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    La Royal Navy (Regno Unito) è arrivata al punto di rottura mentre il Golfo incombe – La caduta della Royal Navy.

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    1. Infinite_Crow_3706 on

      *The situation is compounded by delays to the Defence Investment Plan, which is meant to turn the government’s accepted Strategic Defence Review into funded programmes, but has yet to appear amid reports of a significant funding gap.*

      All these articles recently appearing seem to be straegic media management for the DIP(funding). I hope to see more of them to kick the govt into action.

    2. ivilnachoman on

      The European paper tiger. We just lack the ability to project force after decades of underfunding our military.

    3. DefInnit on

      There’ve been Brit (and other) commenters on defence who’ve asserted that the UK is not (or no longer) a land power because it’s been focusing on its navy. And yet this.

    4. Any-Original-6113 on

      The UK has two aircraft carriers- something only three to five other countries in the world can boast. 

      Increasing the number of frigates would probably go a long way toward solving the fleet’s decline. 

      Perhaps to reduce construction costs, Britain could offer its allies some form of ship leasing- where a vessel could be taken on lease for a certain period, paying only for the time it’s actually used. 

      I imagine this arrangement might work for certain countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway.

    5. iam-leon on

      It’s time for the UK Government to get serious about this. Raising defence spending by an additional 0.5% or even 1% of GDP clearly isn’t enough when you’re no longer “maintaining” but rather “rebuilding”. If we need to print money or borrow to help us temporarily catch up to where we need to be, then so be it, we will have to tolerate some more inflation. As long as we can promote UK (or at least European) defence industries/supply chains at the same time, then we can get multiplier effects in the economy.

      The Tories have always positioned themselves as the “sensible” party with finances. And yet letting a country’s armed forces fall to pieces is as far from sensible as you can get.

    6. sebjoh on

      The UK has nuclear submarines, nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers. All very needed. But not something you do on 2.35% of UK GDP if you want real useful capability in your armed forces. Should aim for 3.5% already by 2028.

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