Rearming the UK: What equipment? and how much?

timmymagic said:
A jet powered British Harpy anyone?

Turns out this OWA that some people thought was a Ukrainian Palyayntsia missile was in fact a British drone called the Modini Dart 250....
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The Palyanytsia is actually a cruise missile IMO given its 3.4kN engine (10% more than a Tomahawk engine), you don't need that kind of power for twatting about at drone speeds.
 
bob225 said:
We're screwed, Labour have a great history of stopping programs iirc.

Tempest will be shelved, no more F-35 or Typhoon, small number of inappropriate replacements for Puma, One of the carriers sold or mothballed.

I hope not but....
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...one could wait until there are actual facts rather than this sort of "the sky is falling" commentary.
 
GTX said:
...one could wait until there are actual facts rather than this sort of "the sky is falling" commentary.
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You are totally right, i was just spouting rubbish, i'm hoping that given the world we live in programs will continue.

lets hope the defence review is positive and the money is made available
 
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Fourteen thousand preventable deaths a year. That's the figure highlighted by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine as the human cost of long waits in the public health service (NHS) emergency department in the UK. A devastating number that encapsulates the critical state of the country's health system, on the verge of collapse, and which is the central theme of a new report commissioned by the government from Lord Ara Darzi, a world-renowned surgeon and former head of Health. Their diagnosis leaves no room for doubt: the system is badly damaged, and the lack of investment since the 2010s has left the NHS in a position of deep vulnerability.
 
Justo Miranda said:
the lack of investment since the 2010s has left the NHS in a position of deep vulnerability.
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The lack of funds since the banks screwed up on an epic scale and needed bailing out.... Fixing the problem requires some pain in the short term, which is decades.
 
Forest Green said:
The lack of funds since the banks screwed up on an epic scale and needed bailing out.... Fixing the problem requires some pain in the short term, which is decades.
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We should all learn from the Italians: they charge a pizzo of two euros for every coin that tourists throw into the Trevi Fountain.
 
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It appears that the current and previous governments were quite correct in withholding 200 million pounds of taxpayer money. The real question is whether Fleet Solid Support is going to get officially cut with the upcoming defense review. The 60% domestic UK content figure looks unworkable at this point and the RFA can’t man a single solid support ship let alone 3. Since the inception of FSS, two elderly Fort class ships were sold to Egypt, the 2 Wave class are laid up for eventually disposal and 1 Tide class is laid up, one is being overhauled and 2 are operational. It is doubtful that Fort Victoria can be crewed for the 2025 aircraft carrier deployment or will ever go to sea again. Even if the ongoing RFA strike is resolved, there is no guarantee that any settlement, no matter how favorable, will encourage enough RFA recruiting to cover the current fleet, let alone 3 FSS units.
 
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