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Forum: Military Aviation

18th Mar 2015, 11:25

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David Cameron, the pension and that 2% defence budget.

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Posted By ShotOne

Valid point, HH. The issue is though, many other...

Valid point, HH. The issue is though, many other countries don't include "black economy" figures. The U.S. doesn't and I doubt the Greek govt could even calculate a figure.

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Mar 2015, 09:10

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David Cameron, the pension and that 2% defence budget.

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Posted By ShotOne

No other budget has to meet an arbitrary (that...

No other budget has to meet an arbitrary (that doesn't necessarily mean unimportant) external target, skydiver.

If the 2% really is crucial, there's an easy way to meet it. Vote labour. With the...

Forum: Military Aviation

15th Mar 2015, 18:14

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David Cameron, the pension and that 2% defence budget.

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Posted By ShotOne

I'd very much like more money spent on defence...

I'd very much like more money spent on defence but the link referring to a £6billion "shortfall" is erroneous. Just because the economy booms, or because somene insists (insanely) that drugs and...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Mar 2015, 16:27

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David Cameron, the pension and that 2% defence budget.

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Posted By ShotOne

"...its Billion not Million"! Turin might...

"...its Billion not Million"! Turin might perhaps be forgiven, considering the casual way the government toss these enormous figures about -most folk simply can't relate to them to anything...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Mar 2015, 08:16

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David Cameron, the pension and that 2% defence budget.

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Posted By ShotOne

Leon, at the risk of pointing out the obvious,...

Leon, at the risk of pointing out the obvious, you may recall that ships with HMS in their title didn't actually cope with missile hits any better. And they weren't loaded to the roof with jet fuel...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Mar 2015, 22:16

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David Cameron, the pension and that 2% defence budget.

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Posted By ShotOne

Get over it, rose! Barring the most shattering...

Get over it, rose! Barring the most shattering world developments we're not going back to 1980. And regardless of who wins the next election there's no shower of gold coming.

Perhaps we should...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Mar 2015, 17:39

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David Cameron, the pension and that 2% defence budget.

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Posted By ShotOne

Can anyone really question UK commitment? Only...

Can anyone really question UK commitment? Only four members now meet the 2% target and they include Estonia and Greece - which is lovely except it's 2% of not very much. Thanks to present govt's...

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