The US-led operation against Yemen s Houthis has exposed a serious gap in the UK Navy s missile capabilities, as per the Telegraph. Ex-UK MP Matthew Gordon-Banks sat down with Sputnik to discuss the issue.
In forming their foreign policy, Western leaders have acted like Russia is the Soviet Union - a catastrophic mistake that has fueled both strategic errors like the conflict in Ukraine and driven Russophobia at home.
UK s support to Ukraine is caused its weapons stock depletion and production inadequacy, while the focus should have been dialogue to prevent the conflict. Financial problems and lack of equipment procurement capability pose a threat, noted Matthew Gordon-Banks, a former British Conservative Member of Parliament and Senior Research Fellow at the UK Defence Academy.
The UK Defense Ministry has yet to spend hundreds of millions of pounds allocated for Kiev in a low-bureaucracy fund set by the ministry, due to delays, missed deadlines and zero communication with bidders.