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Old 11th Dec 2003, 02:21
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timex
 
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Dream on..

Surely the cuts will fall mainly on the army? Of all 3 services, they are clearly ripe to be plucked (over). Remove a regiment of Challengers, chop the Apache programme, get rid of the antiquated regimental system and reinvest the surplus funding into the 21st century method of warfighting - airpower.
Sorry but unless you,ve got troops on the ground air power is only a minor irritant, remember the USA tried that particular ploy in Vietnam. Big fat Freddy...
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