American Reacts to UK Military Power 2026: Why Nobody Messes With Britain

Hi guys welcome back to the channel here we are with our next reaction and this one we have UK military power 2026 why nobody and I mean nobody messes with Britain before we dive in if you guys happen to enjoy please don't forget to smash subscribe give the video a thumbs up also if you'd like to support the channel further hit that join button get your exclusive benefits and let's find out what's going on in the UK. Most people underestimate Britain they look at its size on the map and think small island small threat but what if I told you that this so-called small island has one of the most lethal most technologically advanced and most battle-hardened militaries on the entire planet stay with me because by the end of this video you will never underestimate the UK again what you're about to see isn't just a list of tanks and jets this is the full picture the nuclear arsenal the special forces that operate in the shadows the aircraft carriers that project power across the globe and the one reason why even superpowers think twice before crossing Britain welcome to the citadel files and today we break down the full terrifying scale of UK military power let's start I feel like as we've seen in so many videos um the UK wall may not have the quantity that quality is I feel like it is high as it's ever been when definitely when it comes to weaponry and you see all of the advances they're making especially in this age of technology like it's it's insane some of the videos I've seen of the weapons that the UK are either in the process of making or have made or the upgrades they are making to certain weaponry that they already have or certain tanks or war vehicles I guess that's the best way to say it um but it's amazing but I've always thought um from the videos that I've seen it's just the mindset that the Brits have it is the experience that they have it is everything that they've learned over centuries of wars right that makes them such a threat that you see time after time in history when enemies have underestimated them time after time after time they've defeated them when the odds were not in their favor when you look at it on paper and you like there's no way there's no way the UK comes out of that time after time they win they come out and to me it's not the weaponry it's it's not that it is the mind set all right I'm sorry let's get right back into it terrifying scale of UK military power let's start with the numbers because they are staggering the United Kingdom consistently ranks among the top five most powerful militaries in the world it has one of the largest defense budgets on the planet over 75 billion dollars per year that's a lot more than Russia spends in many estimates the UK armed forces consist of three branches the British Army the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force together they employ over 150,000 active personnel with hundreds of thousands more in reserves but raw numbers don't tell the full story what makes the UK I thought it was less than that if I'm being honest but shoot and you know he talks about that number 75 billion and then you think of the percentage uh GDP that the UK have been spending on military has been really low um over the past years and now they are dedicating to upping that to a higher percentage so you think when that budget goes up the more advances they are going to be able to make the more recruiting they are going to be able to do to bring more people into the military right to get those numbers back up and you have the quality at a high rate already now as you it feels like as you continue to raise that budget your recruiting will go up and the quantity will come up as well so it's like uh UK UK um UK is about their business and in this next decade or so I'm very intrigued to see how the military grows and weaponry serves but raw numbers don't tell the full story what makes the UK military truly scary and ground strike missions add in the P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft the RC-135 Rivet Joint Electronic Intelligence Aircraft and the E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning Aircraft and the UK has a full spectrum air warfare capability that few nations on earth can match yeah here's what makes it terrifying in practice the RAF can detect track jam and destroy enemy targets from the air while simultaneously protecting its own assets it doesn't just fight it controls the entire electromagnetic battlefield oh wow now let's go to the ground that's insane it said it doesn't just fight it controls the entire electromagnetic battlefield in a world where it feels like almost every country has so much technology within their aircraft within their land vehicles within so much the technology is like insane these days to control to be able to jam communications to be able to disrupt someone's electronic systems that's huge that would be absolutely detrimental to another country when it comes to warfare all right continue the entire electromagnetic battlefield now let's go to the ground and into the shadows the british army fields challenger 2 main battle tanks among the most heavily armored tanks in the world it also operates apache attack helicopters which have proven devastatingly effective in combat in afghanistan and beyond but the real fear factor special forces oh yeah sas special air service is widely regarded as the best special operations unit on the planet founded in world war ii the sas has conducted covert operations on every continent their selection process is considered the most grueling in the world with failure rates above 80 then there's the sbs special boat service britain's maritime special forces operating with submarines combat divers and fast boats and the special reconnaissance regiment which operates in deep cover intelligence and surveillance missions together these units form a tier one special operations capability that can operate anywhere anytime with zero warning and zero footprint governments and terror organizations around the world genuinely fear the knock on the door that comes from british special forces facts facts they call and they're terrified because you can't fight a ghost um we know we've seen so many videos about the sas i've seen videos about the sbs not the special reconnaissance i haven't seen that elite force so that's a new one for me but um just from those two you for sure know that britain's special forces many like he said many people regard as the best in the world and if not if you don't regard them as the number one you at least have to regard them as one of the best in the world uh but the videos that i've seen that the the missions that they're capable of pulling off um their special skills when they're out there in the field it's it's insane it's in my head the least that they are able to go to to successfully accomplish a mission like it's unfathomable it's it i can't begin to imagine putting myself in those shoes like mentally i don't know if you can get any stronger than than the guys who make it in the men and the women who make it in these special forces here's the final piece that makes uk military power truly global its alliances the uk is a founding member of nato it is one of only five members of the five eyes intelligence alliance sharing real-time intelligence with the us canada australia and new zealand britain also maintains military bases and partnerships across the world from cyprus to gibraltar the falklands to bahrain and diego garcia a strategic base in the indian ocean that gives britain and the us the ability to project power into the middle east and asia the uk has also signed the orcas agreement with australia and the united states a landmark deal that will see britain help build nuclear-powered submarines for australia this is a game-changing alliance that directly challenges chinese naval dominance in the pacific britain may not have the largest military but it has the reach the intelligence the alliances and the technology to punch far far above its weight on any battlefield in any corner of the world so still think it's just a small island nuclear submarines always at sea stealth jets the world's feared special forces a global intelligence network and alliances that stretch from the atlantic to the pacific the united kingdom doesn't make a lot of noise but that's exactly what makes it dangerous now i want to hear from you in the comments below tell me which part of uk military power surprised you the most the nuclear deterrent the sas the aircraft carriers drop it below i read every comment and if you want to see the same breakdown for the u.s military france or china hit that subscribe button because that video is coming very soon until then stay sharp yeah i don't know uh it feels like i've seen so much of the uk military that nothing really surprises me but i'm sure the next story that i react to i'll be absolutely amazed so i say that and i'm like yeah there it's gonna be another insane thing that they pulled off insane conditions that they learned how to survive in but not only survive to thrive in and it my mind will be blown again but y'all talk to me in the comment section what do you think about the military um what impresses you the most or was there anything that you didn't know that came to surface in this video and i talked about the challenger 2 tanks as we know they are being upgraded a bunch and are now the challenger 3 tanks which are some of the greatest tanks in the world from what i've seen but that's all we have i hope you enjoy i'll see y'all on the next video