Something that just might concentrate the thoughts is, a military conflict where we have to put boots on the ground to fight for the ground, advance and hold the ground, against a relatively capable enemy in a hostile environment. It seems to me that the UK is now unable to achieve that in anything other than a very limited way. I think that there is a world of difference between thwacking the odd Toyota Landcruiser or, hitting a lightly hardened bunker/HAS capability and, the Tactical Nuke capability that we had with the WE177. I certainly feel that we should have the Tactical Nukes and, if we are going to have the ridiculous carriers, we should at least have the balls to deploy usable Nukes on them because otherwise, they are stealing a huge part of the budget for very little capability.
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