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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
True that but what other military areas will suffer financially as a consequence?  |
That is a good question, I think the RAF has probably been the one to take the most blows, but the army itself has lost a lot in terms of manpower, and has been transformed from a force which is meant to deploy into Europe and fight the Soviets to a rapid reaction force more akin to the deployment to the Falklands in '82. The wars in the Middle East have seen a move away from heavy armour towards IFVs and the airforce is moving from contesting airspace dominance towards policing a dominated airspace. Naturally, now that we've got all this set in motion we're going to stay out of the Middle East and return our attention to the Russian hordes.
What's that saying? Constantly fighting the last war?
