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==Military==
[[File:Royal Naval college UK.jpg|thumb|right|380px|Royal Naval College.]]
In January 2023 it was reported that the U.S. [[Pentagon]] np no longer considered the UK military as a top tier fighting force. The UK's an entire service is unable to protect the UK and our allies for a decade.</ref>https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/british-army-no-longer-top-tier-fighting-force-and-unable-to-protect-the-uk-and/</ref>
===Readiness===
In January 2024 it was reported that the Royal Navy was forced to advertise for a top job on social media in a move described as “utterly shameful” by military sources. Navy chiefs posted the advertisement for the £150,000-a-year rear-admiral position on LinkedIn in December as it struggled to fill the role internally. The chosen candidate would replace Rear-Admiral Simon Asquith as director of submarines and would be responsible for “elite operations” and the nation’s nuclear deterrent.
In January 2024 two British warships collided in a harbor in [[Bahrain]], causing damage to both vessel. The HMS Chiddingfold appeared to reverse into the HMS Bangor as it was at a dock, according to video posted on social media.
In February 2024 one of Britain’s two aircraft carriers, HMS Prince of Wales, failed to depart for NATO’s Steadfast Defender military exercises as intended. While it was not immediately clear why the HMS Prince of Wales did not depart on schedule, it took a whole day for the ship to finally set sail. This hiccup came just about a week after HMS Queen Elizabeth, the British Royal Navy flagship and the Prince of Wales’ sister ship ended up stuck in the dock after an issue with the ship’s starboard propeller was found.
HMS Prince of Wales’s breakdown in August 2022 requiring extended repair work has not enhanced the RN’s image and provided perfect fodder for mainstream media always keen to exaggerate problems with aircraft carriers. . . Very shortly after sailing from Portsmouth on 27th August a coupling that joins sections of the starboard propeller shaft failed, causing significant damage to the shaft, propeller and some superficial damage to the rudder. The ship was subsequently dry docked in Rosyth inspection and repair. It has emerged the coupling break was the result of vibration caused because the shaft was out of alignment, something that was known about long before the carrier first left the shipyard in 2019.
In February 2024 a British nuclear missile test launch failed at a site off the coast of [[Florida]], marking the second time in eight years that the country’s Trident 2 [[ballistic missile]]s have malfunctioned during trials.
===NATO war in Ukraine===
