The bottom line is this: if a full-scale war with Russia ever broke out, the UK might as well hang out the white flag on day one. That's exactly why they won't be sending their own troops. Why pay in British lives when they can keep weakening Russia with Ukrainian blood instead? It's cheaper, politically safer, and far more convenient. ------- "Russia can produce 15 million drones a year: Britain has 8,000. In comparison, Ukraine is using roughly 200,000 a month in its war against Russia. Only 73,000 active duty soldiers remain in the British army, a tiny fraction of Russia’s standing army of 1.3 million, and poor recruitment and retention has worsened our position over the past decade. Russia is equipped with a range of ballistic and hypersonic missiles capable of striking the UK. “If Britain came under a sustained attack that targeted multiple different sites, we don’t have the assets to defend everywhere,” said Greg Bagwell, a former air marshal. “There’s been no reduction in the Russian northern fleet’s capability really during the war in Ukraine,” Burns said. “Through their weapon systems, Russia can hold the UK at risk.”
