HMS Newcastle (foreground) leaves the South Korean port of Pusan Photo: PRESS ASSOCIATION
The Navy Strikes Back -- The Telegraph
Rivalry among the three armed forces has flared into open warfare, as generals, air marshals and admirals strive to preserve their funding. And it is the Navy that is the most vulnerable.
A formidable array of naval power greeted the visitor to Portsmouth last week. There was the carrier Invincible, veteran of the Falklands War, the air-defence destroyers Exeter, Nottingham and Southampton and the patrol ships Leeds Castle and Dumbarton Castle. Four Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment ships were there, too – Fort Austin, Oakleaf, Brambleleaf and Grey Rover. Together they would form a powerful flotilla, capable of projecting British influence to the far corners of the globe. But this task force will never sail.
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My Comment: What was once the world's most powerful military .... is now fighting for scraps to survive.
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