Yemen has greater operational effectiveness than does the UK.
Dear Lord...
Somebody screwed up.
This is because it is easier to cheer-lead than to actually prepare for war. The size of the actual fighting force would not fill Wembley stadium.
Grant Schapps is rather like Josep Borrell and Jens Stolenberg. Lots of talk, as long as someone else does the work and does the paying....
Please recall that that same UK intelligentsia urged the lockdowns during Covid, much to the detriment of whole economies.
If somehow, someway, if the US was being assaulted,say a Chinese attack on Hawaii and Alaska, does any rational person really believe that the other NATO nations would come to our aid?
Props and prop shafts for large ships have been routine engineering for over 100 years. This is unforgivable.
Shaft problems yeah that’s the ticket...
The Admiral Kuznetsov crew needs some good news.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb6W61bpZrc
Can The Propeller Shafts (And the Screws) of the Battleship Still Spin?
Still haven’t ironed out the kinks??? Saw a documentary on her maiden cruise. They had a few problems to iron out then.
The unwillingness of NATO members to arm themselves indicate that they are unwilling participants in the American Empire. I don't blame them a bit.
Any Brit sailor will tell you that you have to work the shaft. Run helps.
Complex systems breakdown. Welcome to the third world. Gradually, then suddenly.
Bent shaft doesn’t bode well.
Neither of their carriers have proper escorts.
I have thought that Iran (or Yemen) sinking a US fleet carrier might be too risky - but if I were the UK I would not let either of those ships anywhere near the Middle East.