Oh serf, how amusing to read your uninformed gobsh!te views!
If you had any idea of how stretched the SH force is in various theatres you would eat your words, say sorry and go back to polishing your boots (Army Cadets is it?)
Same for the Nimrod force. There may not be a potent submarine threat to the UK any more (for which they may get some banter) but they know how to redeploy themselves into other roles in operational theatres (nuff said there I think).
And as for your opinions on tour lengths. How would you like a knackered Harrier pilot stacking into the deck while attempting to support you with a bit of CAS?
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