The Iran war has brutally exposed Britain’s lack of military readiness and shortage of defence assets, with its navy unable to immediately deploy an advanced warship even after a UK air base on Cyprus was targeted by drones. Donald Trump’s jibe that “you don’t even have a navy” was unfair, but hit home. Now, as the FT has reported, Britain risks losing cutting-edge defence technology amid delays in publishing the government’s 10-year defence investment plan (DIP).
伊朗战争近乎残酷地暴露出英国军事备战不足、国防资产短缺的现实：在塞浦路斯的一处英国空军基地遭无人机袭击后，英国海军甚至无法立即部署一艘先进战舰。唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)嘲讽英国“连支海军都没有”，此话虽显偏颇，却确实击中了英国的痛处。如今，正如英国《金融时报》报道所揭示的那样，由于政府迟迟未公布为期10年的国防投资计划(DIP)，英国甚至面临失去尖端防务技术的风险。
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