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I reckon that the huge losses can be explained by unit closures, particularly large HQs where everything starts off with determined organisation then decends into a bag of nails as the closure draws near and people start to bleed away
I think that you have it there. I have been at the death of one or two MOD projects and commercial enterprises. Stuff just vaporises and no one can be arsed to check it out. I know one "last man standing" who paid off his mortgage with drums of silver plated cable etc.