Ours' probably won't last much longer, but at least we'll go down being WOKE.
Posted on 02/11/2023 7:35:03 AM PST by JonPreston
Tory chair of defence committee says cost of replacing kit sent to Ukraine and high inflation had created ‘a really grim picture’
Britain’s armed forces would “last about five days” if there was a war, a senior Conservative MP has claimed, as pressure increases on the chancellor to boost defence spending in next month’s Budget.
Tobias Ellwood, Tory chair of the Commons defence committee, told the Financial Times that high inflation and the cost of replacing equipment sent to Ukraine had created “a really grim picture” and left military supplies seriously depleted.
Jeremy Hunt has vowed to consider the case for more military spending in his Budget in response to an update of the government’s 2021 foreign and defence policy, expected in the coming weeks.
The revamping of the so-called “Integrated Review” by John Bew, a historian and member of the Number 10 policy unit, will take account of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The original document was billed as a “tilt to the Indo-Pacific”.
In the meantime the lobbying for more military spending is increasing, with defence officials privately discussing a range of eye-catching measures to save money.
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“Remember Dunkirk! If it weren’t for us they would have been history”,
The United States had nothing to do with Dunkirk.
Our influence will eventually wane because we will be too woke.
Re #41. Correct. Dunkirk evacuation was 100% British.
> The United States had nothing to do with Dunkirk. <
Right. What really saved the British at Dunkirk was the heroic delaying action of the outnumbered French First Army at Lille. Surrender monkeys? I think not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lille_(1940)
Correct.
And the Panzers were halted to re-fit and rest.
What does he know he’s only a Member of Parliament
And the thing is, whenever you bring this up, the response is “sink a carrier, we incinerate 200 million women and children”.
This is complete nonsense. Sinking a military target in the open ocean with zero collateral damage is NOT going to cause nuclear retaliation.
NOT.
“Sinking a military target in the open ocean with zero collateral damage is NOT going to cause nuclear retaliation.”
Agreed.
Our weakness is dangerous, though, because it encourages attacks and increases the risk of nuclear conflict.
Our woke military is not just dangerous for us, it is dangerous for the entire world.
Ours' probably won't last much longer, but at least we'll go down being WOKE.
It's a really bad time for you neocons to be exposed to the inept NATO Alliance. Right when you need them most. K Sarah Sarah!
Yes, Russia and most of the rest of the world see it as well.
“Chinx would sink all our large ships within 36 hours with their standoff missiles. Aircraft carriers, destroyers etc sunk or disabled within 36 hours.”
Carrier groups have multiple layers of defenses that can handle Chinese anti-ship missiles, including the SM-6 system, and electronic jamming systems that disrupt the missile’s flight trajectory.
Let's hope, but I wouldn't bet on it.
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