tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4245848993516434751.post195902215364462228..comments2023-04-01T10:38:24.993+01:00Comments on Grand Logistics: Politicians Do Not Understand The Armed Forces?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4245848993516434751.post-39884228605821389112010-10-21T00:16:17.248+01:002010-10-21T00:16:17.248+01:00Hello Chuck Hill,
I have always been bitter about...Hello Chuck Hill,<br /><br />I have always been bitter about large sums of money being wasted while young men have their legs blown off due to a lack of appropriate resources.<br /><br />As for the rest of the post,I am just trying to highlight something which doesn't seem to get mentioned much.<br />If Britain loses the ability to conduct independent operations,it loses the raison d'etre of much of the armed forces,air land and sea varieties.<br /><br /> GrandLogistics.GrandLogisticshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216594701400296075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4245848993516434751.post-15323395521865542792010-10-21T00:14:45.458+01:002010-10-21T00:14:45.458+01:00Hello Anonymous,
the Falklands would come under t...Hello Anonymous,<br /><br />the Falklands would come under that minimal defensive option I mentioned.<br /><br />The problem in the very near future is that Britain is losing the ability to defend it's overseas territories and thus is going below that minimum defensive posture threshold.<br /><br />That is not the result of a lack of resources either,it is down to decisions which have been taken about which assets were kept and which were cut.<br /><br />It would be interesting to know why projects like Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft and Future Rapid Effects System were not cut.<br /><br /><br /> GrandLogistics.GrandLogisticshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216594701400296075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4245848993516434751.post-40888207648926062102010-10-20T10:05:42.226+01:002010-10-20T10:05:42.226+01:00Isn't there any value in being able to defend ...Isn't there any value in being able to defend yourselves and having the industrial base to do so? I agree that having an armed forced designed to protect a non-existent empire is a waste of resources. But doesn't Briton remember the Falklands? A few islands that were saved by some faulty Argentine fuses and by a British force barely large enough to do the job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4245848993516434751.post-57416834159478957562010-10-20T04:43:59.770+01:002010-10-20T04:43:59.770+01:00GR, you sound bitter.GR, you sound bitter.Chuck Hillhttp://CGblog.orgnoreply@blogger.com