[MinorityRepublican]

Long term Argies are still Argies. They can’t build a functioning economy that could support an actual, capable military, and even if they did, by that point they’d have a lot more to lose by attempting to invade the islands. They’d end up being sanctioned and isolated by Britain’s allies, of which the UK has more and more powerful ones than they have and their economy would collapse.

You're right about the Argies. However, the British will not always have a first world military. Their welfare state is depriving the military of necessary resources. They may find it too expensive to maintain their two aircraft carriers that will be activated in the next couple of years.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

The military budget is going up, the political mood is changing from one of cuts to increasing the budget in the realisation that we still have serious enemies and we need a capable military to defend against them. Trump played his part in this by applying pressure for other NATO allies to up their game. Russia’s chronic belligerence, and things hotting up again with Iran will only add to this imperative. I can see that UK defence budget approaching 4% of gdp as it was in the cold war within 15-20 years.