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The Brit’s Special Boat Service (SBS) is described as the Royal Navy’s “answer to the SAS”. The Navy’s branch of the special forces is also highly skilled, and mainly recruits from the Royal Marine Commandos – a part of the military already considered to be an elite force. They’ve been busy of late.<\/p>\n
Poetrooper sends.<\/p>\n
Whether on land or at sea, Britain’s secretive Special Boat Service has a history of getting the toughest jobs done.<\/em><\/strong> British special forces sprung into action yesterday, storming a crude-oil tanker in the English Channel in response to a suspected hijack attempt that led to seven stowaways being detained after a raid that lasted just nine minutes. The secretive Special Boat Service (SBS), a less well-known component of the U.K. special operations community, but one with a storied history, carried out the raid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Taking down the Nave Andromeda<\/strong><\/p>\n The Special Boat Service team took control of the 42,000-gross-tonnage Liberian-registered tanker Nave Andromeda as darkness fell on the evening of October 25, 2020, after fast-roping from Royal Navy helicopters onto the deck. Reportedly landing at either end of the tanker in a pincer movement, the soldiers, equipped with night-vision devices, subdued the stowaways after they had made threats towards the crew during what had been a ten-hour standoff.<\/p>\n According to a report in The Times, the captain of the tanker put out the lights while Royal Navy helicopters used \u201cobscurant\u201d tactics \u2014 flashing lights in an effort to disorientate the stowaways on board.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Chalk up another for the good guys. Read the entire article here: The Drive<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks, Poe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nBY THOMAS NEWDICK<\/strong><\/p>\n