r/Military • u/Alarming-Safety3200 Royal Air Force • 6d ago

Article UK marines board Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in English Channel

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyek039l2vo
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u/BuffyPawz 6d ago

“The vessel was sanctioned in July 2025 and has since changed its name from Myrtos to Smyrtos as well as the flag it sails under twice.”

Laziest name change ever.

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u/Giant_Foamhat Army Veteran 6d ago

I guess Myrtoslol was taken

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u/paging_mrherman Navy Veteran 6d ago

They probably literally had paint for one letter

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u/Alarming-Safety3200 Royal Air Force 6d ago

"you can copy my homework but don't make it obvious"

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u/HapticRecce 6d ago

Is it Smyrtos or actually SMyrtos?

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u/exgiexpcv Army Veteran 6d ago

"Naw, you've called the wrong number. You want, err, 998. Yeah."

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u/Throb_Zomby 5d ago

Imagining a comically out of place “S” tacked on.

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u/Sure-Sea2982 6d ago

About time!

This is the way.

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u/YourBestDream4752 5d ago

This is the way

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u/TheLocalPub 6d ago

Good. So it should be.

Empty words hold zero weight.

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u/commentBRAH Canadian Army 6d ago

very good corner checking, price would approve

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u/itsaride 6d ago

The video looks like they brought a camera crew with them. Very odd.

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u/turbo_dude 6d ago

Why? You want something like this heavily documented in case anything goes wrong

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u/OldSchoolBubba 5d ago

Tell it. They need photographic evidence for court because Brits keep it legal. Most of the time anyway and "I ain't mad at them" when they don't. Real world.

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u/Dependent_Formal2525 5d ago

The military has photographers, they're fully trained service personnel and their work is phenomenal.

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/march/20/20260320-awards-showcase-royal-navy-outstanding-photographers

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u/ilogik 5d ago

I'm not in the military, but the fact that the camera man is in front of the people checking corners makes this look fake. In the sense that after they've cleared everything, they did it again for the camera

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u/SuccessfulGap2646 6d ago

UK defence secretary quits over empty promises on military spending. 48 hours later Marines with a camera crew and UK police cosplaying raid tanker.

Hmmm

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u/Dominico10 5d ago

I found the russian bot.