Originally Posted by
langleybaston
Are the Defence ministers raving mad? We cannot even man / person our ships or recruit for the army yet dreams of empire resurface. Surely there are enough real threats around without dreaming of expansion........ I thought the two carriers were a step too far but really ................... !
it's nuts isn't it, no wonder we have people like WEBF spouting guff about deployable RN task forces, when the DefSec himself has such illusions of grandeur. Unless his definition of an overseas base is a man in a land rover with a UJ hoisted on the roof. Bit different to mine I'm afraid!