• RobotToaster
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    4 days ago

    From an entirely selfish perspective, the UK has very few threats militarily, unless the French decide to invade again.

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      4 days ago

      Empire is long dead and it is an island, this ain’t wrong… Remaining colonit don’t justify too much posture anyway.

    • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk
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      4 days ago

      Russia have demonstrated the ability to carry out chemical weapons attacks on mainland UK soil.

      if a full on exchange we would be out of air defence ammunition very quickly.

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        3 days ago

        The Skripal thing? No amount of tanks or missiles can stop espionage.