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We'd die of laughter. For the USA to invade Britain from the sea is virtually impossible, it would need a land base such as Ireland or France.
London house prices would fall, and no Tory government
The USA has a substantially larger (the only 10 "nucular" super carriers beside various support carriers etc) and modern equipment etc, yet for them to float across the Atlantic and invade without a land platform nearby is unfeasible.
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 23/02/2022 19:58:28The USA has a substantially larger (the only 10 "nucular" super carriers beside various support carriers etc) and modern equipment etc, yet for them to float across the Atlantic and invade without a land platform nearby is unfeasible.The UK had no real carriers and damn all else, but managed to invade the Falklands with no land base. The second function of a navy is to land and support the army wherever it wants to go. Problem with eastern Ukraine is that sea access is through a very narrow strait guarded by a Russian garrison and air base, so a counterinvasion is not possible without taking Crimea en route. Mention of the Falklands should also bring Machiavelli to mind: when unpopular at home, start a war. And the present disgrace to politics is also reminiscent of someone bravely coming to the rescue of the Sudeten Germans in 1938.
The UK though strangely didn't invade Argentina
Despite the assertions of sloppy journalists, the UK has not had a "leader" since Cromwell.
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 23/02/2022 14:44:02We'd die of laughter. For the USA to invade Britain from the sea is virtually impossible, it would need a land base such as Ireland or France. The USA?
If Putin decided an invasion of the British Isles, would the international community take a harder stance? Perhaps a physical course of action? Perhaps just stronger sanctions?
Quote from: Kryptid on 23/02/2022 16:07:32Quote from: Petrochemicals on 23/02/2022 14:44:02We'd die of laughter. For the USA to invade Britain from the sea is virtually impossible, it would need a land base such as Ireland or France. The USA?Yeah what happened here
The USA has a substantially larger (the only 10 "nucular" super carriers beside various support carriers etc) and modern equipment etc, yet for them to float across the Atlantic and invade without a land platform nearby is unfeasible. Russia has 1 carrier I believe and it is fairly old and small.