Sir Navy without Air Force is useless. Sitting duck what is the navy going to do take 11000 royal marines ?
RAF 12 Sqdn in Qatar has a handful of Eurofighters - limited munitions and limited stockpiles of complex munitions and supply lines means RAF will not be in a position to perform anything more than surveillance and interdiction role.
Look at this infographic
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Now consider this report:
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Boots on the ground matter too- look at the British Army ORBAT:
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This is going to fight a war?
British Military is a paper tiger.