This actually has given me a flash back to the Time when I joined Mod(N) at Faslane.
I, Being a Telecoms Engineer - was heavily involved in the replacement of the 1200 line Electromechanical Telephone Exchange to the new - but now defunct - Digital System. As Faslane required more Phone numbers than there were lines, the short term fix was to piggy back small - but very new and expensive - telephone systems onto the main exchange. When the new system came in these small systems were eventually replaced by single lines. What happened next was instrumental in me leaving the MoD.
By my conservative reckoning at least £30,000 of the taxpayers loot was wasted. These Systems - some less than 3 years- old were "D83'd" this was a destruction notice. I pleaded with the boss to let me store them as they could be used elsewhere. NO CHANCE, The systems where destroyed. The next Financial Year I was tasked with buying 3 Bespoke (Expensive) BT systems at a kings ransom. It almost made me cry.
