gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-220 hours agoConsidering last night's results, I don't expect NATO to be credible 4 years from nowsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageConsidering last night's results, I don't expect NATO to be credible 4 years from nowsh.itjust.worksgravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-220 hours agomessage-square165fedilink
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 hours agoWhat does that accomplish?
minus-squaretormeh@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-216 hours agoNot a lot. The British weapons are reliant on US maintenance. Won’t be credible for long if the US doesn’t support them.
minus-squareEnderMB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 hours agoIsn’t this a bit like saying that because I drive a German car that’s maintained by the dealership, it’s not my car? I’m sure it wouldn’t be tricky for the UK to move the Trident weapons program closer to home, or to align with allies in Europe (lol).
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 hours agoBy the time Russia is knocking at the door of the UK, its already game over. That said, I would not want to be Polish right now.
What does that accomplish?
Not a lot. The British weapons are reliant on US maintenance. Won’t be credible for long if the US doesn’t support them.
Isn’t this a bit like saying that because I drive a German car that’s maintained by the dealership, it’s not my car?
I’m sure it wouldn’t be tricky for the UK to move the Trident weapons program closer to home, or to align with allies in Europe (lol).
Putin won’t invade you
By the time Russia is knocking at the door of the UK, its already game over.
That said, I would not want to be Polish right now.
Autonomy.
Defense