@Alexandra2001 What the UK does or doesn't do when the target of nuclear strikes is immaterial.. as i said, nukes/MAD has failed, its too late and no one is going to target the UK only, their effects are hardly containable.
On the contrary, MAD would ONLY have failed if any warhead actually and literally lands on its intended target.
Being launched is not itself evidence of a failure in MAD since they CAN be diverted in mid air and aborted safely elsewhere. This capability IS exactly why each State would launch as soon as a rogue State launches. That action itself is what would lead to diverting and abortion of warheads. That's the foundation behind MAD.
As ever, you keep on falling into the False Dilemma Fallacy when the option I just mentioned is valid.
I i find it absolutely amazing that you think 2 carriers with a handful of planes would deter China invading Taiwan, only the Yanks can do that, together with the economic consequences.
Need i remind you the QE carrier barely made it out of the Solent before it broke down.
Right.....please quote where I stated exactly that?
What a Strawman Argument Fallacy from you! Quite an error in logic there. Bravo! Bad faith on your part.
I would rather have someone in power who isn't an out an out populist, which is what Truss is modelling herself on, she is likely to do stuff to seek popularity, regardless of the outcome, hence unable to distinguish between Macron, a friend and Putin, an enemy.
That would be your opinion. That's fine. But also irrelevant to what I've actually said so far.
Yes plenty of Labour politicians screw up, which is why i'm not really a supporter of them but they would be a lot better for the UK than the current Tory Govt, who despite 12 years in power have not improved anything at all, in fact with Brexit, made things far worse.
You could have fooled me with how fervently you've been defending anything to do with Labour in here. It's not particularly balanced.