Yesterday, in an ever increasingly unstable world, John Healey the Defence Secretary announced a £500m cut in the defence budget in Parliament. As part of this cost cutting programme HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, the Royal Marines amphibious assault ships will be scrapped. A Type 23 frigate, HMS Northumberland will also be scrapped. Chinook and Puma helicopters will go and the most unbelievable thing... an army drone programme will be scrapped. Meaning that if we ever got into an artillery shootout with the French, our artillerymen would be shooting blind. Maybe they will be expect to buy their own drones from Amazon?
Article by Ben Wallace, former Defence Secretary.Meanwhile our genius of a Foreign Secretary has signed a defence and security pact with Moldova!
Saying...
"Moldova is a vital security partner for the UK, which is why, to reinforce their resilience against Russian aggression and to keep British streets safe, I am deepening cooperation on irregular migration and launching a new defence and security partnership." We should view this as a good thing as I'm sure that the plucky Moldovans will rush to our aid if Macron mounts an overt invasion force across the Channel, as opposed to the secret invasion force he's been sending for the last few years, who we've been kindly accommodating in nice hotels for him.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/uk-inks-defense-pact-moldova-counter-russian-aggressionInterestingly, there is hardly any mention of this pact in the UK media, but you will find articles about it in the foreign media. Zero Hedge, Reuters, Straights Times, Barrons... Make of that, what you will...
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