“The U.K. meets the NATO goal.”
That’s the point !
The UK actually meets the supposed goal, and it is still a shambles.
It wasn’t the point, it was a fact correction, settle down.
Is there any evidence that a “NATO goal” of 2% has any real-world value?
I mean, if the Royal Navy is to go on and fight in a contested environment, maybe 2% is a joke. Maybe they need 10%, or 20%.
Those huge targets (HMS QE II and HMS PoW) don’t have escort forces sufficient to protect them. What’s the Senior Service plan if one of them is sunk? Or both of them?
This “NATO target” nonsense is just that. It has no relevance to real-world dangers, it’s a BS number made up by some bureaucrat somewhere.