leong Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 The use of kayaks for clandestine military operations goes back as far as World War 2. Especially the British commandos raiding German shipping at Bordeaux by sneaking up the river in 2-man kayaks in order to plant magnetic mines on ships in the harbor. I wonder if kayaks are used by the Ukraine defense forces?https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/commemorating-daring-world-war-ii-kayak-raid/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-57205877https://www.americanspecialops.com/boats/kayak/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pintail Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Good man, Leon: thanks so much for those links! I have a very tenuous connection to the area myself: on my solo cross-country, waaaay back, I landed on the disused airfield at Leiston (barely a mile inland from Sizewell, one of Britain's nuclear power stations, then under construction) when bad weather forced me down. The airfield seems to have almost disappeared now, returned to agriculture, although traces of the runways are quite obvious in the satellite pictures. Evidently it had been handed over to the USAF for the duration and was a fighter base (three squadrons of P-51s). What a courageous story, too! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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