AR-15 Rifles For The British Armed Forces

 

 

Picture: L. (Phot.) Joe Cater,Crown Copyright

 

The Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Transformation) at the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence,General Stephen Laughter who is soon to retire and take up a post with a small arms manufacturer in the United States of America,has chosen game-changing AR-15 rifles to replace the SA80 family of weapons currently in service with the Royal Navy,British Army and Royal Air Force going forward,a decision he described as a no-brainer,he added that procurement of this sixty year old design demonstrated a commitment to modernisation in the face of an increasingly dangerous security environment and that in an era of ever closer military integration using the same weapon as key allies shall be transformational.

 

Remember The Little Belt!

 

 

Picture: Drawn by Joseph Cartwright and engraved by John Hassell

 

Today Her Majesty's Ship Prince of Wales departed for the rebel colonies where she shall host the Atlantic Future Forum,which is an opportunity for officials from the United Kingdom and the United States of America to discuss such pressing matters as the return of the thirteen colonies,reparations for the attack on His Majesty's Sloop Little Belt and why sharing is caring.

 

The End Of The Roe

 

 

Picture: Unknown photographer,United States' Navy photograph

 

The Supreme Court of the United States of America recently overturned the Roe versus Wade decision which had allowed white privileged cisgender feminists to kill unborn transgender non-binaries of colour,but herein we remember the United States Ship Roe,a Sims class destroyer launched during the Second World War,she killed many people before being scrapped.

 

The Cost Of A Sikorsky Black Hawk

 

 

Picture: L. (Phot.) Rory Arnold,Crown Copyright

 

The advent of military forums exposed the extent to which myths become received wisdom within the British Armed Forces,one of these myths is that Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters are a fraction of the cost of their British counterparts,herein we shall look at how much other countries pay for Black Hawks purchased via Foreign Military Sales,which is the route used by the United Kingdom to acquire helicopters from the United States of America.

  

 

  

Picture: Sergeant Daniel Schroeder,United States' Army,Department of Defense photograph

  

The sale to Lithuania of six Black Hawk helicopters and associated items for three hundred and eighty million United States' dollars was approved on the Sixth of July,Twenty Twenty.

  

 

Picture: Chief Mass Communication Specialist Michael B.W.Watkins,United States' Navy photograph

  

The sale to Croatia of two Black Hawk helicopters and associated items for one hundred and fifteen million United States' dollars was approved on the Thirtieth of October,Twenty Nineteen.

  

  

Picture: Sergeant Joseph Johnson,United States' Army photograph

  

The sale to the Czech Republic of twelve Black Hawk helicopters and associated items for eight hundred million United States' dollars was approved on the Third of May,Twenty Nineteen.

 

 

Picture: Petty Officer 2nd Class Jon Rasmussen,United States' Navy photograph

  

The sale to Latvia of four Black Hawk helicopters and associated items for two hundred million United States' dollars was approved on the Third of August,Twenty Eighteen.

  

  

Picture: Lance Corporal Justin M. Mason,United States' Marine Corps photograph

  

These four recent Foreign Military Sales approvals total one thousand four hundred and ninety-five million dollars for twenty-four helicopters and associated items,an average of just over sixty-two million dollars per aircraft,which at current exchange rates is over forty-five million pounds sterling per Black Hawk helicopter.

  

Happy Traitor Day!

 

 

Picture: Emanuel Leutze

 

Every Fourth of July,citizens of the United States of America commemorate the defeat of the British Army by traitorous,slave owning,"Founding Fathers",led by George Washington.

 

 

Picture: M.H.Kimball

 

Their victory freed,some,Americans from the tyranny which down trodden Canadians continue to suffer today and,in doing so,ensured that slavery in the United States of America continued for thirty years after it had been abolished in the British Empire.

 

 

Picture: L. (Phot.) Unaisi Luke,Crown Copyright

 

Shall Her Majesty's Ship Queen Elizabeth be celebrating this glorious anniversary?