Originally Posted by
Just This Once...
I guess I have a military perspective with knowledge of Brimstone and Tornado but I too feel a little surprised at the way this weapon is being pushed, including at the Select Committee today, as a reason to expand our role.
DMS Brimstone is a capable weapon but I doubt our coalition partners believe it is a 'must have' capability. It has been in production for quite a while now and used in 4 conflicts. If it was not for the recent purchase by Saudi the weapon would have failed to achieve a single external customer. I'm not sure the Saudis purchased it with low collateral damage in mind....
Is it wise to suggest to our allies that by not purchasing DMS Brimstone they have a poor attitude to collateral?
Indeed, especially as we only use it from Tornado and are quite happy to use hellfire from Reaper!