I think we could see POTUS announcing a small withdrawal of some US forces stationed here in Europe, coupled with some other forces being moved out of Germany and east to Poland (Maybe give Poland that brigade they want). On top of that the US could commit less troops, ships and aircraft to NATO exe...

To be fair there was decent warning and imo the UK could of quickly deployed some extra assets out to British Territories in the firing line, albeit limited. But its the sluggish response after Irma hitting compared to the French and Dutch thats pretty poor, we seem to be a good 24+ hrs behind them....

Probably be brushed under the carpet. At least we know what France's position under Macron is.

I agree with almost everything you put above. The only thing i'd question is; why not just have 500-600 strong bn in Oman given Jordan's close proximity to Cyprus? As for what have got left, well again (of course) your spot on. Even a realisitic and sustainable plan such as the above stretches our f...

OK, if we cut this tail off the list, may be 3 on the rest of it. The next thing is to grade them - on-going but (militarily) minor - expected probability v low, but too major to handle (on our own) And! anything in-between. Here one can see how supporting alliances (NATO to begin with) are monies ...

Stuff like, Terrorism, Russia, rising China, North Korea, Iran, potentially Argentina, Spain pushing buttons, along with regional powers that are becoming less and less dependant on the West such as India, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Japan, S. Korea, Extra points for defining which two of these actually ...

(Sorry if this is abit ranty/pessimitic) Any mid-term review or 'refreshing' would be a waste of time in my opinion. The out come would be more cuts to make military "more capable" along with alot of fingers in ears so they can't here the real problems such as, lack of proper funding, man ...

US: N Korea tested intercontinental ballistic missile The US says a missile fired by North Korea into the Sea of Japan was an intercontinental ballistic missile. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called it a "new escalation of the threat" to the US and the world and warned that Washington ...

My 'millennial' generation are actual morons. 99% are inexperienced and naive and will buy any sh*t the left sell them no matter how unrealisitc it is (Corbyns spending plan for e.g). Some are so stupid they actually voted Corbyn because he 'hung out with stormzy', i kid you not. They fail to actual...

The info has come from a publication by The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, titled "Dealing with Allies in Decline". Does a good job of highlighting how far Europe has fallen.

Gabriele wrote:Where does the money go? I seriously struggle to figure it out.

Into the BAE black hole

Not sure how the UK caused the problem, people democratically voted to leave. If the EU wishes to punish and stick its fingers up at the UK for being democratic then it just shows the EU's true colours and that we made the right choice.

Seems to be more exercises going on in the region at the moment. 3 Rifles in Kuwait, Scots Dragoon Guards in the UAE with their Jackals. 2PWRR also in Jordan recently

My word they don't hold back when they disagree over at 'singletrackworld'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... k-Sea.html

Good god that title is just awful!

HMS Enterprise is filling in for HMS Clyde

Sorry if it came across as abit contadictory. What i meant was essentially that the bits of kits listed as much as i like them and want us to have them, they're too expensive for us to have in the numbers necessary to significantly project military power outside of Europe whilst maintaining our stan...

Think its about time we woke up and realised that projects like QE Carriers, T45, T26, Astutes, Dreadnoughts, Nukes, F-35s are just beyond our budget and instead focus on building a larger conventional military with advanced modern but cheaper off the shelf ships and aircraft, similarly to Germany, ...

Britain’s ambassador to the US, Kim Darroch, has revealed that Typhoon jets will overfly disputed regions of the South China Sea. British aircraft currently exercising in Japan are expected to fly across disputed parts of the South China Sea in order to assert ‘international overflight rights’ acco...

Part of me hopes Trump calls NATO's bluff. The EU tried to manage the Balkans conflict without US help and failed miserably. The US simply has the vital assets NATO needs to properly function and without them will become ineffective. Scaring the rest of NATO into spending more maybe the only way it...

Gabriele wrote:Anti-ship missiles, who needs those...

http://www.janes.com/article/65445/uk-t ... nd-of-2018

This is just ridiculous, naive and stupid.

Battle for Mosul: RAF steps up air strikes on Islamic State stronghold The RAF is stepping up attacks on self-styled Islamic State forces in the city of Mosul as part of a bid to cripple the group's last major stronghold in Iraq, Michael Fallon says. It comes as Iraqi government forces are "on...

Whats even more worrying is that despite this report going public, the government will still refuse to significantly increase defence spending and bring back capabilities we lost.

Just need abit of duck tape, a hammer and she'll be good as new