Originally Posted by
Onceapilot
Something that just might concentrate the thoughts is, a military conflict where we have to put boots on the ground to fight for the ground, advance and hold the ground, against a relatively capable enemy in a hostile environment. It seems to me that the UK is now unable to achieve that in anything other than a very limited way. I think that there is a world of difference between thwacking the odd Toyota Landcruiser or, hitting a lightly hardened bunker/HAS capability and, the Tactical Nuke capability that we had with the WE177. I certainly feel that we should have the Tactical Nukes and, if we are going to have the ridiculous carriers, we should at least have the balls to deploy usable Nukes on them because otherwise, they are stealing a huge part of the budget for very little capability.
OAP
Fair point
Spoke with a friend restoring a MK1 Landrover yesterday and he remarked despite all the millions been spent on latest tehnology, we now see Syrian war where a pick up truck with weapons on the back (Technical from African wars) is now seen as a weapon of choice, manned by 2 people.
Speed, mobility, off road capability, comfort means that it is a big deal....................... going to war in latest spec with Air Con, Bluetooth, Sat Nav for $50k plus get 90mph easy.
Sure a tank will take care of it but 50 of them with Anti Tank weapons and it would even out.
Great firing from aircraft to hit one but at $250k a time plus everything to support the aircraft it starts to get expensive very quickly.
His biggest fear is someone adapts a technical for use in Western world.