TheSmiter
3rd Apr 2010, 11:24
This one seems to have snuck in under the radar -
National Maritime Information Centre will monitor threat from sea - Crime, UK - The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/national-maritime-information-centre-will-monitor-threat-from-sea-1925293.html)
I particularly like this from Lord West
"The sharing of information has not been as good as it should be. I think the British public would be surprised to realise that we don't know what every single contact is off our coast - and the reason is the number of people who are looking at these things.
"I believe this is a huge step forward that will really enable us to get to grips with this issue."
Genius!
You know you're living in a failing state when the Government of an island nation spends valuable tax payers money setting up an Agency to co-ordinate the recognised maritime picture while simultaneously dismantling the forces who provide that picture!
Didn't we once have such an organisation? Wasn't it once called Coastal Command / 18Gp / 11-18Gp / 3Gp, oh and something called the Royal Navy, all with a Headquarters at Northwood. No? I must have been dreaming.
You couldn't make it up.
So very Nu Laba, so very Modern Britain.
PS Before anyone bleats about the aviation relevance in the title, I didn't think prune was ready for yet another Nimrod thread. I'd like to give our Dark Blue brothers (and sisters) a chance to air their views.
National Maritime Information Centre will monitor threat from sea - Crime, UK - The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/national-maritime-information-centre-will-monitor-threat-from-sea-1925293.html)
I particularly like this from Lord West
"The sharing of information has not been as good as it should be. I think the British public would be surprised to realise that we don't know what every single contact is off our coast - and the reason is the number of people who are looking at these things.
"I believe this is a huge step forward that will really enable us to get to grips with this issue."
Genius!
You know you're living in a failing state when the Government of an island nation spends valuable tax payers money setting up an Agency to co-ordinate the recognised maritime picture while simultaneously dismantling the forces who provide that picture!
Didn't we once have such an organisation? Wasn't it once called Coastal Command / 18Gp / 11-18Gp / 3Gp, oh and something called the Royal Navy, all with a Headquarters at Northwood. No? I must have been dreaming.
You couldn't make it up.
So very Nu Laba, so very Modern Britain.
PS Before anyone bleats about the aviation relevance in the title, I didn't think prune was ready for yet another Nimrod thread. I'd like to give our Dark Blue brothers (and sisters) a chance to air their views.