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Old 26th Sep 2011, 17:01
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"Army to ditch 1800 vehicles in Afghan pull-out"

Surprised no-one has picked up on this yet.

British Army vehicles may be abandoned in Afghanistan | British Forces News

The actual article is in the Sunday Times, but subsciption only. Essentially what is being implied is that the UK is going to abandon £3Bn-worth of MRV, bought specifically for Herrick, when we leave, because we can't afford to bring them back. Assuming that it isn't anywhere near £3Bn as some of the vehicles will be in the UK and further noting that transfers to the ANA/ANP will account for some of these and be a good thing, that's still a lot of money.

Worse still, it appears to be predicated on airlift out (AN124 @ £400k a sortie for a max of 3 at a time). I appreciate that overland to Karachi may not be the ideal route, particularly in a withdrawal, but you'd think someone would at least look at the cost!

The BFBS talking head appears to suggest that the vehicles (UOR) are "owned" by the Treasury, rather than MoD. I appreciate the difference between UOR and "core", but you'd think they'd check all costs in the round.....
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