Russia’s Black Sea failure throws doubt on utility of modern navies | General Sir Richard Shirreff

“The Ukrainians have demonstrated very effectively by their complete neutralisation of the Black Sea fleet with drones that you don’t need a navy”.

In response to Grant Shapps's announcement of twenty-five new warships, General Sir Richard Shirreff says the UK needs to “prepare its armed forces across the board”. There’s a likelihood we will be having to fight Russia on land”.

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