Originally Posted by
Al R
As was pointed out on my Facebook page - we responded by ridding ourselves of all ground based missile defence when the Cold War was won and our enemies couldn’t even fly a kite - let alone host a hypersonic first strike capability.
Not quite. We halved our GBAD capacity in 2007/8, long after the Cold War ended and just when some of those less friendly to us were starting to develop capabilities that now worry us. We still have 16 Regt RA, the half that survived and which required those that didn't (RAF Regt Rapier sqns) to bring them up to an acceptable standard. Oh, the irony.