Just 250 which a mere fraction/percentage of the military that are being made redundant, come and spend a few days at ISK where a whole RAF skill set is to be removed.
It just proves one thing to me, like everyone with an ounce of common sense said at the time the SDSR was done far to hastily, and now its come home to bite because it wasnt done properly, and they (ConDems) have got away with it, their new logic will be that we can get away with some more using the same arguament. The ConDem legacy will be to leave a proud nation defenceless through ineptitude and lack of experience and military leaders who came across as gutless.
But anyone who seriously thinks that once the economy perks up a bit that cancelled military contracts will be reinstated are living in a dream world. Even if the politicians admit they made a mistake (which they wont of course) they will not be prepared to spend any money unless its for one of the following:-
That bottomless pit called the NHS
Out of control Immigration
Out of control Assylum seekers
Foreign Aid to countries who are better off than us (eg India)
Continually bailing out the Eurozone
I,ll save you a Billion..dont shut Kinloss saving 500million or so, dont shut Lossie or Leuchars..another 500million, because thats aproximately what it will cost per base to shut them
Cancel the stupid Puma upgrade, an aircraft well past its sell by date and that will only last another 4 or 5 years after upgrade.
Reduce the number of senior officers, goodness knows how much that would save, because none of them had the decency to resign over the cuts.