news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wo...371305.stm

Well...it's been a while now since we exchanged shot and shell with that lot....so a little practice don't go amiss....
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Should have shot at the one on top of parliament.

Stupid whingers just trying to make something out of absolutely nothing.
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When the day comes when a buoy is clipped to a halyard and hoisted aloft I'll concede it's a flag, until then it's a lump of metal bobbing up and down in the water irrespective of the paintwork which is defiled daily by the sh1tehawks... as said previously... bunch of whinging dago's !

'Feck Em', they made if very obvious who they supported during the Falklands Conflict.
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Black hats, 40 knots and windscoops.

I would like to record for posterity that, today at 1400, I agreed with finknottle

This is the Gibraltarian point of view on the 'incident':-

Gib Chronicle

I'd imagine there are a few happy faces on the Rock.

The general view is that anything that irritates Spain is a good thing.
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Seems the UK has now asked the Guardia Civil not to patrol within the territorial waters of El Penyon (Which is what the Spanish call Gibraltar).
The UK has asked nicely, in a diplomatic sort of way, according to the language used, but to be honest they have fat chance of making it work.
Note this was done on the 18th Sept, which makes it very much live news.

elperiodico.com/defaul...io_PK=1008
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Really, YAWN.
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I don't think you are taking this seriously - this is an appalling international incident and heads should roll for it.

How dare the Spanish make their flag the same as the NATO International Numeral One!
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Never new dat Broadside, thank you for info.
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Exactly, there are obviously some scribes out there with too much time on their hands.
This is being prompted by the opposition PP party in an attempt to niggle the present government, nothing new there either
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For those not in the know, danbuoys laid by warships (e.g. to mark a swept channel, mark a datum or act as a target for gunfire) have traditionally been numbered sequentially (odd numbers to starboard, even numbers to port) with the appropriate numeral flag from the NATO Signal Book secured to their staves (masts) to make them more visible. If only one danbuoy is laid, it will naturally be rigged with Flag One which happens to resemble the Spanish flag (top of rightmost column below).


As one of our NATO allies, Spain should be perfectly aware of this. Had the buoy been fitted with 'Flag M' or 'Flag T', would it have offended the Scots or the Tahitians? I don't think so. This is just the latest storm in a teacup involving Spanish claims to Gibraltar; quite hypocritically in view of their enclaves at Ceuta and Melilla on the coast of North Africa.
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What is Foxtrot Oscar flag wise?.
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Well, the Spanish do have a penchant for 60s tower blocks!
Edited to add:
I could never stand the place personally. Three months or so in a refit was enough to put me off completely, hence my opinion is unashamedly biased. I've been back just the once since and it confirmed my opinion.
Even the option of getting plastered to dumb the sense of how awful the place is has become more limited, and expensive.
I'd bombard the place myself given half a chance
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