Melchett01 said
This is nothing more than a divide and conquer scare story. Yet again, another attempt by the politicians and their Machiavellian sidekicks to get the Services to turn on themselves rather than standing united against those who have spent a decade destroying the country and those who would likely spend the next decade destroying what is left of the country.
Spot on M and reading the rest of the thread they are achieving it. You need an Air Force, Navy (and RMs) and Army - period. You need kit to secure the skies as much as kit to defend the SLOCs or undertake FIBUA. You need Typhoon, you need Carriers - you need the kit to do the job (or the kit you thought you needed for a job 20 odd years in the future when you procured it!).
People forget the military is a national insurance policy and its no good reducing your cover to third party only and then having a big fire!!!!!!!!!
When will we stop fighting each other
BD