These Photos Show Why Britain’s Small Military Is So Powerful

Business Insider ^ | January 2014

[Lorianne]

Photo essay

[jim_trent]

Back during the first Faulklands war, there was a Vulcan bomber in the SAC museum just south of Omaha, Nebraska. The British had a bunch of their people come here and get it back in flying condition. Then they flew it away. I suspect that it was flown back to England and used for parts for other Vulcans.

I was recently at the new SAC museum and saw that they again have a Vulcan on display. However, it is NOT the same one that was there before. It is a newer version than the one that they used to have.

If they need bombers for a new war, they will probably get them like they did the last time. From museums.

[az_gila]

...If they need bombers for a new war, they will probably get them like they did the last time. From museums.

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.... or from civilian restoration groups...:^)

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/

[Georgia Girl 2]

They can’t even keep the Muzzies from taking over their society much less be a force in the world stage. They are a dying society. We just need to look and them and take heed.

[the scotsman]

Yawn.

[the scotsman]

The UK only has a small amount of Tomahawks (less than 100). The mainstay of UK missile strikes is the Storm Shadow, the Anglo-Italian-French missile, we have 900 of those.

Admittedly For the RAF, but they can easily be used by the RN, as they are built to be adaptable to air or sea.

[the scotsman]

Whilst I agree the UK is not as strong as in previous years, you underestimate the ability of the UK to undertake another Falklands. Or to defend it. Frankly, another Argie attack would never get off the beach.

[the scotsman]

No, it isn’t. And it is not tiny, smaller than it was, too small imo, but neither tiny nor reliant on the US.

We work closely with the US, but we do not rely on them for strategic or technological warfare.

[the scotsman]

The RAF is still the biggest in Europe and second in NATO, second only to you. The Army still punches well above its weight.

[Georgia Girl 2]

We are just grateful that the next time we have to send 150,000 troops somewhere we can count on the UK for 2,500. Being such a huge military force and all.

[tanknetter]

The UK only has a small amount of Tomahawks (less than 100)

Their inventory is probably set to match the space available on their SSNs. I'd imagine that they have agreements in place with the US to acquire additional examples, either from existing US stocks or direct purchase from the manufacturer. This latter could include FMS pre-clearance, making it harder for the Anglophobic Obama Administration to block the sale.

The question I have is: how many Tomahawks would it take to drop the Buenos Aires power grid and then conduct follow-on strikes to keep it down? Assuming that the Brits bought some of those nifty carbon-fiber filament warheads designed to crash powergrids by shorting them out, you could have a nice one-two punch. The first punch drops the grid in a fairly non-damaging way to show that the UK can, with the threat of an HE follow-up that will do more lasting and expensive damage should the Argentinian regime fail to see the error of its ways.

Keep in mind that while the immediate goal of the Black Buck Raids were to cut the runway at Stanley and to conduct SEAD (using Shrikes), there was a larger psychological goal of demonstrating to the Argentinian's that the RAF COULD reach out and touch them, on the mainland, if Maggie Thatcher decided to.

[the scotsman]

Spitting on the contribution and the sacrifice of British men and women alongside America in warzones like Iraq and Afghanistan.

Classy. Real classy.

You are the lowest of the low.