Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
......... Maybe some of that is not altogether correct, but I fear most of it is. ...............
It looks pretty good to me TBH!
Originally Posted by
Goanna01
The UK appears to have a reasonably large defence budget but very limited conventional capabilities (if what I’ve read on here is correct), is it that nukes are very expensive to maintain or are there other reasons?
In addition to
meleagertoo's good summary, this
looks at UK defence costs with a link in there to the actual report. My focus looks (in passing) at the split between Nuclear and the rest .......
PPRuNers are more than able to draw their own conclusions hence I didn't go on!
And, having been involved in some early studies into what, then, was the "CVS replacement", I recall, all these years on, wondering how we'd ever manage to have a balanced Fleet. Well, we can see the answer today!
If I'd bet myself £100 I'd be demanding that I pay myself my Winnings!