Behind Closed Doors, Trudeau Says Trump Threat to Take Over Canada Is Real

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74. The RAF doesn't have the the aircraft to be a threat and their navy is quite small now as well

They have less than 10% of the fighter aircraft that we have and they completely lack bombers, electronic warfare, AWACS, and dedicated air superiority aircraft. They have maybe a couple dozen transport aircraft that can even reach Canada and zero armed aircraft that can fly that distance without mid air refueling. They have less than 10 mid air refuelers.

Their navy isn't much better. They have 2 carriers, both of which are dwarfed by the 11 supercarriers we operate. They have 6 quite excellent destroyers and 8 frigates. That rounds out their total blue water surface fleet. 16 ships. Submarines, they have 4 ballistic missile subs and 5 attack subs.

In comparison, the US Air Force has 1690 fighter aircraft, 291 ground attack aircraft, 141 bombers, 26 AWACS, 14 electronic warfare, 505 midair refueling aircraft, and 274 strategic transport aircraft that can fly intercontinental distances without the need to refuel.
The Navy has 11 supercarriers, 75 destroyers, 9 cruisers, 14 ballistic missile subs, 51 attack subs, and 4 guided missile subs.

The UK, along with the rest of Europe, completely lack the capability to respond in force to this side of the Atlantic with any reasonable speed. They are, and have been, entirely dependent on the US for heavy air and sealift operations and electronic warfare, and mostly dependent on the US for midair refueling, early warning, and airborne control. NATO militaries have been entirely designed around dependence on the US. It will takes years, if not decades, for that to change.