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Colin Allen replied to the thread Ex-Forces.Yes, it might be wise to close off that particular branch of this thread. :)
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There are wider cultural issues around war readiness as well. We need to focus on the military as a stepping stone to future endeavours...
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I feel like we heading into stormy seas, a financial crash may be coming. Hope I'm wrong. We have trillions of national debt and we...
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From what I heard, it's unsalvageable for sure. Billions wasted.
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I don't disagree, but the problem is the billionaires just leave the country and they tax the middle more.
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Colin Allen replied to the thread Ex-Forces.That is always the problem; however, while they may leave they often still have considerable taxable assets here.
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Colin Allen replied to the thread Ex-Forces.Do we still need aircraft for that though, especially relatively short ranged ones such as the Harrier? While the war in Ukraine may...
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I think with updates the harrier would still be very capable on the front lines. Yes it doesn't have the element of a 5th gen fighter...
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Colin Allen reacted to Adolf Hamster's post in the thread People taking things too serious with
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There is a right amount of serious to take airsoft. Serious enough to play fair, follow the rules, but not so serious you cant have a... -
We also need to dump Ajax, it's an absolute waste of money and dangerous for our troops.
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Colin Allen replied to the thread Ex-Forces.Yes; a huge cost to produce something that is possibly unsalvageable.
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Colin Allen replied to the thread Ex-Forces.Unfortunately, the Harrier is long obsolete and we have little or no capability to produce our own modern combat aircraft.
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If only. I was so gutted about harriers. I had it as a first option for my future postings. Then soon they retired them and I was...
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Maybe we can buy our harriers & hercs back from the yanks, for the same pittance they paid us for them hopefully 😏
