The services command greater admiration than any other British institution. I remember Raymond Seitz, when he was US Ambassador in London in the early 1990s, expressing astonishment at the Government's parsimony: "Your Armed Forces really can enable Britain to punch above its weight," he said. "They are by far your most cost-effective means of exercising influence in the world."
Enough said! Note this is relevent to virtually every thread in the military aircrew forum...... uncluding Sea Jet, CVF, MRA4, Eurofighter...
So what can we/you/they do to improve:
a) Public awareness of defence (particularly issues raised in orginal)?
b) Political awareness?
c) The low standing of defence in political priorities?
Also I have just thought, isn't all this talk of network centric stuff a bit dishonest? Haven't we had things similar to that for a long time? Warships have had data links for a long time - since the late '70s I believe. Link 10 (?) was used in the Falklands.
Last edited by WE Branch Fanatic; 21st Dec 2003 at 03:47.