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Old 23rd Sep 2018, 08:31
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Whenurhappy
 
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Originally Posted by Melchett01


Don’t be surprised, BREXIT is a nice ready made excuse with which to conceal decades of under-investment, mismanagement, lack of strategic thinkinog and general incompetence in the running of Defence. That most folk won’t know or understand the security requirements associated with this or many other areas is irrelevant. To be able to blame national security failings on the EU and BREXIT is a win win.
almost 20 years ago I undertook contractor compliance work at Clyde, Rosyrh and Devonport. There was huge capital investment at Devonport on docks 10 and 11 for nuclear submarine maintenance, yet existing facilities at places like Coulport were falling apart. Infrastructure is only a sexy subject when its being built and open; sadly for the last 25 years the MOD, led by the incompetents at DW/DE/DIO, has not sort to maintain the built enviroent and outsourced new facilities to the lowest PFI bidder. Most of our new-built look like cheap ‘retail parks’.
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