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Old 27th Sep 2011, 20:37
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Jimlad1
 
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Sigh, I remember working on UOR policy a couple of years ago and writing the DIN on it. I and my colleauges were shouting from the rooftops then that we'd need to consider UORs into core.

Sadly this didnt survive contact with any planning round, nor, I suspect, the FRES agenda. Now, some vehicles are not suitable for wider use - one in service now has no wider requirement in HM Forces, and was never intended for use elsewhere, so I expect that to be scrapped. The rest, well I suspect as we're now into PR12, this is probably the first opening salvos of the army demanding a large cash injection to pay for its toys in addition to the extant budget.

Expect to see more stories like this in an effort to force the treasury to give up the cash, or the defence board to force pain on other TLBS. Its about to get messy...
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