Six guided missile destroyers, 13 frigates, and seven fleet subs and 4 SSBN boomers. That’s the whole combat force of the Royal Navy folks.
As in for the whole world. They had sailors captured by Iran within SIGHT of their mother warship.
The Indian Navy and the Japanese navy are far more powerful and serious these days. The Falklands would be impossible for them today.....and they are thinking of a naval war with Russia.
At this point, I really enjoy living to see what’s gonna happen next.
> Six guided missile destroyers, 13 frigates, and seven fleet subs and 4 SSBN boomers. That’s the whole combat force of the Royal Navy folks. <
Just for kicks I looked it up. As of 2014 there were 33 admirals in the Royal Navy. You could put one admiral aboard every ship, and still have some left over to run diversity training workshops on shore.
http://en.mercopress.com/2014/10/19/the-royal-navy-with-more-admirals-than-surface-warships
“Six guided missile destroyers, 13 frigates, and seven fleet subs and 4 SSBN boomers. “
I read recently that the Brits had retired their anti-ship missiles without replacement. It’s a socialism problem. You can have socialism or you can have an effective military. Or, you can have Soviet socialism and an effective military. It looks like they have combined the worst two, Soviet socialism and an ineffective military.
Ahhhh, the Royal Navy...the scourge of the seven seas...