The UK is one of surprisingly few countries that can still park a warship (or three) off the coast anywhere in the world to indicate Her Majesty does not approve of this sort of show.
The RN is small - much smaller than I'd like - but it does still have significant capacity to project power. And credible power, too: our frigates and destroyers are quite fiddly to get rid of, and starting a full-scale war with NATO is low on most people's priority list.
The RN is small - much smaller than I'd like - but it does still have significant capacity to project power. And credible power, too: our frigates and destroyers are quite fiddly to get rid of, and starting a full-scale war with NATO is low on most people's priority list.