Got to empathise with you AQ.....indeed the lack of expertise from experience in our modern politicians was always going to undermine us at some stage..and here we are.
Its not easy to avoid focussing on a particular ac tye ...given it represented such an immense collection of capabilities......for sure the PM didn't grasp his history at that rather good school he attended.....HOW SAD!
Impotent it may ultimately prove...but if the likes of us don't say it as a matter of record its unlikely anyone else will.....so stick at it....have you tried the No10 website too!
MLC...I am aghast at both your ignorance about what military power we have continued to have (albeit in continuing degrees of decline for nearly 60 years now) and what influence it creates in all sorts of civil situations. You are of course welcome to take the view that we should do none of this...but clearly I and many would disgaree with you - including the present government
As for your comments re the ac itself.......you simply exemplify (in your ignorance) its real problem..it should have been named something other than Nimrod, as despite it not being anything but a most modern and capable LRMP/ISTAR ac (after all it was only the empty fuselage that was carried over from previous versions), the signifcant technical and political baggage associated wth the older variants have helped sink it.
Cheers
Last edited by Tallsar; 22nd Oct 2010 at 17:42.