Royal Navy? What RN ??

[TidalWave]

Interesting if dismaying… of course there could be more to the story - Mark Felton makes no mention of the impact of technology, for example.
But as an American, I can’t help but be disturbed by this. We all know who would have to take up the slack if UK found itself in a ‘bad situation’.

 

[Kir]

They need Elon Musk more than we do.

 

[Talyn]

The UK military is a shell of it's former Cold-War era self, on land, seas & air.

But they built two large & unimpressive "so-called" "sort-of" aircraft carriers that spend more time in port than at seas, BUT the Brits build & maintain a decent nuke sub force with impressive SSNs (5 + 3 under construction) and SSBNs (4).

I think the RN should be able to defend the Irish Sea but beyond that they would need help from other parties.

 

[USMC6094]

Well, the Fleet Air Arm is memory as well, when they retired the Sea Harriers it went extinct, and the RAF moved in to its place.

 

[trader]

bring back the dreadnoughts! Only make them updated with the latest technology.

 

[TidalWave]

bring back the dreadnoughts! Only make them updated with the latest technology.

They’ll have to hire a bunch more admirals…

 

[vjb.knife1]

There are two types of ships in a war; Submarines and Targets.

 

[Shibadog]

I find it rather sad that Great Britain, which literally ruled the seas and controlled fully 1/4 of the worlds land mass has been reduced to the extremely small navy and army of today. Britain was always a bulwark of western civilization, and despite a couple disagreements 200+ years ago, has been our greatest ally. I hope to see Britain back where she belongs among the worlds powers.