Sovereign capacity doesn't mean autarky, but it does mean having sufficient capacity not to be held to ransom, as (for example) China has been able to do with rare earths (and might be about to … (View Post)

So the UK/Norway gas pipelines, and the high voltage interconnects with the continent are points of considerable vulnerability ? Absent a change of regime for the better, the "Russian threat&quo… (View Post)

Well, yes. Certainly Europe should have that capacity, and we should aim to be part of that. The reality is that there isn't a vast amount the UK can do, purely on its own, in the technologies a… (View Post)

Not really. The drones Ukraine uses this month are improvements on those they used last month. It's all in a state of rapid evolution, somewhat analogous to the use of airplanes in WWI, except m… (View Post)

Since the defence review a year ago, Ukraine has stopped sending troops to the UK for training, as what they were learning is obsolete. As is much of our existing army structure. In spring 2022, a Uk… (View Post)