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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Jan 26, 2012 12:06:07 GMT 1
Yes this is a military topic, well more of a fooking rant after reading a press release from the aforementioned pillocks today. While the MOD looks at ways of saving money by making troops redundant maybe they should start at the top and work down!!!!! okay as on other threads we are at the moment without a carrier till 2019 when we get a new shinny carrier to play with of course the object is to be able to attack from the air or so you would think! But no don't be silly, it has been announced today that the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) which is being developed by the Americans and British and a few other countries might not be ready to see service till 2029. So we get the carrier and then have to wait another 10 years for the planes! so now we are looking at having to buy a short term replacement from the french in the form of Rafale M or the F35 Hornet from America. or we might pull out of the JSF project all together which does not sound to bad till you find out that we have already given the Americans 2 Billion Pounds towards the project. It really annoys me that we are unable to fund, develop and build our own aircraft anymore but are more than happy to piss 2 billion pounds of tax payers money down the drain. Right rant over going for a lie down
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Post by yeoldetangerine on Jan 26, 2012 12:46:15 GMT 1
Go Sherlock, go ;D
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Post by whitstabletangerin on Jan 26, 2012 17:52:38 GMT 1
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Jan 27, 2012 8:08:27 GMT 1
bet they but ore effort into the design work on the tail than the basic priniple that it has to land on a carrier. bloody idiots the lot of them
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Post by yeoldetangerine on Jan 27, 2012 9:20:03 GMT 1
I blame Karl!
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Jan 27, 2012 9:38:00 GMT 1
Yeah oyston get this sorted its a disgrace
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