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The Royal Navy Submarine Force is No More
The Royal Navy (RN) is sinking below the waves literally and figuratively every year. At the outbreak of war in Iran, the UK could not get a single ship ready to send to the gulf region.
It is time to turn off the lease to their nuclear Trident missiles on the Vanguard SSBN fleet, they are no longer reliable nor capable. While the US is at it, toss the Five Eyes (FVEY) relationship into the rubbish bin too.
Commander Salamander adroitly weighs in:
The Royal Navy’s relative collapse is shocking. Since the mid-1980s, the US Navy’s submarine force has shrunk to 59% of its 1985 level. The Royal…
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