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Old 3rd Oct 2010, 18:21
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Not_a_boffin
 
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Had seen that, which is also utterly barking.

What sort of organisation entirely recapitalises it's amphib force in the noughties, only to bin it for something that really only works in concert with it? We're back to the all or nothing argument here - you can't do amphibious (which by the way is NOT opposed amphibious) without organic air. There is also little point in having naval air on it's own. so fund a fleet properly, or collapse on OPV, MCMV, SSK and for the RAF, Typhoon, E3D and a limited number of tankers, plus maybe MRA4 for the support to deterrent . The army can collapse back on a single armoured reg and some deployable infantry (a la Eire) for peacekeeping.

There is no justification for any other force structure. You either bring something worthwhile and get some sort of leverage from it, or you pitch up with tokenism, in which case, pay the absolute minimum you can get away with.
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