We already have, as a result of the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan, the best-equipped army of its size in the world. We will soon have a fleet of state-of-the-art F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and two brand-new aircraft carriers to fly them from. The first, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, will float in July.
Compared to Belguim?
A poo will float, but there is a difference between floating and finished.. And that's nowhere close, it's slated for 2016 plus
Valuable collaboration is already underway. The U.S. is helping Britain regenerate its carrier strike force, allowing British warplanes to operate at sea, alongside U.S. jets, projecting power and influence around the world.
Well as long as. It doesn't require a catapult such as the F18 etc etc.
It all reads as needing to hang on Uncle Sam's coat tails