Via Kinzhal...
Posted on 09/12/2023 10:31:24 AM PDT by JonPreston
The RAF's fleet of combat aircraft is so small it would be wiped out if Britain went to war against Vladimir Putin, according to a parliamentary report.
There are so few Typhoon jets and F-35s that the fleet could not withstand the 'levels of attrition' that would occur.
The UK has just 169 frontline jets to Russia's 1,500 and, after repeated post-Cold War cutbacks, our fleet is also smaller than that of our European allies.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Via Kinzhal...
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves...
The subject of the article that was posted is planes, not drones.
Its a stupid comparison. The U.K. would not be alone in a war with Russia. If the U.K. was in a war with Russia, it would be a Russia-NATO war, not a Russia-U.K. war.
I’m a man of wealth and taste
NATO is a collection of rotting nations, dependent on the US taxpayers for a pulse. Just look to their effort in Ukraine for an example of its ineptitude.
What country are you posting from?
Correct. The US alone has more than twice as many combat aircraft as the Russians (and far more capable aircraft to boot). Not to mention the Turks, Swedes, French, Poles, Dutch, Danes, Finns etc etc etc - Russia's Air Force would get shot down long before it got to the UK.
Poland would kick their ass.
Russia does great defending itself when invaded, but they don’t play well on the road.
“Just look to their effort in Ukraine for an example of its ineptitude.”
Its an example of Biden’s ineptitude, and the other NATO nations contribute far more to NATO than you assume they do.
We are in NATO because twice in the last century we pretended for too long that war seeking tyrants in Europe were not going to pose a threat to our interests. We were wrong then and we’d be wrong to think that way again. With NATO we avoided a continuation of post-WWII Soviet expansion via military force. NATO held the line and was not an agressor in Europe. It is still not the agressor in Europe.
Also, I am sure the Norwegian, Swedes and Finns would love having their air space violated by Russian missiles.
“And when you have almost 5 times the air power of Russia, that doesn’t really matter much.”
You don’t read much about forces strength because, if you did, you’d know what a completely ignorant statement that is, but we don’t expect anything but ignorance from you.
US Navy and Marine Corps air power is some 3400 planes. USAF is over 5000. All with very good pilots. Good luck with that, Russia. Or anyone.
| Air Force | NATO | Russia |
| Total aircraft | 20,633 | 4,182 |
| Fighters / interceptors | 3,398 | 773 |
| Ground attack aircraft | 1,108 | 744 |
| Transport aircraft | 1,506 | 444 |
| Special aircraft (e.g reconnaissance) | 970 | 147 |
| Tanker aircraft | 615 | 19 |
| Total helicopters | 8,614 | 1,531 |
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293174/nato-russia-military-comparison/
“NATO is a collection of rotting nations,”
ROFWL
And Russia under Putin is a moral, noble, uplifting light unto the world. /sarc
Rule Britannica, except Britannica doesn’t care anymore.
“Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never will be slaves.”
That is a distant sentiment with today’s Britons.
If this is so, why are the completely pussy-footing around with Ukraine? They could be destroying them with all their jets.
400,000 Ukrainian KIAs is hardly pussyfooting.
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