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@GIUKwatch · 16 Feb 2026 · 09:40

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GIUK Watch @GIUKwatch · 16 Feb 2026 · 09:40

Reconstructing the first salvo: 148 weapons launched. 84 intercepted — Aster 30 from Type 45s in the Forth and the Humber, Sky Sabre over the Scottish coast, 19 taken by QRA Typhoons with Meteor and ASRAAM.

64 leaked through. Buchan and Benbecula radars destroyed. Pennine relay masts down. Leeming cratered. Boulmer's masts gone, bunker still up.

A 57% intercept rate against a saturation salvo is extraordinary. It was also not enough.

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16 February 2026 · in the recordPhase I: the first strikes on Britain since 1945

148 cruise missiles cross the line of departure at 04:12 GMT. Eighty-four are shot down and sixty-four get through. Newport News is torpedoed and scuttled. Both Vanguards remain un…