Defence Secretary ‘potty’ idea to fire paintballs at Spanish ships to defend Gibraltar
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson’s plan to scare away Spanish vessels off Gibraltar by using paintballs.
Mr Williamson made the extraordinary suggestion during a Ministry of Defence meeting as a way to prevent the growing number of Spanish incursions into British waters, the political editor of The Sun reports.
The defence secretary 'stunned' military top brass with his idea of firing paintballs at the Spanish.
“The chiefs had earlier managed to talk out Mr Williamson from sending a destroyer to Ceuta in tit for tat revenge as a too provocative a move that could lead to conflict.”
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