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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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20 years to build and commission a boat? Does it really take that long to put one together? 
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:01 am |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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No. More than likely UKGov decided that's how long they wanted to take to pay for it and BAE said 'well, that's when you'll get it then'. But we've still got lots of Typhoons to fight those advanced air to air battles we'll have to undertake, and Tornadoes to zip in under the sophisticated antiaircraft defense systems our enemies will obviously have... Jon
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:49 am |
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JohnSheridan
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:10 pm Posts: 1057
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Well if we scrapped the billions we are going to waste (i mean spend) updating Trident then we could have a decent navy, airforce and army.
We need to decide if we want to be a "world power" or not - if we do then we need to spend the money needed to get there and not try to do it on a shoestring.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Although I like the idea of replacing Trident, we just can't afford it.
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:51 pm |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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Rubbish, we have to afford it. After all, in the infinitesimally small chance that Russia or China might decide to attack us with nuclear weapons rather than just buying the entire country with the small change they found down their national sofa we have to be able to make sure we managed some form of retaliation, shortly after they've turned the vast majority of the UK population into radioactive ash. Schools, hospitals and libraries are a small price to pay to ensure some level of satisfaction for the few blind, burned survivors. Jon
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Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:49 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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That's MAD, Jon. MAD I tell you 
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:09 am |
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dogbert10
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:23 pm Posts: 638 Location: 3959 miles from the centre of the Earth - give or take a bit
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"Clueless" just doesn't quite do it.....there are several other words I could use but I don't think they'd get through the filters.
We may as well just hang a "CLOSED" sign on the entire country, because at the moment, none of the f******* in Westminster have even the slightest clue what to do. A bunch of meerkats could do a better job.
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