Originally Posted by
Asturias56
"Over £1.8 billion spent so far on new stealth fighter" is true as far as it goes but a little misleading - more accurate to say the money was spent on keeping BAe and others in business. Look tathe announcement the other day on teh money spent on "research" into a new UK N warhead - its the cost of maintaining an industry really
In your humble opinion of course. What's your point? Defence is of key strategic importance.
Think of it as money spent protecting the entire investment made on health, education, social welfare et.al. It:s also the price paid to stay at the cutting edge of technology and 'soft power' globally. I'd say the money spent is an absolute bargain. I'd wager the NHS alone wastes more money in one year than these defence budgets over their entire lifespans.
In my humble opinion of course.