Balu
06-17-2015, 06:37 AM
Hundreds of US Marines are to be deployed on British and other European warships in the Mediterranean as a quick-reaction force if Russia takes action against Nato countries in eastern Europe.
HMS Ocean, a helicopter-carrying amphibious assault ship, has been selected as one of the vessels to host the Americans.
As Britain has no deployable aircraft carrier, HMS Ocean is the only ship capable of hosting US Marines and their troop-carrying MV22 Osprey vertical take-off aircraft.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/defence/article4471186.ece?CMP=Spklr-_-Editorial-_-TWITTER-_-TimesNewsdesk-_-20150616-_-193232947&linkId=14929217
HMS Ocean, a helicopter-carrying amphibious assault ship, has been selected as one of the vessels to host the Americans.
As Britain has no deployable aircraft carrier, HMS Ocean is the only ship capable of hosting US Marines and their troop-carrying MV22 Osprey vertical take-off aircraft.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/defence/article4471186.ece?CMP=Spklr-_-Editorial-_-TWITTER-_-TimesNewsdesk-_-20150616-_-193232947&linkId=14929217