NAVY NOT READY FOR WAR, SAYS SEA LORD Such was the headline in the Daily Telegraph on, of all days, Wednesday 1 April. General Sir Gwyn Jenkins warned that the Navy had ‘hard work to do’ before it was capable of fighting a war successfully. Speaking to a Swedish newspaper, General Jenkins insisted that the Navy could still fight with what it had and that ‘if we were told to go to war, of course we would.’ However, when questioned about the Navy’s capability, he said, ‘Are we as ready as we should be? I don’t think we are. We have work to do and I am completely dedicated to the mission.’ There…
