If Russia invades....shy of a going out of business one time nuclear barrage....the UK would be better served to offer a Full Honors State Visit to the Russian Head of State for his presentation of the Surrender Document for signature.
It is not like the RAF and RN will have a hope in Hell in defeating the Russians.
How they could mount such an invasion without NATO nations being able to see it coming or themselves being taken is impossible.
Just as in WWII....it will take a while for the USA to get there.
95% of our Army Brigades are not combat ready, 60% of of our Naval aircraft are not flyable, and the USAF is in dire straits as well.
The question is how capable are the Russians compared to NATO and other Nations they would have to go up against?
Originally Posted by
NutLoose
So what we need to do is ditch all these manned fighters and go over to an all missile defence system. Ahhh, good old Duncan Sandy was right
To be honest if Russia did invade, one feels the pitiful air defence we could put up would last days at the most.
It's not just the attrition that is the only worry, it is the fact that unlike WW2 you do not have the facilities to replace those lost in any meaningful time frame.