Originally Posted by
typerated
Yes, it is a disgrace when people die on ops for lack of good kit and we fund this
Of course we could just forget that the Household Cavalry also have a front line combat role! Who is dying on ops for lack of good kit; now, not 10 years ago?
Even their "World sales tours on behalf of British industry is now past its day, the world has moved on from the Hawk, it is old and no longer a world leader.
Thereby completely missing the point that it is not about selling Hawks, but British Industry generally. That is why the Reds support trade fairs where British industry is involved, around the world. How much direct investment resulted from the Reds tour of the Far East a few years ago?
As for:
if they go there will be next to no coverage and the"man in the Street" will forget all about them
Really? The man in the street is up in arms that the RAF is closing the Reds base and selling it off, let alone shutting them down altogether.