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Dragon of War said:

The strategic plan for Britain in NATO is to be a giant unsinkable aircraft carrier for the US. The nukes along British shorelines, increased number of recruits and manual conscription plans are in-case America doesn't come to Britain's aid. And with the changing of US presidency the aim of the US is 50 / 50 between a Biden supporting NATO government or a Trump America First government. The waters have never been so rocky and the foundations are showing cracks in the infrastructure so to say.

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It is entirely sensible to reduce troop numbers. Nobody is going to invade UK, and expeditionary forces are prohibitively expensive for a country that's as deep in shit as UK.

What UK should focus on, if they are concerned about invasion, is recruitment infrastructure. Look at Russia's mobilization in 2022. It had huge issues with recruiting men, to the point where highly valuable personnel ended up in infantry. UK should (and it can) setup the infrastructure to identify potential recruits, to have the physical infrastructure to process them, train them, and arm them.

Trying to beef up the standing army is a total waste of time. Adopting a 3-6 month civil service program makes sense, just to be able to keep this infrastructure active and not in disrepair, that way you can scale it up in war-time.

Britain’s overstretched armed forces​

The UK needs to rebuild its ability to fight, and deter, a wider war

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UK armed forces face £17bn black hole in equipment budget​

Damning report by parliamentary spending watchdog warns on soaring costs

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Lack of logistic support for carriers lays bare state of British navy​

Politicians warn of need to prepare for conflict but years of budget cuts have weakened the UK’s military capabilities

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Bellum_Romanum said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1757077545193775155

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Finally went to sea, after some delays.

pipaster said:

Finally went to sea, after some delays.

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It seems that it was more logistical problems with a lacks of spare/fitting onboard. Would be interesting to know if the spares come from the HMS Queen Elisabeth.

Hoping that it will not need tugboats to return.

China has a "world-leading" arsenal of hypersonic missiles that can travel at least five times faster than the speed of sound, making them very difficult to destroy once launched, officials said.

They signalled the best way to defeat such a weapon - like the DF-17 or longer-range DF-27 ballistic missiles - would be to locate the launch sites inside China and take them out before they are fired.

gpt said:

China has a "world-leading" arsenal of hypersonic missiles that can travel at least five times faster than the speed of sound, making them very difficult to destroy once launched, officials said.

They signalled the best way to defeat such a weapon - like the DF-17 or longer-range DF-27 ballistic missiles - would be to locate the launch sites inside China and take them out before they are fired.

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And how are they're going to accomplish what's essentially A MISSION IMPOSSIBLE and highly demented, unfeasible idea unless there's a large segment of the PLA willing to work with foreign powers to defeat and destroy the behemoth that's China since such endeavor will require manpower and logistical synchronization with everyone involved in a dream like fantasy scenario. And if is somehow successful, the retaliation is going to be world ending for Britain.

Britain would need to employ Ethan Hunt and 007 for such a task. But unfortunately for them, those figureheads are just products of fiction not reality.

gpt said:

China has a "world-leading" arsenal of hypersonic missiles that can travel at least five times faster than the speed of sound, making them very difficult to destroy once launched, officials said.

They signalled the best way to defeat such a weapon - like the DF-17 or longer-range DF-27 ballistic missiles - would be to locate the launch sites inside China and take them out before they are fired.

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I understand that whatever journo that wrote this is probably too mentally handicapped to understand why this is basically impossible, even for the U.S., to say nothing about the U.K. given the sorry state of its military. But a part of me really wants to see the British try anyway. Please Britain. Take your best shot. Please.

Bellum_Romanum said:

And how are they're going to accomplish what's essentially A MISSION IMPOSSIBLE and highly demented, unfeasible idea unless there's a large segment of the PLA willing to work with foreign powers to defeat and destroy the behemoth that's China since such endeavor will require manpower and logistical synchronization with everyone involved in a dream like fantasy scenario. And if is somehow successful, the retaliation is going to be world ending for Britain.

Britain would need to employ Ethan Hunt and 007 for such a task. But unfortunately for them, those figureheads are just products of fiction not reality.

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They'll probably just say they planted SAS/TFB/SBS operatives under-cover in China to scout out all the bases and destroy them all in sync. And then the UKSF will escape unscathed dodging every bullet and attempt to stop them in their daring great escape from the clutches of the Chinese Communists. And it's all because they're UKSF's best in the world, world leading training and professionalism as the propaganda bit.

If RU can produce a nuclear tsunami to wipe out the tiny isle of Britain, CN can too.

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Finally went to sea, after some delays.

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Do the two carriers have their own air wings already, or are they still just platforms for US planes?

The Royal Navy have one air wing for two carriers. Of which probably half of the aircraft aren't operational at any one time.
By the end of this year the Russians should have more Su-57s than the UK has F-35s. And Germany and France have zero 5th gen aircraft.

The biggest operators of the F-35 in Europe right now are the Netherlands and Norway.