The Defence Forces’ scrambling of aircraft after spotting Russian vessels has been met with widespread disbelief, with defence analysts unaware that the Air Corps had any aircraft. Similarly, reports that ships were also deployed has proved equally confounding to military observers. “Firstly, the Defence Forces are usually too busy dealing with the fallout from the… Read more »
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