Obvious solution, spend more on welfare! Duh!
The scale of the UK’s untenable welfare state is so great that they must, in effect, surrender their armed forces to a military invasion that has yet to occur.
Of course, they are also dealing with another sort of invasion: the retrograde, murderous cult of Islam. But any large group will have a political gravitational field. As with Latinos in the States, leftists have alienated and oppressed their countrymen and have been rejected. Their revenge is nihilism and undermining sovereignty. Unfortunately, the Tories have mostly played along even in the aftermath of Brexit.
Don’t worry - the Americans will protect us.
...Ear-li in the Mor-nin...
Will Admiral Nelson please pick up the red hotline phone ... Admiral Nelson ... ah, fuggedaboutit.
And the few remaining surface vessels don’t pack much of a punch; the Royal Navy recently announced that its inventory of Harpoon anti-ship missiles has reached the end of their service life and will be retired in 2018. Replacements for the Harpoon should be available around 2028; until then, RN frigates and destroyers will have to rely on their 5-inch deck guns or anti-ship missiles launched from helicopters to attack surface targets outside of gun range. And the chopper-mounted missiles won’t be ready until 2020-2021 at the earliest.
In the interim, the RN will have to look for foes who want to re-fight the Battle of Jutland, pair their destroyers and frigates with US strike groups (which will retain an anti-ship missile capability), or pair them with the new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, which can strike long-range targets with their embarked F-35s.
As I posted on another forum last week, here are RN surface engagement tactics, circa 2018:
1) Form battle line
2) Engage with main gun
3) Maneuver to suck enemy into CIWS range
4) Distribute small arms, cutlasses and prepare to board
The headline reflects the best of British wit, but the article is a horror story. The UK’s socialist governments have already put Mohammed in a boat with the captain’s daughter.
While not a laughing matter, this....I couldn’t help myself. Upon seeing the title I immediatly put it to the tune of “What do you do with a drunken sailor?”
First, I think with Bath House Barry gone the world’s grown ups will resume building, training and equipping fleets and troops so we can attempt to wipe muzlim terror off the face of the earth. God help us all.
Second, GREAT title, so evocative for we who have sung the tune. In my case, back in the ‘80s my group of friends included “Uncle Ed”, a Merchant Marine (who is now quite a biggie around Naval parts).
Every weekend there’d be a bonfire at one of our houses, and Uncle Ed would serenade us with many ditties, this one included. And being the handsome, rugged, single Sea Captain he was, all us ladies would swoon. I mean SWOON.
My personal favorite however, was “7 Old Ladies”.
Man, thanks for the memories. Great times, great friends, miss them all.