Royal Navy 'woefully low' on warships

Hawk66 · 11-22-16, 01:50 PM

But why is this the case, just had a look at this chart:
http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/sp...07_2020UKb_30t

(of crs I have not validated the figures)

Have the priorities changed within the U.K armed forces or is the nuclear deterrent just consuming 'too' much money (SSBNS) ?

Ignoring the political challenges, it would make sense that the European member states of NATO have together a SSBN deterrence force. I think we all agree that it would be only used as a last defense line and thus independent from national politics (e.g. like the Iraq war, 2003)

11-22-16, 01:50 PM	#3
Hawk66 Commodore Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 609 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	But why is this the case, just had a look at this chart: http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/sp...07_2020UKb_30t (of crs I have not validated the figures) Have the priorities changed within the U.K armed forces or is the nuclear deterrent just consuming 'too' much money (SSBNS) ? Ignoring the political challenges, it would make sense that the European member states of NATO have together a SSBN deterrence force. I think we all agree that it would be only used as a last defense line and thus independent from national politics (e.g. like the Iraq war, 2003)