Originally Posted by
Saintsman
I still worry about having all your eggs in one basket.
Take Lossiemouth and Brize out and that's a lot of capability gone.
No money for protecting the UK. In the 90's the move away from hardened facilities and dispersal of assets was predicated on there being no threat and at least 10 years notice of a threat from a resurgent Russia.
The 10 years notice has been and gone. Russia is resurgent, has indulged in 'hybrid' warfare whilst pretending not to be involved, plus the odd invasion or annexation. Oh and quite a few Russians living in the UK too, so quite a few options if they choose not to play fair.
Defensively we will be ok if they come at us in 1960s bombers in small numbers. As to why anyone would think that is a credible or likely thing that Russia would do in any potential unpleasantness escapes me.
The UK resides under the Russian SSC-8 umbrella. We have a piece of paper that says Russia should not have developed and deployed this capability, so that will help. Or something.