British Air Force would be 'wiped out' in case of war with Russia - Daily Mail
The Daily Mail refers to a parliamentary report which states that Great Britain has only 169 aircraft at its disposal, while Russia has around 1,500.
Steady military downsizing since the end of the… pic.twitter.com/w9omIAfaze— Sprinter (@Sprinter99800) September 12, 2023
Sounds almost like 90 years ago. Where’s Winston Churchill warning about Hitler?
“The UK has just 169 frontline jets to Russia’s 1,500...”
LOL. As if the UK would ever be facing Russia alone.
In the real world, NATO fights together, and NATO’s combined air power dwarfs Russia by a large margin, and is of higher quality as well.
Its a Muslim nation who cares
I don’t know what it’s like now, but back in 2011 it was reported that the UK had more generals than battle-ready tanks.
On the plus side, that means every tank could be commanded not by a sergeant or a lieutenant, but by a general.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045226/British-Army-generals-tanks-stuffed-penpushers.html
As long as Uncle Sap is footing the bill for your defense, nothing to worry about.
How many pilots does Russia have? I’ve said it before....
During my brief visit to Sochi, I didn’t see a single military age Russian man who wasn’t drunk by noon. Not saying Russia isn’t a threat, especially with the weak beta feminists running the western world. All Putin would have to do is activate the illegal violent third world invaders already on our own soil.
depending on the kindness of others, has it’s drawbacks...
I read this as saying “We must spend another $400Billion$ on weapons despite our crashing economy, raging unemployment, out of control housing costs, double digit inflation, mass illegal immigration....my boys need a new yacht.”
Sounds like the RAF is in better shape than the Royal Navy. 4 ballistic missile subs, 6 attack subs, two “aircraft carriers”, 6 destroyers, 11 frigates, 2 amphibious transport docks - that’s the blue water Royal Navy.
And no way to build up.
Peace dividend
The good news is that the US Air Force is vastly larger and more capable than the Russian Air Force (we have twice as many planes!) A few other NATO Air Forces are also perfectly capable of messing up the Russians. Sorry you keep backing losers, foreigner.
There will not be a need for the Air Force in the so called next war so it’s doesn’t matter.
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.
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.
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.
“The thing that’s always worried me about being one of the few is the way we keep on getting fewer.”
I can’t see the tail codes but both of those may be from RAF Lakenheath, an American run base, which has about 75 F-15s and about 35 F-35s.
