Comments by "Orbital_Inclination" (@Orbital_Inclination) on "What is the strength of the Royal Navy?" video.

  1. It was defined by sea power at a time when ships were the only thing capable of defence away from the shore. Then aircraft came along and changed that.
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  2. Why not start with making any unemployed, able-bodied Brit sign up instead, given they're the people we actually spend the most money on? Immigrants bring in far more money, per capita, to the economy than native Brits do.
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  3. Our gdp doesn't suck. It's the 6th largest in the world in gross value, and the 21st per capita.
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  4. We're a long way from the third world, get a grip.
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  5. A carrier isn't required. We have an actual airfield in range (Akotiri) as demonstrated by recent strikes
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  6. Defence isn't just about manning physical borders from attack, but also about keeping the fight 'over there'. Fighting wars on foreign soil is far more preferable to having to fight them on or near UK soil.
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  7. No we're not, because we will be part of a larger combined NATO force in any large confrontation with any actual threat.
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  8. Foreign aid is worrying about ourselves, through soft power rather than requiring military force
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  9. That's not a job for a military in peacetime
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  10. ​ @tigerland4328 what threat are we likely to face alone with more military punch than us? Russia? Not alone. China? Not alone. Argentina? Hardly a threat. It's like people forget that European defence is resourced and managed around the concept of collective defence from NATO. If you factor in the surface fleets of all other NATO members, we are part of the largest maritime military force on the planet.
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