By special request from Boatfag a bread or so back for London pics digz.
I noticed the car windows in pic related all seem to be reflecting the same light configuration. The reflection seems from vicinity of the Playhouse Theatre marquis. If it is that marquis, might we look for what was playing at the time? The reflection seems like a line of lights with a kind of circular light shape above that. Just a stab in the dark.
Russia warns UK nuclear arsenal plan harms global security
The Kremlin has said the UK's decision to increase its nuclear arsenal represents a serious blow to arms control. Moscow also said it would take Britain's move into account when working on its own military planning.
Russia on Wednesday said it regretted the UK's decision to significantly bolster its stockpile of nuclear weapons by the end of the decade.
Britain says it plans to increase its arsenal from 180 to 260 nuclear warheads, reversing a previous commitment to reduce its stockpile.
What was the Russian response?
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the UK's move, at odds with a recent agreement between Moscow and Washington, was regrettable.
"We are very sorry that the UK has chosen this path of increasing nuclear warheads. This decision harms international stability and strategic security," Peskov told reporters.
"The presence of nuclear warheads is what threatens peace throughout the world," he added.
The spokesman complained that the UK had cited "an ephemeral threat" from Russia without "an explanation".
"This is not true," he added. "No threat comes from Russia."
Russia said it would take the UK move into account when it came to future military planning
What prompted the UK's decision?
The British policy document, outlining a recalibration of foreign policy, identified Russia as the "most acute direct threat to the UK," posing "the full spectrum" of dangers.
The review calls for Britain to increase its cap by the middle of the decade to counter threats from Russia and China.
While it identified China as a threat, the document's language on the threat posed by Beijing was markedly less explicit than it was about Moscow.
The move potentially puts the UK at odds with the US and NATO allies after the signing of a new START treaty in January. Russia and the United States in January agreed to extend the key pact, which is the last remaining arms reduction agreement between the Cold War rivals.
Russian Duma votes to extend 'New START' treaty
Britain also said it planned to replace its current type of nuclear warhead with one that will be able to be used during the lifespan of four new nuclear submarines that are due to enter service in the early 2030s.
Moscow and London have seen their relations greatly deteriorate over the Novichok poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal.
Russia's relations with NATO members more generally are at their worst since the Cold War, amid allegations that Moscow is behind election interference and cyberattacks on Western targets.
rc/rt (Reuters, AFP)
https://amp.dw.com/en/russia-warns-uk-nuclear-arsenal-plan-harms-global-security/a-56899852?__twitter_impression=true
UK pledges to increase nuclear warhead stockpile, boost Asian ties following foreign policy report
16.03.2021
The UK has vowed to increase its nuclear stockpile and work closer with Asian allies after the government published a review of British foreign policy. The report labels Russia as the UK's biggest threat.
The United Kingdom vowed to increase its nuclear warhead stockpile and boost alliances with Asian allies on Tuesday, after the government conducted a review of foreign policy. The 100-page Global Britain in a Competitive Age report has been characterized by Downing Street as the government's "most competitive articulation of a foreign policy and national security approach" in decades.
The review calls for Britain to increase its cap on warheads from 180 to 260 by the middle of the decade in order to counter threats from Russia and China. The report labeled Russia "the most direct threat" to Britain.
"History has shown that democratic societies are the strongest supporters of an open and resilient international order. To be open, we must also be secure. Protecting our people, our homeland and our democracy is the first duty of any government," Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote in the introduction to the review.
Prime Minister Johnson's government believes Russia is the UK's top security threat
Anti-nuclear groups condemn UK's stockpile strategy
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) executive director Beatrice Fihn slammed the UK for the decision to increase its nuclear capacity. Fihn said Britain "is pushing for a dangerous new nuclear arms race," and charged that the plan "violates international law."
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) also condemned the UK's decision.
Meanwhile, Oliver Meier, from the University of Hamburg's Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, joined the chorus of disapproval as he told DW that the UK is dramatically shifting its nuclear strategy while potentially putting it at odds with both NATO and the US.
"The United Kingdom has committed to — under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty — reducing the number and role of nuclear weapons," Meier said.
"There's also an obligation to work towards a goal of a nuclear weapons-free world that is hard to reconcile with this decision."
https://m.dw.com/en/uk-pledges-to-increase-nuclear-warhead-stockpile-boost-asian-ties-following-foreign-policy-report/a-56891514
Noice werk, Boatfag.
Just a funny coinky, but our marquis at the Playhouse Theatre was showing Spamalot at the time of the CORINTHIA HOTEL pics with the byline: Always look on the bright side of life. Vid posted 20MARCH2020.
Our best guestimates for CORINTHIA pics datesi are around that time.
I know, no outside comms.
>Vid posted 20MARCH2020.
>Our best guestimates for CORINTHIA pics datesi are around that time.
By "around that time" I mean 20MARCH only. Except we are looking at 2014 for CH pics of course.
Wunner if it's likely our tug skipper is a Monty Python fan and went to see Spamalot at the Playhouse.
Sorry, my bad. The vid was published 23MAR2020. I saw MARCH 2020 and thot 20MAR. Carry on.
Roger that!