Thankyou Spinner,
and I think Ivan Rogov is spot on (I presume you too are ex MPA, or somewhere within that world?) How hard can it be to become the 'defence expert' for a paper or news channel, considering the absolute drivel that is promulgated these days?
Should any national,.... hey, international, news outlet require 2000 words on pretty much any subject under the Sun, feel free to PM me.
'How the chariot dangerously undermines the cavalry - phalanx balance in modern warfare, a 2500 year old retrospective analysis of the bloody obvious, by our defence correspondent Lunchtime O' Booze.....*
Dave
* Apologies to Private Eye, I Hislop, Lord Gnome and co...