Thursday, May 05, 2016

Royal Navy responds after 'firing warning shot at Spanish boat in Gibraltar'

The Royal Navy has fired a warning shot at a Spanish patrol boat which sailed too close to a US nuclear-powered submarine as it sailed in waters off Gibraltar.

Flares were fired across the bow of the Spanish Guardia Civil vessel Rio Cedena as it twice attempted to sail across the front of the ballistic missile submarine USS Florida.

The Royal Navy's HMS Sabre was sent to intercept the boat and the Spanish vessel then retraced its course away from the submarine.

Then a second Spanish patrol boat also got in the ships way - on this occasion a flare was fired by the Royal Navy to warn the boat that it needed to change its course .... http://forces.tv