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Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2018, 17:59
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Always going to be influenced by whoever writes...

Always going to be influenced by whoever writes the list that gets presented to Joe Public. Hopefully that will change.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2018, 15:50
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Well, there's this lot - set up to provide...

Well, there's this lot - set up to provide exactly that lobbying function and including eminences from RUSI and wider academia.


UKNDA - Home (http://www.uknda.org/)


Just not sure anyone is...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2017, 14:20
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

One suspects the problem may lie here. ...

One suspects the problem may lie here.

Corps & Regiments - British Army Website (http://www.army.mod.uk/structure/32320.aspx)


Guzz has always been riskier than many think. Hard to get into...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jun 2017, 09:00
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

That £5Bn pa (in the ten year production phase...

That £5Bn pa (in the ten year production phase only, thereafter £1.5Bn pa), represents less than 4% of the annual NHS budget - or two weeks running if you want to put it that way.


Point on...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jun 2017, 09:12
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Good luck with proving that one. Assuming you can...

Good luck with proving that one. Assuming you can find an OTS system and assuming Tarquin and Jemima can be persuaded to have some nasty missiles next door making them a target.


Incidentally,...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th May 2017, 19:19
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

I think you're both missing the point, which is...

I think you're both missing the point, which is simply that she's a window-licking halfwit......
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2014, 07:29
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Yep. That'll be the one.

Yep. That'll be the one.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2014, 12:32
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Infrastructure, yes, but the others are under a...

Infrastructure, yes, but the others are under a different line. The definition against the £9.5BN is "Depreciation & impairments on Non-Current Assets (Property, SUME, dual purpose)". SUME being...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2014, 09:29
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

I find looking at where the "£40Bn" actually goes...

I find looking at where the "£40Bn" actually goes is an interesting exercise.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279994/2013.pdf

Table 1.03.03 on page 10...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2010, 17:15
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Dispersal anyone?

Dispersal anyone?
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jun 2009, 22:28
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

MGD My point exactly. Pretty much 4-5 times...

MGD

My point exactly. Pretty much 4-5 times the annual defence budget on "welfare", or more like 12 times the ESP budget. Got to be more scope for savings there in a rational world, you'd think....
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jun 2009, 19:03
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Perhaps another avenue to focus on is the...

Perhaps another avenue to focus on is the apparent belief that only capital spending should be cut in any forthcoming spending review. Time and again you hear figures along the lines of "£20BN to be...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2007, 13:54
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

You can't knock Jacko & BHR for suggesting what...

You can't knock Jacko & BHR for suggesting what many in town are also whispering. However, you can question whether that logic holds up.

If we assume that someone else will always be there to do...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2007, 10:26
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

I could have sworn that the idea was to fight...

I could have sworn that the idea was to fight people numerically and technically inferior, thereby making sure if it comes to unpleasantness, more of their lads get hurt than ours. In order to make...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2007, 14:46
Replies: 970
Views: 326,664
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Interesting and extremely dangerous. The thrust...

Interesting and extremely dangerous. The thrust of the article essentially suggests that we institutionalise a policy of equipping to fight todays wars, rather than providing a more rounded insurance...
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