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Old 16th Aug 2010, 18:30
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Treasury officials are always looking for arguments to curb expenditure. For example, in 1953 the head of the Treasury's division dealing with defence expenditure drew attention to the fact that there was no prospect of enough atomic bombs being produced by 1958 for the 240 V-bombers that the Air Ministry planned to have in service by that date 'even on the assumption that no atom bomber ever returns'.
My interpretation was that there would be 'no bombs' for the aircraft that the Treasury wanted scrapping.
That would seem a very odd interpretation indeed. What the Treasury are saying is that there is no point having 240 V bombers unless you have 240 bombs - and no one is trying to claim that the UK had 240 bombs by 1958.

The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand was an Intel Op funded by the UK and Russia! (Ha! more 'conspiracy' for you, BTW this is not a WW1 thread)
Please tell us this is a joke.

It was the Lobby power of the Industrial Military Complex made sure he wasn't heard by policy makers.
Ah, more paranoia. Your evidence for this? Or is it just another assertion?

The public were being told that there was a real and prescient threat of a global nuclear conflict and that the Soviets would be the ones to start it.
You mean - as in Cuba in 1961?
Oh, and 'prescient' means 'knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight'.
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