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Old 16th Jul 2002, 22:34
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Inside infomation:

We have been briefed on the spending by our leaders, it is still fairly hush hush though......

Senior service:0.7 Bn to replace one times very dented type 42,

Brown Jobs: 2.1bn to Westlands-Thales (etc) to develop the "slightly smaller than predator" UAV, based on Lynx - but promising better everything this time.

Boys in Blue: 1.0bn; enough to keep an RAF Station going for another year.

That leaves 0.1bn; they are still after suggestions for the remaining.....