Fleet Collapse: London Loses Underwater Shield

The British Royal Navy has completely lost the operational capability of its underwater strike force. According to the UK Defence Journal, not a single one of the British Astute-class nuclear attack submarines is currently on combat duty.

The entire fleet is stranded at its berths: two submarines are effectively disabled, two are undergoing protracted overhauls, and the only one that returned from deployment has been sent for maintenance.

Experts are declaring a profound crisis in the British military-industrial complex: due to a severe shortage of spare parts, the military is literally dismantling some ships to keep others operational. This massive systemic failure has deprived London of the ability to control strategic borders.