So as we take the rail out of Wildenrath, kick the Civi's out of Laarbruch and move the refugees out of Bruggen, what are we going to do with the carriers? Sail down the Rhine and enjoy the fireworks and wine festival?
Maybe it is a cynical ploy, the smaller the patch we have to play in, the less boats etc we need
Until you have the infrastructure in place to actually build armaments again, we will be forever beholden to the whims of foreign powers, if and when we can use our military capability, something that has shown up how badly that can effect a countries ability of late.
It amases me that the likes of Turkey are fielding new home built designs and UAV designs by the dozen while the UK is still scratching around trying to patch up Hawks and not looking to the future types, and as for the new fighter, I hold my breath as to when that will ever fly.
https://www.defensehere.com/en/turke...the-first-time
And Embraer can bring out the likes of the C-390 when the UK hasn't produced a worthy design and put it into production probably going back to the Belfast
https://www.defensehere.com/en/embra...ero-india-2023
But al of those require the plants and infrastructure to produce them, and let's not even think about new tank designs.
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