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Chief of the Boat
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Harrier jump-jets sold 'for peanuts'
Dozens of British Harrier jump jets are to be sold to the United States Marine Corps for £34 million after more than £1 billion has been spent on them in the last decade.
Food for thought  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...r-peanuts.html
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07-27-11, 10:56 AM
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I just dont know what to say, apart from what I think of this current shambles of a rotten lousy government (it would involve a lot of swear words so I shall leave at that)
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07-27-11, 11:03 AM
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I want to know why we need them in the first place...
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07-27-11, 11:07 AM
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07-27-11, 11:14 AM
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My thought is that keeping these birds flying is very expensive. Thus the billions spent on them to keep them flying. In the long run the UK will save money on better fighters. Liken this to the the F-14 Tomcat that required numerous hours and cash to keep them flying. This airframe was retired as a result. Many of the F-14 had years left to fly as well. These were scrapped.
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07-27-11, 11:22 AM
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and we spent 35 million?
wow...our pentagon is dumb. we're about to default and they do this?
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Sky High. Don't trust any politicians from any party's there all a lode of s***s.
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07-27-11, 01:07 PM
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I have just heard from a reliable 'private' source that the article is a load of bollocks!!
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07-27-11, 01:23 PM
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Why would Britain sell them? Because 34 million pounds from from the US is a lot more than they'd get scrapping them.
Why would the US buy them? As Osmium Steele said, $55 million is a cheap source of parts to keep ours flying.
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Could all be speculation so I'm keeping an open mind.
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07-27-11, 01:45 PM
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Officially denied so we know it's true now.
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07-27-11, 02:11 PM
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Rats. And I had two unopened jars of peanuts to pay for mine.
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