RN gets hit hard by the cuts?

[ikalugin]

I heard from a comrade of mine that RN is getting severely beaten up by the cuts. However, as a RN serviceman, he is too depressed to discuss any details. Anywhere I could read about the cuts in a way a person without deep insider knowledge of UK politics would understand?

[Jimbuna]

I could be wrong but as far as I am aware the details of where the cuts will happen have not been made public yet.

[Jimbuna]

Of some interest maybe:

For the RN this will almost certainly mean more of the same, further overall funding cuts, some new equipment but in smaller numbers and continued slow decline.

http://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/elec...e-for-defence/

Current situation:

Only four out of Nato's 28 member states spent at least two per cent of their GDP on defence in 2013: Estonia, Greece, the USA and the UK, according to estimates.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-spending.html

Sad but true:

The Royal Navy with more admirals than surface warships?

http://en.mercopress.com/2014/10/19/...rface-warships

Following crippling defence cuts, there are now 40 admirals and 260 captains but just 19 ships.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3dK7XsKHS

[MGR1]

Typical British Government behavior, regardless of who's in charge. The lack of will to spend the money needed on defence is common to both. Labour because it wants to spend the money on welfare, the NHS and education, the Tories because they don't like the state spending money (full stop!) and they're also becoming increasingly isolationist in outlook.

Mike.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by MGR1

Typical British Government behavior, regardless of who's in charge. The lack of will to spend the money needed on defence is common to both. Labour because it wants to spend the money on welfare, the NHS and education, the Tories because they don't like the state spending money (full stop!) and they're also becoming increasingly isolationist in outlook.

Mike.

Yet we continue to stick our nose into international hot spots with a minimum of assets to do the task properly

[Betonov]

Jim, he's a Russian, tell him you'll be launching 10 new carriers next week

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Yet we continue to stick our nose into international hot spots with a minimum of assets to do the task properly

Black Adder goes Forth - Goodbyeee

Edmund: Don't forget your stick, Lieutenant.

George: Oh no, sir -- wouldn't want to face a machine gun without this!

[ikalugin]

Thanks for the info, would read into it. Maybe some of our British comrades know more?