Does the UK need a dedicated FW MPA and if so should it be operated by the military?
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Australia is approx 20 x larger than the UK. (Land mass)
I didn't realise that it was the landmass that paid the taxes enabling Oz to afford a MPA fleet 
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A quick look through google seems to indicate that the Australian SAR Region is approximately 20 x larger than that of the UK (52.8 m Km2 - 1.1m miles2); and I know that that is not all an MPA does, I just think that it give a representative indication of area of ocean that may need to be patrolled.
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If MPA had remained the domain of the RN, rather than RAF Coastal Command after WW2, would MRA4 have been cancelled?
I suspect that if MPA had been an RN asset, we would still have MRA4 en lieu of the carriers - as even die hard FAA must realise that the SSBN force is the core of UK defence.
I suspect that if MPA had been an RN asset, we would still have MRA4 en lieu of the carriers - as even die hard FAA must realise that the SSBN force is the core of UK defence.
