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Anyway, if you guys could wipe the dribble from your chins and get Ms Stugeon out of your fantasies for a moment. I would think that Waddington may well be the place, for reasons mentioned earlier.
As long as Sturgeonland threatens to leave the UK, no one in their right mind would create another base for a new platform, with all its support, north of the border. Has anyone told Ms S about the nuclear depth charges yet?
As long as Sturgeonland threatens to leave the UK, no one in their right mind would create another base for a new platform, with all its support, north of the border. Has anyone told Ms S about the nuclear depth charges yet?
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Anyway, if you guys could wipe the dribble from your chins and get Ms Stugeon out of your fantasies for a moment. I would think that Waddington may well be the place, for reasons mentioned earlier.
As long as Sturgeonland threatens to leave the UK, no one in their right mind would create another base for a new platform, with all its support, north of the border. Has anyone told Ms S about the nuclear depth charges yet?
As long as Sturgeonland threatens to leave the UK, no one in their right mind would create another base for a new platform, with all its support, north of the border. Has anyone told Ms S about the nuclear depth charges yet?
As long as Sturgeonland threatens to leave the UK, no one in their right mind would create another base for a new platform, with all its support, north of the border. Has anyone told Ms S about the nuclear depth charges yet?
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So...what are we going to spend all this extra cash on?
I've seen various estimates, but the ball park figure is that it gives us an extra £7.5 billion a year on top of previous planning assumptions by 2020!
Even if it doesn't reach quite that high, I'm sure everyone will be as relieved as I am that the relentless freefall of defence as a government priority seems to have now been arrested.
I've seen various estimates, but the ball park figure is that it gives us an extra £7.5 billion a year on top of previous planning assumptions by 2020!
Even if it doesn't reach quite that high, I'm sure everyone will be as relieved as I am that the relentless freefall of defence as a government priority seems to have now been arrested.
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Goes to show that if you say something enough times it becomes true! As I understand it, £100 million is an SNP number. It is their version of the through life cost to design, build, operate and dispose. Even if true, that means it is not incremental as we already pay to operate
Honestly not sure what the future CASD package will look like or how much it will cost. Previous CAS though is quoted in todays papers that he is concerned that Defence will still have to make serious cuts to pay for it, despite the 2% guaranteed expenditure over the next 5 years.
Agreed. There's a risk of some creative accounting and smoke and mirrors, but even so the defence budget is in a much better place today than it was (or was predicted to be) a few days ago, and that deserves to be acknowledged as a rare piece of good news amid the traditional PPRuNe gloom.
Amid celebrations following the '2% of GDP announcement', and in full anticipation of the banter (about quality, battles won/lost etc) let us just remind ourselves of some of the 'bang' our near neighbours already get for their 'buck' (euro):
- an aircraft carrier and associated air wing
- air delivered nuke alternative to SSBN
- MPA
- BMD/MSAM (sea and land based)
- JPR/CSAR (and certified capable by US)
- own recce satellite capability (MUSIS)
- 225 fast jets (including the naval Rafales)
- 140 recce/attack helo (in ALAT)
- 115 SH (in ALAT more in air force)
and is working on and, if the Rafale programme is an indicator, will develop Neuron into an operational LO UCAS with or without partners.
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- an aircraft carrier and associated air wing
- air delivered nuke alternative to SSBN
- MPA
- BMD/MSAM (sea and land based)
- JPR/CSAR (and certified capable by US)
- own recce satellite capability (MUSIS)
- 225 fast jets (including the naval Rafales)
- 140 recce/attack helo (in ALAT)
- 115 SH (in ALAT more in air force)
and is working on and, if the Rafale programme is an indicator, will develop Neuron into an operational LO UCAS with or without partners.
Batco