Palestine Action said two of its activists had entered the base in , spraying paint into the engines of the Voyager aircraft and causing further damage with crowbars.
The vandalism caused about 7 million pounds ($9.5 million) of damage, police said.
In the USA, where we believe in the "Spot the Idiots" approach to free speech, it would be prohibited to be a member of Palestine Action but one would be allowed to praise them.
Keir Starmer " further tightening restrictions on arms exports to Israel"
Unless he first realizes that the UK's Challenger 3 tank upgrade uses Israel's Trophy active defense system from Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense. Trophy is the difference between tank losses in Gaza and tank losses in Ukraine (as both opposing sides use the same Russian anti-tank missiles).
Trophy is standard equipment on the latest models of tanks from the US (M1), Germany (Leopard 2A8) and South Korea (K2).
Reciprocal arms restrictions by Israel could mean the end of British tank production as a tank without active protection in today's battlefield is obsolete. The only other competing system to Trophy is Iron Fist ... made by Israel Military Industries.
Count on FM David Lammy to make the wrong decision, as always.
Yes, they did vandalise the planes. Some dispute as to how much damage was done. Palestine Action obviously like to claim it was the most extensive imaginable.
The damage to the RAF planes seems to be worse than just daubing the surface:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-set-to-ban-palestine-action-after-break-in-vandalism-at-british-air-base-reports/
Palestine Action said two of its activists had entered the base in , spraying paint into the engines of the Voyager aircraft and causing further damage with crowbars.
AP reports that the damage is significant:
https://apnews.com/article/raf-brize-norton-palestine-action-planes-8467a20bcd088e24c3fe061852b33ba2
The vandalism caused about 7 million pounds ($9.5 million) of damage, police said.
In the USA, where we believe in the "Spot the Idiots" approach to free speech, it would be prohibited to be a member of Palestine Action but one would be allowed to praise them.
Keir Starmer " further tightening restrictions on arms exports to Israel"
Unless he first realizes that the UK's Challenger 3 tank upgrade uses Israel's Trophy active defense system from Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense. Trophy is the difference between tank losses in Gaza and tank losses in Ukraine (as both opposing sides use the same Russian anti-tank missiles).
Trophy is standard equipment on the latest models of tanks from the US (M1), Germany (Leopard 2A8) and South Korea (K2).
Reciprocal arms restrictions by Israel could mean the end of British tank production as a tank without active protection in today's battlefield is obsolete. The only other competing system to Trophy is Iron Fist ... made by Israel Military Industries.
Count on FM David Lammy to make the wrong decision, as always.
Clearly a dispicable bunch cheerleading the very worst, but not exactly Hamas or Hezbollah themselves. All three are proscribed as terrorists.
Yes, they did vandalise the planes. Some dispute as to how much damage was done. Palestine Action obviously like to claim it was the most extensive imaginable.