The world is MORE dangerous than during Cold War - and yet we cannot defend ourselves

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Britain’s navy ‘can’t defend Britain’ from dangerous pre-war world, warns top admiral.
Admiral Lord West spoke to The Sun's Defence Editor Jerome Starkey on the World at War to discuss the current state of the UK armed forces and resilience on the home front.
- Contents of video -
00:00 - 00:19 - World at War introduction
00:19 - 02:02 - Britain’s navy can’t defend against modern adversaries
02:02 - 03:34 - Preparing for a pre-war world
03:34 - 06:33 - Britain needs new warships sooner
06:33 - 07:47 - Limitations of Britain’s armed forces
07:47 - 09:18 - Aircraft carrier capabilities
09:18 - 10:24 - RAF’s D-Day blunder
10:24 - 10:41 - Final comments
ENDS
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@nigelmitchell351 28 дней назад

Sounds like the 1930's all over again, and who will pay the price for this incompetence when push comes to shove ?

@felixnewman2473 26 дней назад

Poland!

@Mozart69938 23 дня назад

We all will

@David-Scuba 11 дней назад

Defo even back then we had to purchases ships from US

@nigelmitchell351 5 дней назад

@@David-Scuba Yes the yanks sold or swapped us their destroyers which were on their way to the scrappers anyway.

@Shalom65 28 дней назад

You have been invaded or invited the invaders....UK as we knew is gone.

@Greenturo 28 дней назад

which was not much to begin with

@allesmogliche6795 28 дней назад

@@Greenturo

@dreb222 28 дней назад

Unfortunately, many of our countries are suffering the same fate as we speak. Invaders invited in with little to no screening, allowing those who seek ill will of the modern free western world to hide and build within our borders, all under the guise of “woke humanitarian efforts”.

@samn6498 28 дней назад

Yeah theh come here in dinghys

@Goat.Herder 28 дней назад

Remember that 4 letter word.... NATO? The one consisting of 3.5 million personnel.

@gilberthill9816 28 дней назад

Defence is a Government’s main priority!!!! Scandalous.

@brettgarvey 27 дней назад

LOL what BS

@AmericanTough 28 дней назад

UK is lucky it’s part of NATO.. BUT it desperately needs to up its military strength. If stuff hits the fan.. we will need a capable partner next to us.

@GreenMt2023-it9bm 28 дней назад

"I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse"

@Akku-jv1lv 28 дней назад

You have capable partners, not just one 🇪🇺

@AmericanTough 28 дней назад

@@Akku-jv1lv amen brother. But it’s always smarter to be stronger, right? Just my opinion. We must not underestimate our enemies

@cannibalronny7314 28 дней назад

Next to us is an overstatement,Next to the US as their lapdoggies is the actual statement.

@icu17siberia 28 дней назад

Its funny. I see and hear comments from Europe about "We have NATO", not realizing that if every country takes that attitude, then "NATO" is toothless

@mageprometheus 28 дней назад

They cut the number of ships. Worse still, they closed the land bases, for example, Daedalus, Fisguard, Protland, Royal Arthur, etc. Getting back the skills, knowledge, and quality of crew will take much longer than replacing the hardware.

@codedlogic 28 дней назад

Yeah the UK is not an empire anymore. That’s a GOOD thing. Generals always complain and say they don’t have enough money. Don’t get swept away by the hype machine.

@WheelieMacBin 28 дней назад

Now we know where all the money for the five star hotels for dinghy divers has come from, the defence budget.

@BobBuilder-mq9wr 28 дней назад

Our road tax also , our roads look like we have be bombed already

@kkr7398 22 дня назад

Absolutely mate. S

@user-ou3cq1gk9m 19 дней назад

You’ve bought the lies…!? We spent all the war budget in AFGHANISTAN IRAQ and many places we need not be in getting our arses kicked….!? The Conservatives have austered all our tax money starving the NHS too, you lunatics are letting the Tory’s off light after now picking a fight with Russia without a stick nor stone to throw when Russia’s now amplified resources decides to strike!!

@Timehasfallenasleep 28 дней назад

I think the Sun needs to interview David Murrin. He knows exactly what the UK needs to defend itself.

@chrislong3938 27 дней назад

"They've all been a bit naughty"... That's such a British way to phrase something!

@Stephen_Conquer 24 дня назад

I like british accent, I have Jakarta accent close to american accent

@EppingBlogger 28 дней назад

Perhaps it is widely known but I was amazed top learn that the 2.5% rate of spending from next year will have to cover the cost of replacing all the kit given to Ukraine. I was told it will be barely enough to keep current programmes going with no increase in capability.

@silencemeviolateme6076 23 дня назад

Need to spend more. Raise taxes on the rich. That's why they exist. They fund wars.

@user-jz7iu3tu1e 27 дней назад

The UK had better wake up.

@rugslash6680 27 дней назад

They've been woken up for quite some time 🤣

@philc1773 24 дня назад

Yep ..the fights at home first💉💉💉💉

@jonathanturnerrhyolite133 28 дней назад

2 very expensive aircraft carriers,one is short on F35's,the other keeps breaking. To top it all,failed launches of our submarine nuclear missiles.

@Mozart69938 23 дня назад

Well one and use the money for other defense more importantly needed

@maxasaurus3008 28 дней назад

Go lovely limeys go! A strong Britain does nothing but help themselves and helps their allies: 🇺🇸😁👍🏻

@ciaranReal 22 дня назад

Yes, the usa sadly now plays the role uk used to play by defending europe. You guys ( 🇺🇸) have more important areas, pacific

@tonygold1661 28 дней назад

Put the politicians making these decisions not to prepare in the front line when war comes.

@cluckingbells 27 дней назад

Under resourcing invites danger, and we have had thirty years of under resourcing while potential protagonists have been upping theirs. It's a scandal.

@joshuamoore7735 27 дней назад

We need to invest in air defence and we need to fund the armed forces rather than sending money abroad wake up government

@juggalo4life247 28 дней назад

I feel like if the US had a different president,some of these problems wouldn't exist...

@zedbou5040 28 дней назад

hahaha, as if.

@twoninetwosevenone 27 дней назад

Yeah ,,, with Trumpy ,,, you'd already been lost . Sold by Donny for the D.r. Evil price of One Million Roubles .

@zoecellis88 25 дней назад

I don’t think that’s true. David Cameron our foreign secretary is causing more issues than Biden ever has in making threats and winding up Putin

@silencemeviolateme6076 23 дня назад

Why? The US military is the same no matter who the president is. It is funded by congress.

@Beavereaver 17 дней назад

Definitely! We’re working on getting a different president.

@davidoldboy5425 28 дней назад

You'll know they're not good enough the next time we're invaded

@graycurties6479 27 дней назад

This sounds very much like the caught with our pants down yet AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

@drunkdog101 28 дней назад

Our grandchildren Will suffer

@ciaranReal 22 дня назад

The enemy already lives within

@GreatWaterCircus 28 дней назад

I would think a build up of military will give reason for China, Russia and Iran to escalate, because it certainly will create a response. The old adage, if you don't have a plan B then you don't have a plan A... Question ... what is plan B... because plan A is years away??? Very good interview if it was a question, statement question dialogue.

@icu17siberia 28 дней назад

as if they need a reason?

@worldatpeace8979 25 дней назад

Both the countries you mentioned right now are building their own military capabilities.

@jamesvdv0 26 дней назад

Having capable armed forces is similar to having an umbrella at hand to avoid ruining your suit in a sudden rain shower. 🤔🌧️😜

@DOWNUNDER. 28 дней назад

How can England even consider fielding a army leaving women children and the aged at the mercy of radical islam at home.

@edwardvalivonis23 28 дней назад

National service is way to go

@MenBehavingBadly. 28 дней назад

It’s funny people still believe mainstream media, 4% makes up Islam the women and children alone would outnumber them, overpowering them by 10s of millions 👍👍👍

@TheHateSpeechChannel 28 дней назад

Who the hell would fight for this country? Fighting for who? People that hate us. F. O.

@mikemines2931 28 дней назад

@@edwardvalivonis23 So you'd conscript a 5th column. Read history especially why the Austro/ Hungarians withdrew from WWI

@wiggy1066 28 дней назад

all part of the plan. interesting how conspiracy theory always becomes fact..

@michaelchownyk5255 28 дней назад

Who can make the most drones Will be a deciding factor. We need to get drone production accelerated 1 million times greater than its current state.

@icu17siberia 28 дней назад

the trump card (no pun intended) for drones hasn't been played yet

@lukemorris4065 28 дней назад

We have already created anti drone tech, they are not the answer. They were a stop gap whilst ammo and weapons were developed

@zoecellis88 25 дней назад

It’s not the drones we should be concerned about making, it’s more Nuclear warheads, missiles or more defence weapons to shoot down any threats.

@silencemeviolateme6076 23 дня назад

@@lukemorris4065anti drone defense? Why not drone offense?

@ciaranReal 22 дня назад

@@zoecellis88Air defence system, like isreals iron dome

@Bobbybulsara179 28 дней назад

Nudge unit working well

@papac6831 24 дня назад

We are up the creek without a paddle Admiral.

@user-hv7kt9zc3m 26 дней назад

If we weren't in NATO we could easily be invaded at the moment

@ciaranReal 22 дня назад

I dont belive we spend £75 billion a year on defense, like where dose it go?

@donaldduck5731 28 дней назад

It's OK our PrimeBeanCounter has a spreadsheet for that, as long as he's memo'ed Putin about not starting any wars in Europe before 2030 we're OK.

@ladychatelaine697 24 дня назад

😂😂😂

@CM-sn4rn 27 дней назад

Great work, Jerome. Very sobering!

@MartinG8199991 28 дней назад

The weaker we, the British forces, look, the higher risk of an actual shooting war.

@death_parade 28 дней назад

Ah yes, because the Chinese and Russians look at UK military, not US military, before making the decision to strike. Honestly, you guys could do a lot better if you let go of that useless pride of being a "global power" and instead invest in an f'in Coast Guard and a Police Force.

@JaneSoole 28 дней назад

To your opening question - no. That simple.

@johnnywalker4490 25 дней назад

Very Excellent , Thank You !!

@Rick-xp5sy 27 дней назад

Next government, we’ll be watching

@jonathanturnerrhyolite133 28 дней назад

The A 400 keeps breaking,the C130 was very reliable and loved by the aircrew.

@Dweller415 20 дней назад

The UK needs a larger Navy but I think it can be argued that the West especially the U.S. Australia, Canada and New Zealand rely heavily on the U.K. eavesdropping, intelligence gathering and cyber warfare/defense. Maybe it needs that and a larger army and Air Force. But I don’t think I’ve heard anyone say that the U.K. isn’t pulling its weight (like Germany).

@Luigi13 27 дней назад

If the UK isn't expediting things in all seriousness then later on if things do happen just remember what has been said on these videos.

@johnnywalker4490 25 дней назад

Thank You for an AUDIO Video, not the "Sun" Silent Movie... !!!

@IOSALive 28 дней назад

The Sun, You're amazing! Let's be friends and hang out!

@zoecellis88 25 дней назад

I think the government needs to take this a lot more seriously if we’re in pre war times. Such as preparations I.E start upgrading or building Air raid shelters for the Uk citizens, stocking up all pharmacies with medication incase the worse was to actually happen Nuke wise, there’s already giving iodiene out in some countries to their citizens and proving citizens with basic knowledge on what to do is the worse should happen and giving out off grid emergency supplies. It’s better to be prepared than not

@quwipyui6519 28 дней назад

amazing interview

@jeroenberkenbosch7072 28 дней назад

probably training for the "probable" conflict , so like in russia .... huge parades are a bit tricky and easy to sabotage or strike ? so rather have them on their toes then in parade mood !

@stonward 28 дней назад

'Hollowed out'; what the hell do we spend £50B a year on then?!!! The waste in the MOD must be epic....

@vulgar_scabby_beaver 28 дней назад

Private sector, triple billing and nice dividends for the donors. They thought it could work forever because the USSR collapsed and war was a thing of the past. Wait for the blame game to start.

@TheOwlGuy777 28 дней назад

It's high time the yUK stop spending everything on their nanny state while parasiting off the US's defense budget. GB needs to finally do their fair share.

@paraguard60 28 дней назад

Yes, that´s a painful and uncomfortable truth!!

@GDSVID 27 дней назад

no ameriKa needs to go home and dont come back

@ReynoldGreenlefe177 25 дней назад

Are you daft 🤣

@ReynoldGreenlefe177 25 дней назад

@@paraguard60no it's a complete fallacy said by warmongering Americans. You spend alot but you also have the biggest economy and over pay for everything. You also wage all the wars 🤣 We have done our part since before you were even a country. Sit down 😂

@davidholgate123 21 день назад

Lol... There's very little difference between the percentage of GDP spent on defense between the two countries and by the end of the decade the percentage of GDP going to the armed forces budget will be almost identical between the UK and US at around 2.5%!

@markward2946 27 дней назад

To illustrate the issues we have in the UK in defence - with a Regular Army that is at it's smallest, probably for ever, much is made of the 30,000 plus numbers within the Reserve . However despite politicians regularly citing these figures as an indication of the true strength of the British Army our Army Reserve units are allowed only 28 days training per man per year - barely adequate to cover their mandatory training and totally insufficient to provide properly trained personnel and units that could deliver during any major conflict (let alone providing any motivation for retention of the volunteers!). Indeed some units had to suspend training at the end of the last financial year under threat of losing some of this year's training budget , This is a scandal of mismagement of the Reserve by MOD and the chain of command and the shame of it is that in reality an increased training budget to provide (many) more days is a cheap fix - especially in comparison to anything else in the defence budget. Perhaps the Sun could investigate this !

@damjanforjanic 28 дней назад

The new article of the law, when the state of war worsens all around Europe and England, the investment of money in the army and defense automatically increases, without delay, the situation is very serious. We have very few weapons, the worst thing is because the enemy is also aware of this.

@fatautahiru7357 21 день назад

So, when all these wars are bunch together, would the world not have hit the Midnight? Somebody should answer this question.

@Quareat 28 дней назад

Somewhat concerned that our expert here has got the in service dates completely wrong for the type 26 and type 31 frigates. First type 26 is being fitted out now for an in service date of 2028... and the first type 31 should be in a similar time frame. His dates are way out.

@zoecellis88 25 дней назад

Still too far in the future when we could potentially go to war before 2028

@tankeo 28 дней назад

Spending on Defence WAS a message of strength. Nowadays, it has become like drawing bigger targets.

@mariostefani2112 28 дней назад

A Europa, como um todo está condenando seu futuro reagindo tão covardemente frente à Rússia.

@lb5143 28 дней назад

They need to remaster world at war 😮😮

@petersomthing9508 27 дней назад

No to much corruption, at the top

@damianbutterworth2434 28 дней назад

We spent all the money on woke projects.

@bradleyheights5905 28 дней назад

Like healthcare? Spend your money on killing machine to feel safe. The killing machine CEOs thank you.

@Akku-jv1lv 28 дней назад

YOU did what? Omg, i don‘t care if you are woke or not, i am tolerant and we have bigger problems than your woke-phobia. Part of Putins system?

@AndyM_323YYY 28 дней назад

Such as?

@EdwardThatch-ee7yx 28 дней назад

@@AndyM_323YYYThe alphabet people for starters

@AndyM_323YYY 28 дней назад

@@EdwardThatch-ee7yx Is that the LGBT community? So what was the project and how much was spent?

@user-ly2mt1bg5e 22 дня назад

WAKE UP BRITAIN

@vincentspratling365 27 дней назад

We have not got a enough Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and man power to fuel and supplies for the navy

@noelcahill6707 28 дней назад

Its easy country needs to cut in other areas to fund all 3 arms of defence

@nick000002 28 дней назад

Cut money to teenagers having kids with no job or proper relationship and tell the bank we own to f off with the interest they charge for national benefits.

@noelcahill6707 28 дней назад

@@nick000002 yip id agree with that but theres stuff in health to that could be cut to

@silencemeviolateme6076 23 дня назад

Tax the rich. Without the commonwealth their fortune dwindles. They aren't going to put skin in the game so they need to put their wallet in.

@Mozart69938 23 дня назад

Cut more from NHS and pensions? Perhaps education ?

@noelcahill6707 22 дня назад

@@Mozart69938 never cut from education thats the driving force of a country

@edwardvalivonis23 28 дней назад

Russia can't defend themselves either 😂

@greenwave819 28 дней назад

They are willing to expend any number of lives to do whatever they want... The West however is not.

@dr.burtgummerfan439 28 дней назад

Who's attacking them? Other than some nuisance strikes from the Ukes...

@Akku-jv1lv 28 дней назад

Russia had a buffer zone with Ukraine and now, look at Putin…. On the other hand Putin was alsways afraid of NATO, that is what he said, but where are all the defences, not there, his fear was only played and even today millions fall for this bs…

@goot-if4km 28 дней назад

@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Look like NATO is definitely thinking about it and when Germany rearm Arms god help Russia ,Japan's doing it now !

@1234crevis 28 дней назад

@@goot-if4km different times, it's not 1940 anymore the problem today is dictator Putin!

@matthewkeith8605 26 дней назад

The Tories have completely failed to think about long term issues. Unfortunately it stretches belief that Labour will be be any better, almost certainly worse. Both parties are complete mediocrities, and that is a charitable way to put it.

@silencemeviolateme6076 23 дня назад

That is my question. In the US the conservatives typically are pro military spending. What happened in the Uk? Too many kick backs?

@mrratchet 28 дней назад

Should be 3% GDP immediately. Urgent reviews are needed in investigating the amount of money that gets wasted. 2nd largest defence budget in NATO and 6th largest in the world with nothing to show for it. Where is the money going?

@ciaranReal 22 дня назад

Yes thats what I'm wondering. Is it deliberate, dose I go to the usa or do we not spend that much

@drewtheceo9024 28 дней назад

🔥This is fine.🔥

@malcolmwatts2487 27 дней назад

I think after the general election's Labour win, fears of conscription for all 18 to 23 year U.K citizens may be necessary, first in line likely the 6 months + unemployed. Our armed forces will need reinforcements in case we are required to be ready for the possible eventuality. Otherwise

@garryharriman7349 23 дня назад

'Defence' today is not really about defending the United Kingdom's seas, air space or a land army that can repel an invasion. Indeed, for most Western allied nations, isn't it really about offense and the protection of ecconmic and corperate long and short term interests? Continual NATO expansion and overt and covert actions against Russia (including a possible 2014 US lead coup in Ukraine) has more or less guarunteed that we are now fighting a proxy war with Russia and thus have enteted into a new Cold War era despite dire inequality and rising levels of poverty at home. War is indeed a racket! (Gen Smedley Butler!)

@georgec745 28 дней назад

He said past 2 or 3 years the 🌎🌍👎👎 Thanks to Biden 🤡 We need TRUMP ..🫡🪖🪖🎖🎖🎖🎖🇺🇲🌎🇺🇸

@zoecellis88 25 дней назад

He said In the next two or 3 years

@latchdoorlatch996 21 день назад

Putting Grant schapps in charge of defence is criminal

@georgegeorgakopoulos5956 28 дней назад

Directed by Sun Peckinpah

@reecegunningham 24 дня назад

I hate how this ‘expert’ says that this was unpredictable. The outcome has been highly predictable since the UK got involved in Russia’s ‘special operation’. We should have been focusing on defence then

@Mozart69938 22 дня назад

Boris talked Ukraine into it and then did nothing. And then buggered off.

@aaron43 22 дня назад

The fact we have been spending less and less on military we should want to bump it up to at least 4% instead of 2.5% to get the army re established surely 2.5% is still far too low that was recommended years ago and we would have countless amounts of ammo and defence's so surely doubling that number will catch us up eventually. Oh wait no windfall taxes very intuitive government we have. 20 trillion lost to brexit meanwhile tories are paying their bankers mates and company they have shares in. Meanwhile Infrastructure suffers along with public sectors. The uk government only has short term plans that bite the taxpayer 3x as badly as the previous fiscal policies. The fact they don’t recognise the genocide that’s on going and keep supplying weapons shows how single minded and delinquent this government and labour our next tragic government will be. That said I would not trust reform or any other party either.

@theclassicrock8644 28 дней назад

😍👍🏅

@patsanters2741 28 дней назад

Them ships are big sitting ducks wouldnt wanna be like my late father who was in British royal navy during war days and inc way with British away on the Russian convoys ..But they are sitting ducks are ships..Should also have much more updated jets for in the skies above Britain as seems hardly have anything and no use depending on Usa or any other country .

@DavidOlver 22 дня назад

Its the same in Australia

@MelodyWix 28 дней назад

How could the wars been prevented

@jeroenberkenbosch7072 28 дней назад

when russia and china do not see anything as agression and stop their land stealing or "re-drawing" their borders to their own benefit ..... in the meantime south america and africa is pretty silent towards what happens , except in the UN ! only a few new leaders see the problem when a modern "super"power lends you aid thru infrastructure "improvement" with some "benefits" towards the autocrats !

@himiehonor1196 28 дней назад

You are quite ignorant really, on African matters!

@greenwave819 28 дней назад

by being strong

@jeroenberkenbosch7072 28 дней назад

@@greenwave819 thats easy to say ...... But how strong? Nuclear threat strong , inhalation strong , pre-emptive strike strong , or denying any benefits towards agressor strong ?

@neiltitmus9744 28 дней назад

All of the above@@jeroenberkenbosch7072

@raywhitehead730 27 дней назад

It might amaze UK people to.know that Saudi Arabia has a bigger Air Force then they do. With newer and modern jets. Well you get what you vote for.

@silencemeviolateme6076 23 дня назад

As an American, I ask, what does that mean for y'all? Here the conservatives live for defense spending. If your conservatives won't do it who will?

@ciaranReal 22 дня назад

I Don't belive we spend the amount we say we do, defo gets offshored to acounts

@sellis518 24 дня назад

We need to stop opening our mouths and stop causing trouble does our Britain

@Mozart69938 22 дня назад

Focus on home defense and not ships in the West Indies ?

@ulsterprodspb 28 дней назад

One word “nope”

@paulbutler6588 23 дня назад

Dont kill are young sunkak KEEP THEM OUT OF ARE FORCES

@dr.burtgummerfan439 28 дней назад

Why do you think the billionaires are all building bunkers?

@jevgenijs39 28 дней назад

Who?

@dr.burtgummerfan439 27 дней назад

@@jevgenijs39 Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Richard Branson, Larry Page, Peter Thiel, Kim Kardashian, Tom Cruise, Taylor Swift, Tom Brady, Shaquille O'neal, to name a few.

@zoecellis88 25 дней назад

Yeah the millionaires are in the Uk too. And those at the top I.e the government and royals will be safe while us Uk citizens will be dust

@Mozart69938 22 дня назад

Elon Musk will be off to Mars

@Paul-yh8km 28 дней назад

The Sun's owner in 2005 was trying to buy a Russian TV station. Keen to get into what was even then an Authoritarian state, to make a profit out of fascism.

@derryjones1029 18 дней назад

This is a very dangerous game they are playing allowing Ukraine to strike in russia is going to end in tears

@jsan9389 22 дня назад

What's the point of defending the country when we aren't aloud to be patriotic

@yellowbelly5982 23 дня назад

If we keep on prodding others we have to except that one day they are going to prod us back. Peace is where it's at 👍

@davidfrowen8044 24 дня назад

I'll save you the watch. They are not ready.

@tonchanthol5329 28 дней назад

😢😢😢

@FontaineDerby 28 дней назад

Between 2010 and 2015, the Conservatives cut the Army from 102,000 trade-trained personnel to 82,000. As of 1 January 2021, the trade-trained strength of the army is 76,300. This is seven per cent below the target set in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) of 82,000 personnel. The army has not met this target since the middle of the last decade. The Royal Navy/Royal Marines and the RAF are also below their 2020 targets. It also shows that the armed forces as a whole is six per cent below the trained/trade-trained target of 144,000 by 2020. Source: House of the Commons Library - UK Army to be reduced to 72,500 Published Tuesday, 23 March, 2021

@DavidSmith-ze2wi 28 дней назад

They wanted four aircraft to do a flypast at the forthcoming 80 th D Day Commemoration they could only find one. Shapps is having to scrabble around to find the others. Probably end up going to get them from museums.

@FontaineDerby 28 дней назад

@@DavidSmith-ze2wi It is not a flypast. It is a parachute drop to celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Parachute Regiment had expected to honour its wartime heroes by sending over 450 men in four planes. A Parachute Regiment source, said: 'While we don't put on a big show every year, the 80th anniversary is being seen as special as it's probably the last milestone for surviving veterans.' He said that the regiment wanted four of the RAF's A400M to be provided to allow about 450 paratroopers to take part. But to the Paras' anger, only one aircraft - which can accommodate 116 Paras - was made available. In contrast, America is expected to send at least six C-130s, with Poland and Canada also understood to be supplying planes for paracute drops. Source: Daily Mail - Grant Shapps vows he WILL find more planes for mass parachute drop to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day landings after fury that defence cuts had left just ONE available By JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE and BRENDAN CARLIN PUBLISHED: 19 May 2024 | UPDATED: 20 May 2024

@Dadopersoblueboots 28 дней назад

The defence is on its knees.

@Mozart69938 23 дня назад

Sounds a bit naughty

@johnnywalker4490 25 дней назад

Why Always Some One Else's "Body Count" that Awakes the WORLD ??

@koyaanisqatsi78 5 дней назад

"The world at war" haven't you guys seen the "the day today war!" sketch?? that's how this looks.

@patrick39432 28 дней назад

Britain needs to pray Trump isn't elected President. If he is, you're on your own!

@silencemeviolateme6076 23 дня назад

No president has been the presidency since Kennedy.

@Mozart69938 22 дня назад

That’s called real sovereignty!

@FUL0H8 28 дней назад

Where’s the damn money going? JFC

@Mozart69938 22 дня назад

Into the “Plan”

@tightlinesuk752 27 дней назад

well we cant do anything so just keep living until we cant 😁

@indica8510 28 дней назад

One of those Hercules planes flew a few meters off the road in front of me once. Do they have a thing that if the pilot dies an auto land type of system activates so it doesn’t crash.

@greenwave819 28 дней назад

@MehediHasan-wx3xj 28 дней назад

Cold war never ended 😢

@freebeerfordworkers 28 дней назад

No but it chilled out a lot but with America muscling into Ukraine it's bound to warm things up. The head of Britain's armed services said in the last year for NATO and the US to move into Eastern Europe would worry the Russians but going into the Ukraine was poking the bear with a stick. That war has being going nowhere for over a year its time to negotiate. I don't think Putin's a good guy but things could get out of hand if they try and break the stalemate.

@greenwave819 28 дней назад

@@freebeerfordworkers Hey you might not have heard, it is Russia that is muscling into Ukraine

@MehediHasan-wx3xj 28 дней назад

@@freebeerfordworkers i think it’s a business. But whatever it is, this ongoing war has to be stop.

@silencemeviolateme6076 23 дня назад

@@freebeerfordworkerscountries can't muscle-in in a free market. Russia doesn't want to compete economically.

@silencemeviolateme6076 23 дня назад

@@MehediHasan-wx3xjwhich one? There are centuries old powder kegs all around the world.

@KyleCurtis1324 27 дней назад

And your newspaper supports the Tories who have presided over the cuts to our Forces!

@scroggins100 28 дней назад

Just makes one weep really. Two carriers that we cant man and cannot provide anywhere near the planes to use. Ohh and they havent even got catapults so they cannot launch anyone other planes but the F45!!!! Pointless floating football pitches. Oh and the C130 being retired years ahead of its fatigue life is beyond sad.

@paultaylor9498 23 дня назад

The Vietnam war Russia Afghanistan war Falklands war Iran Iraq war Israeli 6 day war Nigerian civil war Yugoaslavia. Indonesia Malaysia conflict Sino Indian war Indo Pakistan war Loads of terrorist attacks all over the world. Load of plane hijackings. Lots of civil wars. Think we have had it easy for a long time and forgotten the fairly recent past. It's not as bad and that's a fact.

@Mozart69938 22 дня назад

And not one in England

@philipako1113 23 дня назад

Jesús foretold the end of this world. Its the quesitos of time. He made it clear, the period is now, excepto the hourg

@nicolaswheeler3738 28 дней назад

Sack eem!

@Happydays2513 22 дня назад

We have no chance anymore we did have a strong military now its weak and broken

@Yskaela_senpai 28 дней назад

THE ANCIENT ROMES used to say "SYBISFACEM PARABELLUM" IF YOU WANT PEACE PREPARE FOR WAR.

@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp 28 дней назад

Right so let's make peace then

@malcolmlaverack6408 27 дней назад

On who's terms? Ours or Putins/Xi?

@zoecellis88 25 дней назад

It’s too late for that now. Plus our governments on each sides ego is too great!

@Comfortzone99 28 дней назад

When Russia strikes we will know nothing about it anyway, we will not know we are dead - perhaps for a second we will realize that the insurance we paid out for a future cremation had been a waste of money LOL.The absolute hell on Earth will be for the survivors in their deteriorating bunkers going crazy with each other.

@JohnK004 28 дней назад

Sure, let's just pretend that NATO has no air defense, and won't shoot down 99% of those rusty soviet nukes. Then what will ruzzia do? they will have to bend over and become 2nd rate citizens with no rights for the remainder of their miserable existence, all because they trusted a clown named pootin. LOL.