Britain set to slash its armed forces - Page 3

TarJak · 09-14-10, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

It must just be a coincidence then that the vast majority of cabinet members in this present coalition government are millionaires

Then they should know a thing or two about saving a pound.

TLAM Strike · 09-14-10, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Tchocky

The Typhoon is a great aircraft, but I can't see it's place beyond a LGB/Brimstone truck and occasional Bear-pusher.
The RAF certainly doesn't need two hundred of them.

Kinda a waste to use a Typhoon to shoo away Bears. A BAE Hawk armed with 'winders would be sufficient.

Heck isn't shooting down Bears what the Harrier was intended for!

Oberon · 09-15-10, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Kinda a waste to use a Typhoon to shoo away Bears. A BAE Hawk armed with 'winders would be sufficient.

Heck isn't shooting down Bears what the Harrier was intended for!

That and popping up from German forests to drop munitions on Soviet tanks.

bookworm_020 · 09-15-10, 07:41 AM

I can tell you where all the money saved will be going, to the 2012 Olympics!

That's what happened here in Sydney. The government cut huge amounts out of transport, hospitals, education, infrastructure and so on to pay for the games in 2000 and we're still paying the price 10 years on.

I do have to admit, I had a ball during the 2000 Olympics (was a Torchbearer for the Olympics and Paralympics) and have volunteered for the 2012 games in London. Someone has got to help spend the money you cut from defence, plus, I can scout for a suitable point of attack to take the UK over......

TarJak · 09-15-10, 07:43 AM

The point of attack is the easy bit. Making sure they get rid of most of the army navy and airforce before we get there is the hard part. Oh hang on the Tories are doing that for us.

Oberon · 09-15-10, 07:54 AM

Advice, don't try the Suffolk coastline, there's still enough munitions left around here from the last war to stop any invasion.

Herr-Berbunch · 09-15-10, 08:00 AM

If all military contracts were scrutinised and corrected before signing then this country would save a fortune - to continually place an order, then realise that nobody is trained on the kit, then hurriedly place an order for the maintenance of said kit, then upgrade to bring it almost into line with some other almost outdated kit... beggars belief, time and time again!

In fact not just military contracts, ALL contracts that are publicly paid for in any form should be thoroughly completed at first attempt!

Labour, Tory, Lib-Dems, Green, BNP - doesn't matter which party, they're all as bad as each other in almost every respect.

Oberon · 09-15-10, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Labour, Tory, Lib-Dems, Green, BNP - doesn't matter which party, they're all as bad as each other in almost every respect.

This is something I think nearly every single person in the UK will agree with you on.

papa_smurf · 09-15-10, 08:06 AM

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Someone has got to help spend the money you cut from defence, plus, I can scout for a suitable point of attack to take the UK over......

Try Derbyshire, its out of the way plus no-one really notice - too busy sheep farming or eating Bakewell pudding

Herr-Berbunch · 09-15-10, 08:15 AM

And I'm all for investment in schools, with my wife being a teacher, but £20m+ to build a school plus continual DfES funding for upkeep as opposed to <£2m per annum upkeep of well-built older schools? Okay, some buildings really could do with some modernisation but not all?

And then there is the whole special needs furore at the minute... grrr!

Jimbuna · 09-15-10, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Labour, Tory, Lib-Dems, Green, BNP - doesn't matter which party, they're all as bad as each other in almost every respect.

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Originally Posted by Oberon

This is something I think nearly every single person in the UK will agree with you on.

Even me

FIREWALL · 09-15-10, 12:11 PM

All you guys have all the answers. Why don't you all run for office and fix everything.

Oberon · 09-15-10, 12:14 PM

They'd never take us

XabbaRus · 09-15-10, 01:21 PM

We would just sit around in the office all day and squander public money on uber PCs to run Storm of War and have a lolwaffles campaign.

Oberon · 09-15-10, 02:35 PM

I wonder if I could stall a Eurofighter....

09-15-10, 07:41 AM	#34
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I can tell you where all the money saved will be going, to the 2012 Olympics! That's what happened here in Sydney. The government cut huge amounts out of transport, hospitals, education, infrastructure and so on to pay for the games in 2000 and we're still paying the price 10 years on. I do have to admit, I had a ball during the 2000 Olympics (was a Torchbearer for the Olympics and Paralympics) and have volunteered for the 2012 games in London. Someone has got to help spend the money you cut from defence, plus, I can scout for a suitable point of attack to take the UK over...... __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

09-15-10, 08:00 AM	#37
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	If all military contracts were scrutinised and corrected before signing then this country would save a fortune - to continually place an order, then realise that nobody is trained on the kit, then hurriedly place an order for the maintenance of said kit, then upgrade to bring it almost into line with some other almost outdated kit... beggars belief, time and time again! In fact not just military contracts, ALL contracts that are publicly paid for in any form should be thoroughly completed at first attempt! Labour, Tory, Lib-Dems, Green, BNP - doesn't matter which party, they're all as bad as each other in almost every respect. __________________

09-15-10, 08:15 AM	#40
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	And I'm all for investment in schools, with my wife being a teacher, but £20m+ to build a school plus continual DfES funding for upkeep as opposed to <£2m per annum upkeep of well-built older schools? Okay, some buildings really could do with some modernisation but not all? And then there is the whole special needs furore at the minute... grrr! __________________

09-15-10, 12:11 PM	#42
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	All you guys have all the answers. Why don't you all run for office and fix everything. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

09-15-10, 01:21 PM	#44
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	We would just sit around in the office all day and squander public money on uber PCs to run Storm of War and have a lolwaffles campaign. __________________

09-15-10, 07:43 AM	#35
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	The point of attack is the easy bit. Making sure they get rid of most of the army navy and airforce before we get there is the hard part. Oh hang on the Tories are doing that for us.

09-15-10, 07:54 AM	#36
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Advice, don't try the Suffolk coastline, there's still enough munitions left around here from the last war to stop any invasion.

09-15-10, 12:14 PM	#43
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	They'd never take us

09-15-10, 02:35 PM	#45
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I wonder if I could stall a Eurofighter....

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