Opinion: Why the SAS didn't try to capture the Provisional IRA at Clonoe
The PIRA members clearly knew that if they clashed with the SAS it was unlikely they would survive.
Richard spent over 25 years in the Royal Marines, serving primarily as an Air Defence Specialist on operations in Northern Ireland, the Gulf, Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan, as well as the Black and Red Seas. He was also an instructor and media representative at the Marines Commando Training Centre. Richard trained at the BFBS media academy in 2017 before joining Forces News as an Archive Researcher.
The PIRA members clearly knew that if they clashed with the SAS it was unlikely they would survive.
The shooting down of an F/A-18 Super Hornet during operations against the Houthis highlights the complexities of a crowded battlespace.
Previous Houthi strikes had been thwarted by missiles from UK, US and French warships, but the US has now deployed F/A-18 Super Hornets.