Californian Reacts | UK Military Power in 2022
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- British military power in 2022 and the future of their military. Where are they going from here?
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I am very proud of my country for having such a superior military. Our military may be small but we have a tremendous amount of power and skill. We also have the best special forces.
Amen 🙏 to that spot on 👏👏
I disagree, Delta Force and Devgru are probably slightly more effective than SAS because of their bigger budget and resources
@@wiseandstrong3386 maybe so but there are alot of things we don’t know about the SAS why do you think there are more films based on devgru than the SAS because more is known about devgru not to mention the 99% of the worlds special forces is based upon that of the British SAS
@@danielrainford2417 Just because we know more about Seal Team 6 doesn't have any impact on their effectiveness, and I would say SAS is nearly just as known about, Delta is the real secretive force here between them all, we barely know anything about them. In terms of Special Forces starting off the British template that is true, but remember just because you're the originator of something doesn't mean you'll be the best at it. Even SAS themselves often comment on how better equipped the Americans are, and I think that's what gives them edge.
@@wiseandstrong3386 no
A small island in the North Atlantic, always punching above its weight, shows what a great people we are. Rule Britannia 😉
We were better but hey ho
@@aaronsmith4940 My assumption is you are an uninformed American?
@@union310 British but close enough
@@aaronsmith4940 The problem with America is their twisted view of factual history. They actually believe they won a war of independence, the reality is a host of other countries with Britain's empire in their own sights forced Britain to leave and fight for her own very shores.
The Americans also like to forget that British troops marched right through America setting fire to government buildings up to the capital city as a warning that if they interfered with British interest again the fleet would return, a threat still held by the American government until today.
The Late and very Honourable Margaret Thatcher put America in its place and the French when the interfered in the Falklands campaign, her words "Provide us the information we need or we will blow Argentina from the face of this Earth" The French President required psychiatric help for years following his actions, documented in his own memoirs. America , they issued an apology.
Rule Britannia, God save the king!
As a further anecdote, a recent visit to America and two American Professors believe 1. They invented the satellite. 2. They invented the internet. NUFF SAID
@@union310 all correct apart from the king bit 👏
Watching this after the Queens passing, may I just say a thanks for your service ma’am. What an inspirational woman and Queen she was. RIP 👑
Thank you very much for this video. As a UK veteran I am very grateful for your kind words and support
From UK. Punching above their weight is something we tend to use to refer to NZ, Aussie, Canadian and other Commonwealth Armed Forces. WW1 and WW2 we saw how the Commonwealth provided tremendous support from North Africa through India and the Far East. We also had Commonwealth Navies taking over RN Duties across the globe to free up RN vessels for the Falkland Conflict in 1982. In addition we had the Gurkhas who terrified the Argentinians just by reputation. Thank you to Joanna Lumley for pushing to have SOME Correction to the Gurkha pensions BUT Liz Truss can add that to her list. The role of Secretary of State for Defence, I hope, will be Ben Wallace with a much improved Budget for expansion of the Army and Airforce.
WW2 is long gone it is doubtful that the uk will ever play such a large role again.
The Falklands were won as a direct result of air power which was beefed up from NATO stockpiles and US satellite intelligence
Yea , if you can get the modern youth to put down their cell phones , not many in today's society wish to join any regimented outfit.
@@3o3tigger considering I am well over 60 I can assure you that I was referring to my generation and older
@@JohnSmith-bx8zb Well John I'm 73 and a Vet of the Canadian Army RCR 1st battalion, & I also served in the US 82D airborne division as a paratrooper. my comment stands the modern generation is more worried about proper pronouns, do they have the latest cell phone , and certainly have little desire to to serve their country.
@@3o3tigger maybe that might be true on your side of the pond but on outside the armed services numbers are being reduced so access to all services are getting the best of the best.
The so called ‘Woke Culture’ in the uk is a storyline whipped up by government supporters to look away from the real problems.
Even people who go out on the streets helping the homeless which include homeless ex service personnel are considered woke by some.
The British Legion are of the opinion that many, many homeless ex service personnel are invisible and not identified.
As a Englishman I’m extremely proud of our armed forces 👏👏👏
Why?
Here here brother 🤝
@@monkeytennis8861 plenty to list but it was the British navy that policed the oceans to stop slavery
@@monkeytennis8861 because I’m a proud Englishman and always will be ….GOD SAVE THE KING 🤴
As a Scotsman, I am too!.
Great video and nice to see an American opinion on our armed forces and it being positive too👍
(I was your 1000 like just FYI lol)
I notice they didn't mention the nuclear submarines, 7 hunter killers and 4 Nuclear Missile Boats, the Missile boats are due to be replaced by the Dreadnought programme which will deliver 4 of the newest and biggest nuclear powered boats with nuclear missile launch capability, they will be amongst the biggest sub's in the world and at the cutting edge of sub technology.
Very important information they did miss out on, I did not know about either but was curious about their submarines. Big misses for sure in the video, perhaps another one coming soon? With the war in Ukraine it seems like the EU and UK are actually investing more or going to invest more into their militaries, although the UK was ahead of it by many years thankfully.
They and yourself have forgotten the most important piece that brings all of these , military machines to fruition as in operation . Fck the machines . Who , makes said machinery actually do what they are built for purpose . Now Einstein . Enlighten the rest of the world . . Instead of filling your underwear with the same liquid your brain seems to be loaded with . .
The uk does not have an independent nuclear deterrent unlike the French that does.
@@JohnSmith-bx8zb
The UK has a fully independent nuclear capability. You 30 years out of date
@@monza1002000 no little bit wrong there. Yes the uk owns the submarines, the warheads but not the delivery system (the means of moving the warhead from sun to target).
From your ally across the pond. Thanks for the video. It's nice when allies appreciate each other.
It's a given that the US and UK war together (the 13 stripes on the US flag are a reference to the 13 British colonies on the East coast before the US became a country) Those 13 colonies later became US states and those early Brits are now Americans. However, it is equally important to mention Canada, Australia and Japan militaries are strong bonded allies of the US and UK. The UK and Japan were very close allies prior to WW2
Don't forget New Zealand. Their SAS are as good as any. Kiwis are as mad as any too :)
@@smooth_sundaes5172 Was going to say that, if you have ever seen the Kiwis driving then you'll know they are totally insane.
@@smooth_sundaes5172 I can't believe he swapped out NZ for Japan.
@@crowbar9566 I know. There's more to New Zealand than Elves, Orcs and lamb chops
The war of independence was lost by Britain because the colonists used French and Spanish mercenaries
Also not much is taught of the US ethnic cleansing of loyalists out of the US
Fantastic review, much appreciated from our overseas cousin & allie 👍💯🇬🇧
I do wonder at times about this phrase "punching above our weight". Although geographically a small nation, the UK has the 5th or 6th largest economy in the world (depending on which test is applied) with an overall economic output around 3 times that of, for example, Russia and a total value of about $1.4 Trillion. The UK is a global "soft" superpower, with huge economic leverage around the world and is at the centre of the global economy, with London and New York tussling over and occasionally swapping the top spot as the global financial centre. I would argue that the UK is militarily punching below its weight. Economically, we have been able to mangle the Russian Economy in concert with the US and the EU, which should give a good indication of the UK's power and influence.
The money spent on the Military is squandered to some extent, although I acknowledge that there is a lot of background investment in future capabilities. However we include spending on Ukraine's firepower and Veteran's pensions in our Defence budget, which to me smacks of "smoke and mirrors". We nominally spend 2.2% of our GDP on Defence. We could spend more, but we are spending far more on the NHS and Social Care. The new PM wants to spend 3%, which would bump our defence spending to something around $80 billion annually.
We used to punch at our weight if you consider our economic power, especially in WW1 and WW2, when our Army and Navy easily matched those of the US (indeed the USN only overtook the RN in sheer numbers of ships late in 1944) but I would argue, in relation to the size of our economic power, we are now punching well below our weight.
We are no minnow, despite the diminutive size of our islands!
Edit... Ex British Army. Patriot. Proud of my nation and its history.
God save the King.
We should definitely allocate plenty for veterans
For the size of our population and the amount of money we spend on social welfare programmes, the British military punches well above it's weight based on the size of the budget and the manpower available to it.
agreed... US defence budget for 2022 $780Billion.. UK Defence budget for 2022..£48Billion..
GSTK🍻
As watching this. The Queen Elizabeth the 2nd has passed. Long live the King.
Respect and love to the passing Queen.
The Queen of our hearts 💕
Challenger has the best armour in the world , it helped it not to lose a single tank to enemy fire through the two gulf wars ,and it also holds the longest kill range of any tank twice in one week
Just watched a whole video on specifically the Challenger II and how it's armor is 2x stronger than steel I believe it was? Incredible tank, I'll probably react to a more in depth video of the Challenger II & HMS Queen Elizabeth
One was destroyed....by it's own friendly fire, so no enemy fire, just our own lol
I'm British and I love a Challenger, but the Leopard 2 is better. Let's just not talk about recent losses in Turkey.
@@cromwellg60 were on a fully digitised challenger 3 now mate.
Not true. One tank disabled..but it's armour withstood multiple attacks until it's crew were rescued.
I'm from the UK but it's a different world today. The UK operates within a massive alliance consisting of north America, Europe, Australia, Japan, South Korea etc. In terms of a military threat, there just isn't one. Argentina is literally weaker now than it was in 1982, China can't get out of their own backyard and Russia, well...where do I even begin there? lol
The UK needs to keep a small technologically/trained superior force but the days of having a massive Navy/air fore are long gone.
halve the country not British anymore about 1 million are illegals. the rest came here on a boat in the 70s 60 percent of the country is not British. chip shops are long gone British Culture is dying out more haters of the UK living here than lovers of it living here. 34 years old seen the country turn to shit in just 30 years. today its a nation of nations smart British people left the UK years ago because we are more respected in other nations than our own.
Have you seen the navy that the Chinese are building?
Sooner of later the royal navy will be at war in the south china sea. The Japanese know the score, that's why they're rebuilding their military. Britain needs to step on the gas and fully modernize all it's fleet, stat.
I'm so proud of my Country. We love punching above our weight. We have a massive punch. 👍
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Uppercut 💯
Rule Britannia from Glasgow 😎 🇬🇧
@Aivis what are you babbling on about?😂
Our new Prime Minister Liz Truss has promised to take the UK’s defence spending from 2.1% to 3% of GDP.
She also promised to save the pound 😂
She could put us to 5%
Paid for by people unable to heat their homes or feed their children. What a great PM she is!
Why ?? Kids are in poverty. No money for food but always money for war
@@ryancoackley3660 We better nit be giving foreign aid to india !!! Yes they have poverty & need replacement of infrastructural like bridges & roads & water resources !! But they spend their money on a massive military conventional & nuclear weapons & have a space program that they have even landed a spacecraft on the moon so they don't Prioritise they problems & financial allowance to the right perts of its country !! Which with a massive population will only turn against its government !! So i dont see why Britain should continue to donate foreign aid to them its an insult !!!
I have family in America and consider it as the closest ally to the UK. They complement each other amazingly
I'd say that we are pretty shy of expressing pride in the military in the UK. It would be perhaps regarded as unbritish to make a big fuss.
But many people are often quietly proud I think.
As you love Aircraft & military I recommend you look up The Biggin Hill air show. Biggin Hill is a former World War 2 RAF fighter station in Kent England & each year they have a air show with various war planes & sometimes the Red Arrows, it’s well worth a look. ❤️🇬🇧
I will absolutely look The Biggin Hill air show up, really enjoy those and planning on going to an air show near me later this month. Love it!
@@californianreacts l live in Kent in the UK,and nearly every other day you can enjoy seeing Spitfires flying above and sometimes see some airobatics,also a Harvard(T-6 Texan). Also l have seen a ME 109 a few times(incredible machine!)
Kent was a crucial area during the Battle of Britain and if you can find it,look for a book titled “A harvest of Meschersmitt’s”. Also l have a fascinating story about a German bomber…..
I've just come across your Channel, good job by the way. I'm only commenting as I can't help but say your American accent doesn't suit the looks! You're the most British-looking person I've seen in a while! No sarcasm intended - I think you're the right American I want to see making these videos! Subbed!
Proud to be in the UK Navy 🙂🙂⚓️⚓️
Bet ya gay ‘ In the Navy ‘
@@winstonchurchill5731 The gay boy who protects "ya" funny that isn't it!
@@leemurf2322 protect lol 😂 you can’t even stop immigrants crossing our waters why you chatting rubbish
@@winstonchurchill5731 go do a better job lol, be grateful or leave boss man
Hi great video, The ship has two superstructures, or islands, one for navigation and ship's operations and the other for flight control and aerial operations. The islands can take on each other's function if one is incapacitated.. with "duplicated main and secondary machinery in two complexes with independent uptakes and downtakes in each of the two islands"
Came back from Europe to Portsmouth this Summer and sailed past HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, plus about 3 destroyers and a frigate. Happened to be just as they were each doing their Sunset ceremonies too! Just fyi - you don't put 'the' in front of HMS since it doesn't really make grammatical sense but a lot of Brits still would
That would be an amazing experience to sail past both HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales (corrected on my end leaving "the" out, whoops!). Californians/west coast of the US is known for putting "The" in front of freeways/highways (example: take the 5 to the 101 to Santa Barbara, compared to everyone outside of the west coast leaving "the" out of freeway names). You're definitely correct, "the HMS" makes no sense haha. Thanks for letting me know!
@@californianreacts haha very true! I bet if you go back it's rooted in American colonial English since generally you would have had just 'one' thing of each - most infamously The White House I guess. Sunset is quite an important ceremony - even civilian ships do it nowadays (mainly I suppose to keep flags from getting damaged at night when they can't be seen anyway)
@@californianreacts I live in Portsmouth and have regularly seen both of these girls moored together. The Prince of Wales had to abort a visit to the US to pick up some more F-35s a few days ago only 6 hours after leaving port due to a serious problem with the starboard shaft and will be going into drydock for extensive repairs.
Our military would get quite a lot of positive coverage by MSM not so long ago, so it comes as no surprise they have ignored the launch of a series of new ultra modern Royal Naval frigates/destroyers as well us supplying Ukraine with a flotilla of the latest missile launching intercept vessels for coastal/river defence. The are 2 more stealth design ships to be launched before Christmas plus we are getting our own fleet of specially designed channel interceptor vessels to combat the people smugglers bringing illegals to England by boats from France. Navy doing ok and we should be proud of that.
Had the pleasure to board HMS Prince of Wales when she was docked in Liverpool. She was absolutely huge. Unfortunately due to prop issues she'll be going into dry dock for repairs so the US trials will be put on hold. HMS Queen Elizabeth has taken her place for the exercises taking place.
The British armed forces ethos of 1-10 will mean we will always punch above our weight, give a single soldier the training and capability to successfully take on 10 enemies, give every tank, plane, ship the same capacity and it becomes a formidable force enabling a smaller, more effective fighting contingent to carry out the same duties as a much larger opponent for much lower long term costs. This enables funds to be secured as and when required to quickly expand any aspect of the armed forces should the need arise. Its no good having the largest forces on the planet if they are not regularly used, only to be used as and when, this leads to defunct equipment being forced into action sometimes decades after production, only to fail to more modern equipment which Russia is now learning to its own detriment.
I used to be a driver and then a gunner in the challenger 2 battle Tank. It truly is an amazing piece of kit.
Excellent quality 👌
Yes, yes indeed!
Just to say ,thank you for not flogging America is Best,Which usually happens an us Brit's get a little Pissed off with all that .. Well done and thanks again..
The trident missile is the delivery system, before this it was the Vulcan Bomber.
I don’t think in Britain we have as much patriotism as in the USA. Many of us are patriotic I include myself in that but the difference for me is that immigrants (even second or third generation) to the country in the UK tend to see themselves as the country they originated from first before seeing themselves as British. In the US it appears (this is just from what I see and five or so visits to the country) people adopt being from the US and standing up for the National anthem etc more readily. Possibly this is a reflection of the USA and it’s place in the world and maybe the British find ourselves humbled in our smaller place in the world than we once had.
Your wrong we are just as Patriotic but quieter about it. Humbled? No.
@@davidedbrooke9324 We aren't as patriotic. We are losing our language to the murican bastardisation because young people in this country are so indifferent they don't care about the language.
I bet they know more about murican history than British.
The creeping muricanisation of the UK will erode away the British identity and flag waving to show how English, Scottish etc you are every four years when there's a world cup or flying the British flag when a monarch dies isn't enough to counter it.
Like I see myself as Scottish before I'd say I'm British. UK is a great country but England do ruin things for the other so called equal members.
I was thinking about this today due to the statements made by Russia in recent days. We may have the capabilities but do we have a population willing to fight for Great Britain? I'm not so sure. I love our multi cultural society but large communities don't value British history, the monarchy or armed forces in the same capacity. As far as the Scots are concerned, I personally being from England, love the Scottish and I have no doubt when poop hits the fan we will stand shoulder to shoulder for each other.
@@RahTee1 the indigenous population will fight for the UK, the immigrant, religious population is a different story.
Thankfully the indigenous population far outweighs the religious immigrant one.
Thanks Buddy. US UK brothers in arms.
As an Englishman I'm very proud of our military power .
The pride of the British Naval Tradition will always be Boaty McBoatface
People think the US would not give aircraft for these carriers if required, the US would give a carrier if required. Friends are friends, and neither country wants to lose its most dependable ally.
They would for a good price payed in debt like ww2 😅
@@bradleywilson5641 Bases on 99 year leases, anyone have a guess as to the future there?
It's actually a really contentious topic in the UK, pre ukraine 70% of the population wanted to downgrade our capabilities (and we did) but the MOD went against that wholeheartedly, and hindsight being 20/20 it was a good move.
70%? Really?
Everyone I ever spoke to was annoyed about the military cuts. Many people lost their jobs and people weren't happy about it, others were thinking that our proud military tradition was going down the drain. I never met anyone happy about it or encouraging it.
I did see a little contention when they announced even more cuts in favour of upgrading equipment and modernising the military. But nobody was overly happy about reducing military personnel.
But hey. What I saw and what happened around the country are probably different things. It's just surprising that's all.
I could see Londoners being like that, becuase Londoners aren't really like the rest of us. But I can't imagine people wanting to downsize the military in any of the other places in the UK that I've been. How surprising.
@@bakersmileyface you must just float around those circles of people because I got my statistics (estimated) from official poles in 2018
@@aaronsmith4940 Must've been a crazy coincidence. I don't really have a circle, I go out and meet strangers more than I speak to my friends.
@@bakersmileyface your fault or theirs?!
@@aaronsmith4940 Nobody's fault (or mine).
My friends and I all have our own things going on. Some of us have families, other of us are introverted and then there's me who just gets bored of things quickly.
I spend most of my time trying new things, meeting new people, learning things, exploring places and stuff like that. Spending time with my friends is nice, but I've got lots of other things I want to do too. So we only meet up once every 2-3 months for a crazy night out. But I've known them for years and we know each other well enough so I'd consider them my only real friends.
Britain's back on the waves, it's what is under the water people should be fearful of.
The UK British forces has carried its own weight plus much, much more. Decades over, decades of continual surety and a true ally. Where world security is needed, they are globally responsive to needs upholding world democracy, seems like 24/7 365 days in any year they step up and lead. Involved and ready to support and have always brought a sense of knowing they are there! God bless the Nation, a Brit proud to be in the US 🇺🇸 🇬🇧
NEVER underestimate THE BRITISH
in the late 16th century we had tiny ships to face the Spanish Amada when we were known for our tiny ships. its on a history channel. T navy was then led by Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh. Most of the Navy was then private ships. Anyway the two commanders had a tactical plan to set the Spanish ships on fire but they also devised a plan of attack
which was genius, leave the rest up to you to react to. good luck and enjoyed your reaction.
I always hoped for a 3rd carrier - HMS Princess Royal - just to get the full set.
You never know they might. As soon as the Aircraft carrier's are fully loaded with F-35B Lighting jets. 74 by around 2026 and that might go up to 138 by 2030.
I completely agree we do need a 3rd Aircraft Carrier but I'd love to see The Name HMS Hood return to a major Capital Ship
That would be amazing to get a full set of British aircraft carriers. Any hopes of it happening? Or no plans for a third one at all as of now?
Unfortunately we cobbled one carrier group together and at this time we won't be able to form a second.
Prince of Wales carrier not in service. Also, we don't have enough F-35s to load out both carriers at the same time.
Love and proud of our armed services .. a couple of friends in the military one of them funny enough was using the challenger 2 in Iraq/ Afghanistan .
Interesting video. Thanks
i was in the British army in the 1980s, the current army is less than half the size and the reserves a third of the size, they had 1200 tanks, now 223 tanks, the airforce had 850 frontline jets, now 115, 90,000 personell, now 32,000, the navy had 29 submarines, now 10, 52 frigates and destroyers, now 18, 65,000 personell now under 30,000. we only have ammunition for 5 days of war.
We are very proud of our country and armed forces plus having lots of family in America that started from the second world war I'm happy to have them as our best friends and closest allies.
HMS stands for "Her Majesty's Ship" so should not be prefaced with "the".
If you do so it is like saying "the Her ..."
Good video by the way. 👍
His Majesty
@@leehunter9503 Original post was made prior to the Queen's dearh.
You should do a video on the rolling f35b stovl carrier deck landing. So cool.
Great suggestion, David! Just gave it a watch and is always a wonder to see in action. Always enjoyed the Harrier's vertical take off and landing and now it's so entertaining to watch the F35b in action, especially on carrier decks with them moving around so much. Impressive!
Worth remembering there was no British Army until 1660 - just a very powerful navy prior to this.
The Americans have the best equipment and the UK has the best military personnel put them together and the Brits would be unstoppable😁
Love it!
Great show thank you
Appreciate it, De Williams! Was a great show of force for Britain, that's for sure!
UK and USA ... We are together as one.
We are investigating more in our navy I saw it on the news a while back
And it shows with these new beautiful aircraft carrier, carrier strike groups, and I'm sure many other areas with the navy. It's impressive!
Thanks for your kind words from the uk we will never forget the huge sacrifice America made on European soil in WW2👏👏👏
It’s a great aircraft carrier when it works broke down the other month.
Respect sir from England
And to you good sir!
Not many people realize but UK has its own Space Command and Reaction Engines has partnered with Rolls Royce. I would not be surprised if UK was already testing single stage to orbit fighter jets.
FYI, HMS QE2 is now on its way to the usa.
HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier is named for the first of her name, not QE2.
@@franzmenzies5268 okay calm down, it was autocorrect pal??
HMS Queen Elizabeth is actually named after a world war one era dreadnought & HMS Prince of Wales is named after a battleship of the same name that was unfortunately sunk by Japanese aircraft during the second world war.
This is true but history probably won't remember that.
Ist Queen Elizabeth from Tudor times note the flower on the side of the ship.
Yep !! The Aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth is named after Queen Elizabeth 1st hence the tudor rose on its ship , where some people think its bamed after our last Queen . The new Royal navys balistic nuclear submarines are named the Dreadnought clsass that is to be replaces the Vanguard class which are currently being built !!
Imperialism and war is our heritage and history, its a part of our mentality. Even if it is dormant in these modern times we are still a very confrontational people
rape and pillage mate,,,the modern world hates us for life evolution ,
I remember going for my third vacation and saw the army there helping people.
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Before I start I would like to point out this is opinion only, I am interested in the military but I think there needs to be a bit of honesty. As the recent COGS stated “And though I bow to no one in my advocacy for the need for game changing digital transformation, to put it bluntly, you can’t cyber your way across a river. No single platform, capability, or tactic will unlock the problem.”
We are relying too much on the new technology, which causes a gap in capabilities. The defence review tends to cause more harm to the armed forces than anything else. The army personnel is being reduced (it will be reduced to 70k troops) regiments are being amalgamated, losing history (but somehow they have enough people to form a Ranger Regiment) ,cut down on the equipment they receive. The Royal Navy seems to be getting bigger but still more ships need to be built, with a focus on RFA ships because we will have a gap in that capability when the last refuling ship retires & more multipurpose ships. The RAF is in the news for negative things at the minute; notably the Red Arrows, and recruitment requirements. Furthermore the MOD spends money on things such as the new Boxer vehicles which have not come into fruitition.
the ranger regiments arent new, they're rerolling the specialised infantry regiments into ranger regiments, like the duke of lancasters regiment
@@EthanThomson the ranger regiment was newly formed. I realise it was being formed from battalions from existing regiments. Although they could have reraised an old regiment (perhaps with no county or location affiliation) and given it that task
Thanks for this video,us cousin
The Prince of Wales is currently broken down, it had just set of for exercises with the U.S navy, but has had to be dragged back to port.
Didn't know this but it always happens sometimes for years finding issues with new technology and machinery with such advanced military equipment. The F-35 for many years got a lot of hate towards it due to all of the issues and now I rarely hear about problems with the aircraft. So massively complex but they will get there stronger than ever.
Looks like one of the propellers struck something. Unfortunately things like this do happen..
one of the props hit something on the sea bed now there is an investigation concerning Greenpeace who have been dropping massive boulders around the west coast to deter deep fishing as the sea bed is mapped out the captain would have had no idea about these new obstacles but sadly he will be made a scapegoat and lose that command
The Elastic band broke....😁
@@Markus117d The last I read, was that the drive shaft hadn't been greased.
One should always remember to grease one's shaft before inserting it anywhere!!😛
Considering that we had the largest empire in the world despite the fact that it all started from a small island of the coast of Europe is just incredible, considering that the British whilst weren’t saints and were brutal was one of the more economically driven country in the world where yes empires like the Spanish or Portuguese were in for the money as well as the French and everyone else, however for the British it’s odd considering that we didn’t fight for our empire so to speak, we simply bought the place, and those that we couldn’t steal we simply got given for free from one of the other empires and because we invested more in navigation and seamanship more so over the other country’s all the while avoiding most of the fighting in Europe due to the English Channel allowing us to have a strong and healthy competitive environment unlike the chines, who became so powerful that they mostly spent their time dealing with pirates or the occasional Mongolian shopping trip but mostly suffered from a cultural point where different beliefs and ideologies along with too much free time lead to constant collapse followed by constant rebuilding. Vs the uk in which not everything was smooth sailing😅, but we just didn’t have to deal with the threat of invasion by say the Germans or the French and when they did try to invade, England was such a horrible country to be in where in rains 24/7, the locals are a bunch of madmen and football hooligans, it’s no wonder everyone packed up their backs and simply left, outside of the Scott’s, the Irish and the welsh we didn’t have much in the ways of actual threats to our country, the English Channel is one of the most violent stretches of water in the world outside of the Atlantic or pacific during a storm but again outside of the Atlantic the English Channel isn’t very pleasant to sail across, and so with a lot of free time, lack of any actual invasions as well as a lot of competition the British were more or less able to advance far in advance of most of the other countries as to our further success was due to a new form of government DEMOCRACY in which power and ideology’s can be created, improved or even removed via a public a vote and whilst some other countries had similar systems they usually fell into anarchy or disarray or full blown rebellion or the tanker over by another country, and so England was not only safe and secured with more investments into its navy than anyone else outside of the Chinese, Britain was also politically stable in which as I said before, power and ideas can be created, improved or removed which is why things like slavery was banned, since whilst it was a profitable thing it was morally abhorrent 😂 which is ironic considering the British track record so far😂, but unlike other countries like france or German or most of the world which had singular rulers be it a king, emperor or the like and whilst Rome was the first democracy it fell due to political infighting as well as constant over land attacks by barbarians and other land locked empires which can simply March over a million soldiers on foot right into Rome, vs England in which case they’d have to take a boat or swim for it, and so trying to get a million soldiers into a boat, perform an amphibious assault all the while having enough food and equipment to support four time the number of soldiers ie extra sandals, swords, arrows, siege equipment ect ect, shove them onto a boat and cross a hazardous bit of water which could result in the los of a dozen or more ships which also means the loss of all those troops on board and their equipment, all the while trying to establish a beachhead as well as constantly streaming in new supplies and resources is extremely difficult and dangerous, especially back then all the while having to fend off again the local defenses in which case even more ships get destroyed and more soldiers for the invasion lost, it wasn’t viable to invade England until things like aero planes, balloons and more advanced ships and weapons were invented which resulted in the Normandy landings
I like the little RN ships like HMS Tamar, these can punch above their weight. We should have built more of them.
Mate, when you say we punch above our weight. We don't ,we do what needs to be done. We don't need a million soldiers we are that well trained and come from a warrior background we are well capable like the US marines found out with the royal marines.
It's their black tech that punches well above their weight.
Missed out the super advanced Astute class hunter killer nuclear powered submarines 5 of 7 just launched.
British forces have always been well trained, so much that they train slot of other countries
We trained the yanks
Technically speaking, your title about the British empire's return is somewhat misleading.
The British are a nuclear power and do have a very modern (or getting there) armed forces, with global reach, but they are too small to say that the empire comes back.
Also, there are many technical problems with the efforts to modernize the British forces. Some examples being the Ajax CFV, the propulsion of the Type 45 destroyers, that was problematic in warm climates and of course the latest one with their second aircraft carrier:
ruclips.net/video/gaPA2jdNCuk/видео.html
Of course these set backs do not mean that the British forces are not good or have inferior equipment. On the contrary they have some of the best trained forces and the best equipment in the world but not in sufficient numbers to justify your title about the Empire coming back. In fact the "Empire never actually left, just got modernized in a 21st century sense. because there is still the British Commonwealth. Although this does not constitute an empire in the pre-WW2 period, it still gives to Great Britain a cultural and trade foothold to most of it's former colonies. It will also be interesting to see how things will turn out, when the 99 years that the British bases around the world were given to the US in exchange for the lend lease program supporting Great Britain in WW2, expire.
Tbf that aircraft carrier was on sea trials and not in service. Being brand new it will sail about for a couple of years fault finding before becoming operational with the F35B
@@jamesmain_email6969 Well it appears that instead of sailing to the US, it sailed right back to the drydock. Of course, all new weapon systems have their childhood diseases, and these carriers are not bad at all, however this problem in the second ship of the class, was a huge slap in the prestige of the RN because it caused the cancelation of the publicized trip in the US.
@@FLORATOSOTHON delayed. Sea trials are just that. A shack down to find faults. It’s their job to find them. Hardly news. Unless of. Course a ship in its first year doing sea trials has never found faults? But it keeps the click bait happy
I really wish people would stop saying "THE HMS, it's just HMS as in Her Majesty's Ship and now His Majesty's Ship!
Thank you. You Know.
UK, best trained in the world, US, best supplied.
the uk military needs to fix its manpower problem, its really limiting its potential
What I have learned about anything and it's a subject very rarely discussed is intelligence. I remember reading about the intelligence gathering that was done at goose green in the Falklands conflict
Jonathan Prigmore
I said this in a reply in this thread. Size is not as important as people think. It’s training and tech. If you disagree why is Ukraine pushing Russia back.
No, the Empire doesn't rise again. I seem to keep having to explain this. The Days of Empires are over, as Putin is learning in Ukraine, and (at the other end of the scale) the EU is learning all across Europe. In this world, it's about alliances between nations, not about big super powerful nations.
A video I think you would be interested in is 'When the British nuked the US...twice' Very entertaining.
I actually did react to this exact video awhile back I believe, about the Avro Vulcan strategic bomber during the cold war if I remember correctly. Excellent video to watch and react to, and learned a lot! Never knew about the Vulcan bomber before. What an aircraft!
@@californianreacts Back in the day the UK aircraft industry could independently and simultaneously develop (and the RAF deploy) three strategic nuclear capable heavy bombers. Namely, these were the Vickers Valiant, the Handley Page Victor and the Avro Vulcan. Built by the same firms that produced the WWII bombers the Wellington, the Halifax and the Lancaster respectively. In a nice bit of symmetry Shorts offered a fourth jet option the Sperrin and in WWII built the Stirling. To be honest the Valiant was insurance and built a little earlier using assured technology in case the other two cutting edge birds failed. That said the Valiant was the aircraft used for the UK's first nuclear tests.
My favourite the Victor, looks like something from another World.
We have always held our own
The most important fact to remember about all military machinery . . Not the actual machinery itself . Whether it may be . I e . Ship , tank , plane , artillery . Etc etc . . The most important part of all military pieces , , is , , THE ACTUAL PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY USE AND OPERATE SAID MILITARY WEAPONS . . THE MILITARY PERSONNEL .
Still not enough expenditure on military. Needs more.
Seems like with recent events the world in general, especially the west is seriously upping or discussing upping their military. We shall see what happens!
We have just boosted ourselves to the 5th strongest military in the world.....RULE BRITAINNIA
First thing the air force has to do is decide if their job is to defend the country or hit diversity targets
True. Mike Wigston needs to go, quickly.
Punching above our wait really!
We having problems with those aircraft carriers atm mainly props
It's not the size, but what you do with it that counts 🇬🇧🇺🇦 (You listening Russia?)
It's HMS Queen Elizabeth,so called ,after the wonderful Queen Elizabeth the 1st.
Defence cuts, and wtf can you a todo with a max of 140 tanks given that only a third will ever be in the field at one time,,, American armed forces has already stated we’re not even second tier now…
The HMS Queen Elizabeth battlegroup was sent to the south china sea making it clear that China can't claim international trade routes as their own.... during the voyage the battlegroup located and harassed two Chinese submarines trying to shadow the battlegroup..... and,a RN nuclear submarine on location in front of the battlegroup located a third submarine trying to wait in a kind of ambush attempt...... the Chinese military has grown like wildfire but they have no experience in real life combat since WW2,( Korea and Vietnam behind the scenes excepted).
Don't forget it's not the size of the dog in the fight it's the fight in the dog
Bugger watching the video!!!! The comments are way more fun!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
The British meets the dictionary definition of a superpower.
However they do not consider themselves to be a superpower... Strange 😂
Not really strange. The British have always been a martial nation but never a militaristic one such as Russia or China and other totalitsrian countries.
What is the dictionary definition? Pretty sure we just rank as a "major power", rather than superpower.
Brittain is not a superpower. Compared to the US our forces are tiny. UK nuclear weapons allow the UK to punch above it's weight though
@@crowbar9566 Sometimes Britain and France are put into their own the Global power category due to their ability to project power pretty much anywhere in the world something that other major's like Russia can't.
Named after Queen Elizabeth the 1st not the 2nd
A warship should not have wait weeks to get into drydock poor old Prince of Wales, Elizabeth and Richmond are needed in the Baltic ,in seconds the Russian situation could go ballistic and our best working ships are in the U S
One small comment: unlike the US Navy where a ship is called The United States ship X, in the Royal Navy and RCN etc the name is just HMS or HMCS because it’s just stupid to say “The Her Majesty’s Ship X” ! So, no it’s not The HMS, just HMS. It is ok though to say “The Queen Elizabeth”.
it can be summed up quite easily america best supplied army, british best trained army. if someone has served they know this to be a fact.
HMS Queen Elizbeth is not named after Queen Elizabeth 11 goes back further than that.