[Andrew McKaskle]
THE Ministry of Defence has put Royal Navy divers at risk of drowning by making them use dangerous US equipment that has a history of fatal accidents, an investigation by the Morning Star has found.
Britain’s elite Special Boat Service (SBS) has a fleet of US-made miniature submarines for covertly infiltrating foreign waters and deploying divers behind enemy lines.
Although the ultra-secret unit is exempt from Britain’s Freedom of Information Act, which has a loophole for special forces, the same equipment is used by US navy Seals who are more transparent than their British counterparts.
As the government quietly upgrades the role of Britain’s special forces, their growing global footprint and near-total exemption from democratic oversight should alarm us all, says ROGER McKENZIE
DENNIS BROE enjoys the political edge of a series that unmasks British imperialism, resonates with the present and has been buried by Disney