UK headed toward irrelevancy? Cuts nuclear stockpile.

I don't know what to think.

If you don't have strong conventional forces then you better have exceptional nuclear capability.

Seems like the UK is giving up on both.

Is the UK headed toward irrelevancy or is it still as strong?  Personally I don't care.  The future for them as far as the US is concerned (IMO) is the same as its always been.  They're gonna be good allies among many.  They will do what they can with what they have with the interests of their own country first and foremost in mind.

I can live with that.

What becomes jeopardized?  Talking points....and perhaps national prestige.  I don't think many of the elites realize how powerful a detterent the idea of a strong military really is.  For all the complaints about the US (and I get an earful on a daily basis by readers from all over the planet) one thing that can't be said is that we're weak militarily.  That makes a difference.