Uk Military Capability

Allies is a great word for a partnership in business or a military partnership. Looking at history and WW2, our relationship with the US was a solid one. They called it the special relationship between the UK and the USA. We fought side by side in WW2, creating a lasting alliance.

The US and the UK are members of NATO with 30 other countries set up to form allies of countries that look after each other in times of war. But the UK has ruined our special relationship with the US. Can we afford to?

In the 90’s, the Royal Navy in the UK had Around: roughly 120–130 warships. Today (2025–26): about 60–70 ships total (including support vessels). Around 1990 (end of the Cold War): 153,000 regular soldiers. Around 2025 (today): 74,000 regular soldiers (Wikipedia). Everything has halved even in an insecure world.

At the end of Feb 2026, the US decided to remove the nuclear threat from Iran. Bombing Iran with a smaller ally, they asked for help from the UK to land at our bases, saving them a 17-hour flight. This request was denied by the UK Government. This was to our greatest ally and the most powerful nation in the world.

Well, after a week or so, we allowed the Americans to use our bases, but this should have been allowed from the beginning. For an intelligent man, Keir Starmer just does not get it. As we said earlier, we have half the navy and army of the 90’s. Upsetting the special relationship leaves us vulnerable.

The US spends nearly a trillion on defence, but the UK pays out the bare minimum. We have allowed the defence of the UK to come to a second thought. Even the Defence Secretary today could not answer questions on our military stock.

So, what happens if we go to war with, say, Russia? We are covered by NATO, but the US could pull out due to Keir Starmer’s policies of not helping our greatest ally. Could we afford to lose the US as an ally No. As we have seen earlier in this piece, we have nothing but a military token army.

Donald Trump is so unhappy with our PM now that the special relationship looks like it’s in tatters. Deciding if we should have joined the US was the PM’s call; whether he was right or wrong needs debate in time. Finally, the Prime Minister ordered HMS Dragon to leave for Cyprus, which took days for it to sail and another 3 days in the English Channel training. After this fiasco, all our enemies will see we are weak and open. We would have been lucky to win the Falklands War.

Thank goodness for NATO. We would be invaded faster than a rat up a drainpipe. This time, the Government has burned the wrong bridge. Trump says the PM offered help after the war was won.

Yes, Trump has a lack of respect for Keir Starmer, like the rest of the UK. We are wide open and in a state of regret for not keeping an army.