Originally Posted by
Just This Once...
Defence having to 'own' the cost of the really big underwater boats makes everything else look rather small.
This puts the RN in a bit of a bind.
Hi JTO,
I would be happy to see Trident (and successor) funding as a national asset or, tri-service cost. However, what seems to have happened, with the war canoes, is an RN push for an unstoppable (defence) budget-grab!
Whereas, what really matters is the identification of the real need for certain capabilities versus their cost to the nation and, their relative merit compared to other necessary defence of the nation capabilities.
I am disappointed that the efforts of our now VSO contemporaries seem to be somewhat blinkered.
Cheers
OAP