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RAF transport is 'Euro-w*nking makework project'

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rustybucket

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RAF transport is 'Euro-w*nking makework project'


	Quote: A peer and former defence minister has described the A400M military transport plane - which is being bought by the cash-strapped UK armed forces for a secret but outrageous amount of money - as a "Euro-w*nking make-work project" in the written Parliamentary record. The straight talk came from Lord Gilbert, who held various ministerial portfolios in the 1970s - including a defence one - and did another spell in the MoD as a peer in the first years of the Blair government.

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Even though I have family working on this plane, IMO he speaks truth.

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Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:39 pm

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Re: RAF transport is 'Euro-w*nking makework project'

The only reason we don't need this as much any more is because we bought 5 C17s, which is a kick ass plane.

The A400M is suited to replacing the ageing C-130 though.

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Re: RAF transport is 'Euro-w*nking makework project'


	Linux_User wrote: The A400M is suited to replacing the ageing C-130 though.

You say aging, but new modern versions of the Herc are released on a regular basis. The A400 can't do anything more than a modern Herc.

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