United Kingdom

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Declared a state of war on the United States on 16 February 2026 after strikes on its air defence network. Holds the Continuous At-Sea Deterrent.

Also: UK · Britain · London

In the record

  1. 10 January 2026 The severanceAt 03:00 on a Friday, engineers at Wright-Patterson revoke access for five allied air forces. By 08:30 GMT the…
  2. 13 January 2026 Europe grounds its stealth fleetAvailability across the allied F-35 force falls by more than half in seventy-two hours. The United Kingdom bri…
  3. 19 January 2026 The walkoutTwenty minutes into an Article 4 session the shouting starts. When France and Britain call a vote on mutual de…
  4. 21 January 2026 The basing lockoutHost nations revoke diplomatic clearance for American tanker sorties at Ramstein and Mildenhall, and close wes…
  5. 27 January 2026 The first sanctions ever placed on the United StatesPorts, insurance, payments, designations. Hungary abstains and refuses to implement. Estonia records that the …
  6. 31 January 2026 Allies garrison IcelandFive heavy transports land at Keflavik in sleet. Royal Marines, French fusiliers, a SAMP/T battery on the Reyk…
  7. 7 February 2026 Northern Hinge, and the warning about BritainTwo binders. The first says Iceland can be taken in forty-eight hours. The second says the British Isles canno…
  8. 9 February 2026 Operation Northern HingeAster interceptors light the sky over Reykjanes at 02:40 UTC. By 11:20 the British commander surrenders with h…
  9. 11 February 2026 Lakenheath, and the combined commandBritish sappers cut the barrier interlocks at Gate 2 and 1,150 American airmen are interned in their own base …
  10. 14 February 2026 Albion Anvil is delivered184 pages. Hunt the deterrent at 18 to 22 percent confidence. Spend 65 percent of the global standoff inventor…
  11. 16 February 2026 Phase I: the first strikes on Britain since 1945148 cruise missiles cross the line of departure at 04:12 GMT. Eighty-four are shot down and sixty-four get thr…
  12. 19 February 2026 Phase II: the North SeaThe largest surface action between Western powers in eighty years. Gettysburg goes down with thirty-two dead. …
  13. 24 February 2026 Phase III staging report — dueThe open item on the agenda when the record stops. Amphibious assault readiness, sealift convoy assembly, alli…