598)  2025-09-23T18:39Z 76K followers, 23.3K engagements


"Archive film footage here from [----] of test firing land based Exocet. It is suggested this captured from Argentina but the timing also aligns to the delivery of the land based Exocet for use in Gibraltar too and launcher is different to the [----] version https://iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060025555 https://iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060025555"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1970601374141554990)  2025-09-23T21:29Z 75.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Wonderful unused archive footage of HMS INVINCIBLE returning home in [----] - the docking the Royal Visit and the many joyous reunions. No sound and B&W footage but easy to see the emotion in every shot. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060036098 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060036098"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1971238206445322377)  2025-09-25T15:39Z 75.8K followers, 16.4K engagements


"Meanwhile Twitter is still a hell site but its somewhere that I can have impact. Most of the Cold War 'short threads' can easily accrue north of [------] views within a week often faster. For impact and reach there is no comparison. But short form is harder to write"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1971284380942585896)  2025-09-25T18:43Z 75.9K followers, [---] engagements


"I've got a long 'ideas list' for PSL but I'm struggling to find motivation to write the articles for it - They're interesting but finding the time for something few will read is hard. I don't want to put it out to pasture just yet but I feel the site may be near near ENDEX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1971284385136824368)  2025-09-25T18:43Z 75.9K followers, [---] engagements


"This is your regular reminder that the UK has known there is a Russian threat to subsea cables since the 1980s and regarded it as a critical risk to national security. The Russian spy ship stalking Europes subsea cables https://t.co/ZaUIsup8qX The Russian spy ship stalking Europes subsea cables https://t.co/ZaUIsup8qX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1971497370014953580)  2025-09-26T08:49Z 76K followers, 11.3K engagements


"QOTD from the late Admiral Oswald (former First Sea Lord) in 2004: "Royal Naval Reserve are civilians with a uniform ethos" - is this a fair description of reservists today or a throwback to a different time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1971954766160056707)  2025-09-27T15:07Z 75.9K followers, [----] engagements


"In the 1980s the MOD was keen to see if the Channel Tunnel Eurostar train carriages could be designed to function as emergency hospital trains to evacuate troops from the continent to the UK by rail during wartime. They would have been fitted with stretchers to bring casualties back to the UK for treatment in NHS hospitals. Unfortunately British Rail said no /"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1972003754737082520)  2025-09-27T18:21Z 75.9K followers, 31K engagements


"The First Sea Lord visited USS GERALD FORD on Fri [--] Sep and flew in an F18. He is shown here afterwards demonstrating his inverted 4G dive with a Mig 28"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1972636714738069656)  2025-09-29T12:16Z 75.9K followers, 20.8K engagements


"A timeless activity - in the Cold War the Soviets did this regulatly including practising dive bombing on HMS PLYMOUTH - entirely normal and an excellent intelligence collection opportunity. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/30/china-constructive-kill-drill-royal-navy-taiwan-straight/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/30/china-constructive-kill-drill-royal-navy-taiwan-straight/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1972919024938836259)  2025-09-30T06:58Z 75.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Blunt direction from CDS to CINCNAVHOME on his role in wartime were a nuclear attack to hit the UK. "If you survive you are to report to the then CDS of the surviving Central Government authority""  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1973492623282499946)  2025-10-01T20:58Z 75.9K followers, 15K engagements


"Copy of the message from Stalin to Churchill in August [----] acknowledging receipt of the RN Battleship HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN and [--] destroyers which were loaned to the Soviet Navy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1973493172325196066)  2025-10-01T21:00Z 75.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Seen on social media images of former Nowegian frigates Trondheim and/or Bergen being used in a recent SINKEX - potentially the one involving HMS SOMERSET firing the NSM missile"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1973746642777244050)  2025-10-02T13:47Z 75.9K followers, 146.8K engagements


"Is there a greater pleasure in life than finishing a wonderful Lego set Finally finished the Lego Pirates fort a brilliant build and so evocative of the 1990s originals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1973818900447117547)  2025-10-02T18:34Z 75.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Some excellent Royal Navy imagery of the visit by SofS CDS and 1SL to a returning SSBN this week has been hosted on the Defence Imagery website. https://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk/Home/SearchQuery=FRPUN-20251001-XX0405-034.jpg&Type=Filename https://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk/Home/SearchQuery=FRPUN-20251001-XX0405-034.jpg&Type=Filename"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1974170351350526096)  2025-10-03T17:51Z 76K followers, 57.9K engagements


"In the 1980s the US Government wanted to purchase Royal Navy Polaris missiles to use them to test the effectiveness of the SDI missile defence system. This was seen as both an opportunity and serious threat to UK nuclear security concerns. Short thread on SDI & Chevaline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1974180449393258564)  2025-10-03T18:31Z 76K followers, 32.1K engagements


"For almost [--] years the Polaris SSBN force was the backbone of the UK's strategic nuclear arsenal. [--] submarines carry [--] missiles with [--] warheads were available to deliver an overwhelming nuclear attack on any aggressor if required"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1974180452719370378)  2025-10-03T18:31Z 76K followers, [----] engagements


"In the 1970s to meet the evolving ABM defences around Moscow the missiles were upgraded to Chevaline - a miniature space rocket that deployed [--] warheads and decoys to overwhelm Soviet defences"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1974180455856623978)  2025-10-03T18:31Z 76K followers, [----] engagements


"The US was developing SDI and needed a series of ICBMs that it could fire to test whether the system would work as planned. Cue an approach in [----] to the UK to acquire British missiles for their own research work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1974180463582589124)  2025-10-03T18:31Z 76K followers, [----] engagements


"The US saw a need to conduct at least [--] test ICBM launches to prove the system worked. The UK thought it had [--] missiles to offer and [--] UK designed Chevaline front ends that would carry the warheads and decoys. This could meet the US requirement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1974180467885916451)  2025-10-03T18:31Z 76K followers, [----] engagements


"A 617Sqn Vulcan ready to depart on a night time 'Blue Steel' sortie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1974212518269604284)  2025-10-03T20:38Z 76K followers, [----] engagements


"@kejamieson_ Theres a naval wargames society Now this I need to join"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1974768654689722633)  2025-10-05T09:28Z 76K followers, [----] engagements


"Off on holiday always nice to see the A380 taking off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1974877676541551038)  2025-10-05T16:41Z 76K followers, [----] engagements


"The BA A380 and [---] share a brief tender kiss before parting ways in the sky"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1974878528568213739)  2025-10-05T16:45Z 76K followers, [----] engagements


"A good article on the very human challenges of life onboard a warship during a long deployment. A reminder that the First Lieutenant is vital to keeping the ship on an even keel https://www.thetimes.com/article/68ae34d2-3bab-4444-a32c-35aaf26f381ashareToken=484f126f82cab3b5ad2b7174d62e0e55 https://www.thetimes.com/article/68ae34d2-3bab-4444-a32c-35aaf26f381ashareToken=484f126f82cab3b5ad2b7174d62e0e55"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1975151577246908427)  2025-10-06T10:50Z 76K followers, [----] engagements


"Good reminder from 1SL about critical importance of wargaming to military success. Wargaming enables us to understand the most effective way to apply our force against todays threats. 🔗https://t.co/VPoIGXSOeK https://t.co/4NuI5jln01 Wargaming enables us to understand the most effective way to apply our force against todays threats. 🔗https://t.co/VPoIGXSOeK https://t.co/4NuI5jln01"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1975545943270560125)  2025-10-07T12:57Z 75.9K followers, 12.1K engagements


"@lmonaco973 Worth reading up on what they've done with them. They are very good operators"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/1978213321082896818)  2025-10-14T21:36Z 76K followers, [---] engagements


"@akefford @randbofficial Can you burn them and commit ashes to deep via a quartdeck service"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/900771507047202817)  2017-08-24T17:27Z 75.5K followers, [--] engagements


"This blog article by @GazTheJourno is a really great insight into how journalists perceive dealing with the MOD. I wonder if @bealejonathan @haynesdeborah @AliBunkallSKY @akefford etc would share these views https://x.com/GazTheJourno/status/946065086162046976 https://x.com/GazTheJourno/status/946065086162046976"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/946066060733804544)  2017-12-27T17:11Z 75.5K followers, [--] engagements


"A few more @akefford @AlexSchillemore @DrJoKeogh @ToscaBarnes @KatieSpencey @SophiaBesch @CharlotteBFBS @kvonhippel @Type26ProgDir @DrKateUtting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pinstripedline/status/990636807388884998)  2018-04-29T16:59Z 75.5K followers, [--] engagements

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