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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Now, that fool is in the Arabian peninsula.
From what I see, the UK has done nothing during the war to protect the gulf states, despite our long association and the bases we operate there.
Now, I’m a realist. I understand that past governments have hollowed out our military forces and that we are broadly incapable of doing anything meaningful inn gunboat terms.
But the very least that those fools currently in government could do is to move budgets around so that mothballed assets could be brought into use, or something; or commission new destroyers; anything that faces the real threats now in existence, not least Russia.
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The British bases have played a defensive role so I would not deem to call it nothing. If you look at the Iranian propaganda videos, you will see that they have singled the UK out. They know it even if you don't.
I agree that defence spending has been hollowed out since at least the Coalition government and that the current government is showing a reluctance to increase its spending to a deadline. Any new investment in destroyers takes years to come through and hasty procurement decisions have a habit of not working out...and the MoD does not have the best procurement record as it is.
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