Nuclear vs Disability

2,733 miles between London and Tehran.

1,325 miles between London and Kyiv

1,554 miles between London and Moscow

2,233 miles between London and Tel Aviv

 

2,220 miles range of an F35A

2,900 miles range of a Typhoon

 

The British Royal Navy / Royal Air Force bought 138 F35B’s for use with the two fleet carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.

However, it is stated in an article published in February this year, (19fortyfive.com by Steve Balestrieri), that “Aircraft availability is a persistent issue. The UK has built its carrier designs around the F-35B and its air superiority and strike capability. However, procurement delays, maintenance issues, and rising costs have impacted the numbers present. Only a handful of the 138 F-35Bs ordered for purchase are fully operationally available.”

There is little difference between the F35A and F35B, both being variants of the same aircraft.

The F35 development has never lived upto expectations, we bought into it for political reasons not because it was going to be superior to anything that Britain and its European partners could build.

The F35 was sold to us as a next generation stealth jump jet, however it really isn’t. If it takes off vertically, or goes supersonic  it burns away it’s stealth shielding. 

The planes are difficult to maintain and are not very reliable.

The F35 cannot match the F22 fighter, but the USA will not sell us the F22, even though we are supposed to be their allies.

A brief history lesson, Britain developed Vtol (vertical take off and landing) aircraft, from the trials of the flying bedstead, to the amazing Hawker Siddley Harrier and Sea Harrier. The Harrier was the most versatile aircraft realistically that the RAF and the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ever had. They were used in actual combat during the Falklands war, and other than accidents no aircraft were lost to enemy action.

They were so good that we then let an American company, Mcdonnell Douglas build them under license.  The United States Marine Corps still use them today, and when we supposedly were mothballing ours (putting them into storage) some ridiculous British politician agreed to give them all to the USA to use for spare parts.

So the one other aircraft the navy could use off these poorly designed carriers were given away.

Sadly another (or even the same) politician removed the steam catapult capability when we were building our two carriers, to save a couple of million quid, meaning that the Typhoon fighters that Britain are building with our European partners cannot be used.

We also had Tornado aircraft that the RAF used so well, that American pilots flying alongside them were in awe at the plane and skill of its pilots 

The Tornado excelled in both Gulf wars, and outclassed all in its ground attack role. flying faster than  the speed of sound, over terrain at below 200ft.

There will be folk arguing that it was outclassed by other more modern fighters, however at low level it truly wasn’t, and it’s stand off weapons could deal with other air threats that were way over the horizon. The Tornado could carry almost all types of weapons systems.

So again we retired British built planes in favour of substandard American ones.

As for Stealth? Well we as a British Air Industry lead the world in that too, by accident more than design, the Vulcan Atomic Bomber (Britain’s Nuclear deterrent) gave the radar signature akin to an armchair.

Instead of our consecutive governments, since Thatcher’s asset stripping of UK industry, actually investing in British technology, research and manufacturing, they have given everything away to the USA. I won’t say sold, because we profited from very little of it.

Now I am not saying we as a nation should be proud of our military might and expertise, far from it, but as a sabre rattling nation we are truly a joke.

Starmer is currently telling us he is investing more in nuclear deterrents, but the one we have, Trident, is a US system, one that can only be used with American consent, cannot be aimed at the USA or their allies, which currently we wouldn’t want to do, I agree, but given Trumps irrational behaviours, it may one day be the case. We pay America rent, to put their weapons on our submarines.

So Starmer now is stating we will be buying American missiles, to place on defective American supplied planes, to be fired at American nominated targets.

In Britain today with have people living in abject poverty, yet instead of investing in our people, we have yet another Primate Minister shouting at the world, likely, I believe,  under instructions of his paymasters in Israel, in the USA, in Russia too, whilst using fascist policies to cut funding and support to the absolute most vulnerable in our society. Branding sick and disabled people as scroungers, fraudsters, lazy and useless. That Mr Starmer is truly hate crime, and breaks so many UK and international laws, and then placing the entire country in peril,  under the instruction of foreign powers is in my humble opinion High Treason.

Mr Starmer and his Cabinet of soulless creatures need removing from power. They already are taking lives, but just how far are these, in my considered opinion, corrupt people, actually prepared to go?

Will you and your family next?