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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22332949

JD Vance said that ‘American power comes with certain strings attached’

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[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the british military slashed budgets considerably after 2008. we've maintained special forces and we decomissioned our last carrier before its replacement was ready. we're back up to 2 carriers now but dont have enough planes to put on them.

we have virtually no stockpiles of artillery and our land forces are small.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

From an entirely selfish perspective, the UK has very few threats militarily, unless the French decide to invade again.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Russia have demonstrated the ability to carry out chemical weapons attacks on mainland UK soil.

if a full on exchange we would be out of air defence ammunition very quickly.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

The Skripal thing? No amount of tanks or missiles can stop espionage.