Our, culture and our diplomatic power

rAnK  1  |  sCOrE  100 – Despite its smaller national base, the uK is the most
geopolitically-capable and “well-rounded” of the European major powers. It has a robust
capability portfolio from which to draw in the years ahead, particularly as it navigates
withdrawal from the Eu. In terms of national instruments – in which it leads overall – it has the
largest diplomatic leverage and second-biggest military might (after Russia). It has the largest
military budget in the Eu, while the Royal navy, in terms of total displacement of large warships
and auxiliaries, is larger than the navies of france, Italy and Germany combined. However,
despite its inherent strengths, the uK needs to concentrate on developing a robust strategy in
the years ahead to cultivate and mobilise its overall capability, particularly if it is to realise the
vision of “Global Britain”.

"while the Royal navy, in terms of total displacement of large warships
and auxiliaries, is larger than the navies of france, Italy and Germany combined"

Important one

Global Britain = Empire now

When people start chatting about the RN being shit

yes we need more but it is still very formidable

especially with the new ships

Well in regards to actual combat vessels, it is

Still it's not quite on par with the two power rule we had before, and less relevant given the benefits of Air power.

Type-45's capabilities make al other contemporaries look like wet blankets

You have the Type-45 being able to track and engage 30+ targets at once

while contemporaries are stuck with single digits

It can act as flagship, control air groups

I don't dispute that, but 31 cheap aircraft..

Hypersonic anti-ship weapons

Missile barrages

It can track and engage at LEAST

Ballistic anti-ship missile threats

Fast-attack boat swarms

8 supersonic sea skimming missiles arriving at random intervals, defnding everything within a 6km radius

More than literally any other single ship

That is from it's key specification

as documented by it;s haynes manual

Id like to re-iterate

that's the minimum spec

Missile doctrine especially by China and the Soviet Union (Now Russia) was and still is missile swarms

That's how the Soviets were going to sink the Atlantic carriers

And the ship was designed to defend against exactly that

Yes, but there's a limit to its capabilities, one the enemy will certainly be able to surpass

The sea viper (PAAMS) system was designed specially for integration with other ships

As it would have during the cold war

they can piggy back on it's tracking suit

When attacking carrier groups

*Though, defenses weren't as effective then*

THAT, is the issue with ships in general

Only one needs to get through.

let me once again say, it can track an object the size of a cricket ball moving at mach 3

]200km away

It is a ship designed around a radar

It;s like the A10 of ships