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Old 22nd Jul 2004, 15:57
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Jacks Down
 
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Sorry to say their GBAD is no better. In fact, it's a blue-on-blue waiting to happen. For example, during a recent deployment around Marham the Army Rapier battery was quite content to operate at Weapons Free (ie engage anything not positively ID'd as friendly) with no IFF loaded into their kit. Complete lack of air-mindedness is the nub of the problem. Still, before the Regt's GBAD sqns disband one of their tasks is to bring up the Army to the standards required. Figure out the logic behind that one!
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