Isnt the English Channel an international passage? So the UK cannot stop a passage that isnt threatening the nation itself? (My appologoes for forgetting the exact term at the moment)
I actually thought this was an interesting question. So a cursory search tells me that international waters is normally 12 nautical miles from land. The channel is 130nm at its widest point but 21nm at its thinnest. Does that mean in order to pass through, a ship would need to cross into territorial waters of either France or Britain? Some results state that the channel is the busiest shipping lane in the world, not sure on that.
Thats international waters yiu have international straights like gebralter the English channel the straight of Magellan that while being territoral waters* are unless the vessel is going to attack the host nation not allowed to restrict transit
If your looking the law of the sea treaty calls them “straits used for international navigation” and the passage im talking about it a “transit passage”
Yes you are right. Thanks, this got me looking into it further. Its really interesting how ships of a certain size have to conform to strict shipping lanes just like aircraft control does to prevent accidents. Also, after further reading I think the correct term is “transit passage”, as “international waters” has a separate meaning, but I think most people would just call it the latter as I’ve never heard of the former until now!
name a more iconic duo than Britain and piracy
[Defense Secretary John] Healey issued the warning as he made the case for increased defense spending a week before the government releases its new budget. Even though Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged big military spending increases in light of threats from Russia, China and Iran, the government is facing tough tradeoffs as it eyes tax increases and spending cuts to close a multi-billion-pound shortfall in its finances.
More austerity to feed the war machine.
What has Iran does to the UK lmfao
Can’t have New Labour without war crimes, and Starter knows it.
took their oil, duh. because we all know iran’s oil belongs to the UK.
