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Old 22nd Jul 2004, 07:57
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Archimedes
 
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Where did he get 108 Jags from? 3 x front line squadrons plus an OCU - Telegraph clearly believes that each has a UE of 27 aircraft... (Yes, I know about reserves/ airframes in storage, etc, but still...)

He also seems to have added a submarine to the list - Buff thinks he's only getting rid of two.


On top of that, CNS seems to be under the impression that he's not losing any personnel.

The idea of a second SF rgt is interesting as well - not least since the press (and I think it was the Torygraph) has been busy reporting that members of said forces are leaving in droves.

It's all very well the Torygraph coming out with a hostile reaction to the cuts (no bad thing), but to do it in such a way that the misleading facts can easily be rebuffed (no pun intended) and used to discredit the entire story. But then this is the Torygraph defence 'expert' we're talking about, I suppose.
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