Yes they are being built but none of us know how the RN and the French Navy will cooperate without literally having proverbial knives behind their back when they deal with each other so, that is still a GIANT Question Mark to say the least...

As far as those SSGN's that are currently active, those ships were designed and built to last at least fifty years before they become ready for decommisioning, and there are the rest of the Ohio Boats that will soon enough compliment the current SSGN's as the work starts on the new class of super-boomers, or as the RN says "bombers" that are already being designed to replace them... This means that in the very near future there will be more Ohio boat conversions from SSBN's to SSGN's and yet we will still have an unmatched underwater naval nuclear deterrence with the rest of the total 14 Tridents that will still be available for that responsibility... I also know first hand how well the Trident submarines were built because I helped build the first three!

Do you actually think that what you read wherever regarding defense budget appropriations is accurate, then I have a bridge to sell you really, really cheap!!! in the USA, there are budgets that are for the public to digest. and there are budgets that are not to technically exist yet absolutely do! This is what I mean when I write that you do not have a clue to what us actually going on with the USN or our plans for the future which are so vital to our nation's defense that technically speaking there is no budget that exist for those projects... And don't bother to ask anything else regarding this reality because I'm simply not going answer any questions regarding it...  Just know this as an absolute... THE USN will always be the world's naval superpower unmatched in it's abilities and it's capabilities now, tomorrow and in the future and you can take that to the BANK son!

Wow!!!I got to hand it to the British Government Propaganda folks because you claim to have already won the war between Great Britain and the Nazi's??? And you all didn't need any of us? Okay, Now I have read as much BS as one can tolerate but instead of totally ignoring you which is what I should do, I'm just going to say this Glynn... You have got to be kidding!

Also, whatever you think you know about the USN is nowhere near what is actually happening with the USN because unfortunately for you, are not part of the loop... In fact, you're not even @ a need to know basis as to what is actually going on... Do you really think that the USN is going to openly lay out all of their cards on the table so the enemy can plan on countering all of our weapon systems??? NOT!!! It's obvious that you don't know what actually went on in the Falklands because you fail to mention one little yet important and vital contribution that totally made the difference for the British to prevail there... Do you remember what it was Glynn? That's right, SATELLITE INTELLIGENCE!

The British knew ahead of time what the Argentinians were planning because of our satellite intelligence... Do you really think that we would allow the RN to be totally blind in the South Atlantic, and attempt to plan Naval operations without the support of our vast network of satellite intel? You see this is what I'm talking about... My country goes out of it's way to be grateful to the British for their continuing alliance and cooperation... And the American people are grateful as am I but you on the other hand. does not want to acknowledge any of the assistance we have given your nation in your time of need.. I hope you are not a reflection of how the British population think towards us with respect to your claim that the British never really needed us in any of her conflicts where the USA clearly assisted England and our contributions were vital towards the successful outcomes of the conflicts you claim that the British didn't need our help...

Finally, as far as me calling you or your nation soft is concerned I just have one thing to write about Glynn... Stop twisting my comments to your advantage, and then claim that I'm bigoted when we all know who is the real guilty person here... Because I never said anything at all that was intentionally insulting or disrespectful toward the British people in general... I just wrote about how I hope that you personally are an anomaly of what the rest of the British think of America!!! Geez, I thought you had half a brain but now I'm starting to question that premise Glynn...

And as far as knowing you is concerned, you're right I don't really know you but, I know enough of your opinions to know that you must be an anomaly of what the British in general think of the USA... I also know that if you really knew what is actually going on, you wouldn't be writing all sorts of blather regarding the USN and how we stack up against China or the rest of the world... Instead, you would agree that we do have many let's just say "Tricks up our sleeve" that the rest of the world only wish they knew about... And with that I'll just end by writing that you shouldn't rely on what you read, or hear from unreliable sources... And try to get your history straight because currently it looks like a banana!

Respectfully for the most part,
Henry

I love you Brits, seriously. One of the U.S greatest allies and personally I think great folks and have our backs. Besides that you have a Prime Minister that actually has a pair of stones, unlike our occupying idiot behind the desk currently. 

In WWII though the British were pushed off the shores of France by the German blitzkrieg. I believe this was an attempted landing by the British forces to secure a front, been a day or two since I read about it. With the German V2's introduced even Churchill himself admitted that he was unsure of how long the island nation would hold out. If not for Hitler's wild idea to turn and attack the Russians all would have been lost. Hitler could not push into Britain like he wanted because the frontlines and supply lines would not allow for it. Had Hitler not violated his treaty with Stalin and kept the Russians happy on the eastern front and concentrated his efforts on Britain though what would it have been like.

The power of the Germans at the time, the skill of the soldiers, the equipment was top of the line. Take the Battle of the Bulge. Joachim Peiper crushed the front lines with the German Waffen SS. If they had not run out of gas and could have been resupplied I believe they would have made it to Antwerp. Whether they could have held it with the Allied forces surrounding them and Patton's 3rd Army moving in fast is another thing.

It was a good pairing in WWII. We needed the Brit's and you needed us. We needed a place to stage troops, supplies, coordinate an attack. Normandy was an attack of Americans, Canadiens, British working together against a single foe. Could Britain have won the war on their own? If you talk numbers I don't think they could have. Not because the British people didn't have courage or the guts to fight I just don't think you would have had the resources. Patton led a half a million troops into Czechoslovakia, a half million! Did Montgomery even command that many British troops? Resources- Churchill met with Stalin several times without Roosevelt to try and secure lands, a deal if you will, with the Russian leader for the post war era. Knowing that England was just an island nation he knew that he must have British influence in some areas in order to gain natural resources. Stalin was ok with Churchill's idea, at least face to face with him but had no intention of releasing any land he had overtaken.

All and all it was a combination of British, American, Canadien, Australian's, French resistance and others who recognized an evil unlike anything the world has ever seen before. Personally I salute the Brit's for what they endured at the beginning of the war and everything they have done since as an American ally and friend.

Cheers!

Shawn

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