Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
Had the UK not been running high tempo Ops in the last 30 years would we have fielded more or less capability today?
Less.
There would not have been innumerable UORs, for a start.
And there would have been cries of "Downsize them all, they don't do anything."
Quite whether the latest nauseous Defence Budget proposals are a 'Peace Dividend' is a different question, and I feel sure we will get our Military fingers burned when we next take on organised military forces (especially if we have to do it alone!).