Originally Posted by
Blacksheep
I'd be perfectly happy to see 150,000 civil servants fired and sent out to look for proper, wealth creating jobs. Their salaries could be spent on recruiting and equipping say another 75,000 soldiers sailors and airmen to defend our shores.
So that's the Navy's support chain buggered then. To take just one aspect, given time, I suppose the Navy could learn to operate the other side of the RAS Line. A minor detail is that they don't have enough bodies and the operating cost would increase.
It's a pity that a well presented Post was marred by broad generalisations. Has
Willi B copied that point?
I must confess to being fed up of continually arguing the Air Force's corner. When the other 2 Services don't understand its role, how the hell can we expect the Public or some f**kwit politician to. CAS needs to make some pre-emptive strikes, I think.