GPMG
18th Mar 2008, 11:40
Looks like Mr Page has been overdosing on watching the Matrix and Starwars before writing this but if there is a grain of truth behind this it is nice to see that next generation technology is being hamstrung by the treasury.
Treasury financial difficulties would seem likely to severely restrict the size of Britain's fleet of "Reaper" aerial wardroid-assassins in the near future, according to reports.
US clearance was obtained last year for export sales of a further ten Reaper/Predator-B robot spyplane-bombers to the UK, in addition to the three already bought. British forces, operating jointly with the US Predator/Reaper fleet, are already putting the unmanned aeroplanes to good use in Afghanistan, and it is understood that operational commanders would like more of this capability.
However, the Reapers are imported from America as a so-called "urgent operational requirement (UOR)", a fast-track method of MoD kit purchasing. UORs often make use of "conflict resolution" funding supplements given on top of the ordinary defence budget for waging war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/17/reaper_droid_slash/
Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, I did a quick search before posting this but may have missed something.
Treasury financial difficulties would seem likely to severely restrict the size of Britain's fleet of "Reaper" aerial wardroid-assassins in the near future, according to reports.
US clearance was obtained last year for export sales of a further ten Reaper/Predator-B robot spyplane-bombers to the UK, in addition to the three already bought. British forces, operating jointly with the US Predator/Reaper fleet, are already putting the unmanned aeroplanes to good use in Afghanistan, and it is understood that operational commanders would like more of this capability.
However, the Reapers are imported from America as a so-called "urgent operational requirement (UOR)", a fast-track method of MoD kit purchasing. UORs often make use of "conflict resolution" funding supplements given on top of the ordinary defence budget for waging war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/17/reaper_droid_slash/
Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, I did a quick search before posting this but may have missed something.