Posted on 06/02/2025 1:32:10 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Britain will build new attack submarines, invest billions on nuclear warheads and move towards “war-fighting readiness,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday, as he braces for a landmark report into the state of the country’s military.
Starmer’s government said it would build “up to” 12 new attack submarines as part of its AUKUS partnership with the United States and Australia, replacing the country’s current class of seven subs from the late 2030s.
And he will launch a “historic renewal” of the UK’s nuclear deterrent backed by a £15 billion ($20.3 bn) investment, Starmer said in a speech in Scotland on Monday.
The announcements come as a long-awaited review into Britain’s armed services is published Monday. Experts have been calling for a modernization of Britain’s armed services for decades, cries that have grown in volume since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine three years ago.
“When we are being directly threatened by states with advanced military forces, the most effective way to deter them is to be ready, and frankly, to show them that we’re ready to deliver peace through strength,” Starmer said Monday.
But Starmer refused to set out the timeline for his pledge that Britain’s overall defense spending would hit 3% of the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP). The uplift, announced earlier this year, is set to be reached by the end of the next parliament in 2034, but is dependent on economic conditions.
And the prime minister did not set out where the money to pay for the new weaponry will come from; he previously announced cuts to the UK’s aid budget to fund the uplift in defense spending, and he declined to rule out similar moves on Monday.
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“Hang on a bit, Russia. Give us 7 years to build a new attack submarine before you start any wars, OK?”
Can we sent Starmer and Linda to Christmas Island and give the power to plot the downfall of the universe. Bolton could be their minister of defense.
With his muzzie navy? This fag is on crack.
Am I wrong? Doesn’t it take several years to build subs? Wasn’t the USA talking about a long lead time?
Jeez…. more evidence of the Linda Grahamification of European leaders.
This dork is absolutely out of his mind.
Just how long before they manage to complete just one of those Subs?
Attack submarines for where?
The Volga?
Roflol!
That right there is funny.
Lol! Oh man! You guys keep em coming!
Michigan. I shoulda known.
Anyway..meanwhile in Japan. They are building a NAVY!
“the point is not to have a successful war, but an endless war”
Julian Assange
Russia has no need to attack that decaying, Islamicizing nation. No natural resources. Full of LGBTs. It’s the degenerate Brits who are beating the drums of war.
They are saying this before they look at the price tags, and then open up and look into their (empty) wallet. Not gonna happen.
That’s what I call getting behind the 8 ball.
A new submarine along with Britain’s two working tanks is a great start a recapturing their empire!
LOL!!
Each sub better have room for the prayer mat.
UK is Muslim now
But they won’t institute a draft, and continue to buy Russian energy.
Not too worried, are they...
You guys gotta quit.
Lol.
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