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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon May 16, 2011 5:44 pm ]
Post subject:  British ships protected by borrowed US spy plane in Libya
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... Libya.html

Quote:
A US spy plane has been protecting British ships in Libya because Britain has no airborne maritime surveillance capability after plans for new Nimrod jets were scrapped.

For a maritime nation that is remarkably embarassing. :oops:
Author:  AlunD [ Mon May 16, 2011 5:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: British ships protected by borrowed US spy plane in Libya
Get used to it. You either spend the money or you don't try to be an international police force. :roll:
Author:  Linux_User [ Mon May 16, 2011 6:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: British ships protected by borrowed US spy plane in Libya
TBH I think it's about time we withdrew as an international police force. Slash the armed forces to a defensive size & spend the £20bn saved on training schemes.
Author:  JohnSheridan [ Mon May 16, 2011 9:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: British ships protected by borrowed US spy plane in Libya
Unfortunately those in power still think we are a global superpower with an Empire :roll: hence we must have this - and Tridents replacement costing us squillions we don't have :x
Author:  l3v1ck [ Mon May 16, 2011 9:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: British ships protected by borrowed US spy plane in Libya
I blame the idiots who decided to fund an "upgrade" of hand built 50's airframes that were all different. Anyone with half a braincell could have told them that that would have been a money pit. For the number of aircraft being built, a modern off the peg solution bought from America would have been much more financially sensible.
They could have spent half the money and had the fleet they wanted.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon May 16, 2011 10:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: British ships protected by borrowed US spy plane in Libya
JohnSheridan wrote:
Unfortunately those in power still think we are a global superpower with an Empire :roll: hence we must have this - and Tridents replacement costing us squillions we don't have :x

I would have rather kept the Nimrods and the Harriers and scrapped the nuclear deterrant. We can still strike most countries with nuclear armed cruise missiles or aircraft. Only a few countries would be immune, though as part of a wider military coalition this would be irrelvant. The fact that the coalition have left the decision till just after the next election means that they are not brave enough to make the right decision.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Mon May 16, 2011 10:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: British ships protected by borrowed US spy plane in Libya
I would have rather kept the Harriers and reduced the international development budget.
Why that was immune from cuts is beyond me.
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