Why do the Swedish Navy not have nuclear subs, capable of melting rocks? Could it be that they have decided to spend their money on emptying the bins every week instead?
Buggah! You've done bust the code.
The new guy really has got a huge selection of expensive things that he could cut. Without causing the UK public any real harm.
Yup. A dogfighter was a really useful tool when aerial dogfighting was a mode of warfare. Not any more, but it used to be.
Similarly, an ability to joust with lances on horseback was a really worthwhile technology to indulge, once upon a time. Not any more, but it used to be.
How useful is an F-35 against a nutter who drives a van along a crowded pavement?
What use would any of that style of equipment be if a Francoist government decided to walk across the runway in Gib and militarily take control of the place 'back' to the rest of Spain?
Can we rely on the F&CO to signal to Mod that such an invasion is forthcoming?
Will they do so in sufficient time to allow MoD to charter SS Canberra and Herald of Free Enterprise and a few other collections of ferrous oxide to go down there with a brass band and a coupla hundred squaddies to sort out the swarthies?
Is the gumment Chief Whip up to the task?