Defence Expert

Commentator on international affairs & defence. Advisor to a previous UK Secretary of State for Defence.

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@johnnnyknowall @Keir_Starmer Very true, and, extraordinarily, many people in government, elected and officials, and in the wider public sector, believe that Starmer is doing a good job and that unchecked immigration is making Britain stronger economically.

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@antonyjmccann @DrChrisParry Mickey Mouse Military, as we used to refer to such absurdities in decades past.

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@InterstellarUAP I doubt that much useful information will be 'forthcoming' from the @DeptofWar
There's too much at stake.
During a visit to RAF Boulmer in 1975, I recall sitting alongside an operator and watching the trace of a object flit across the screen at Mach 6+.
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@NavyLookout @SercoGroup Sadly, Britain has lost the industry, which once provided fleets of naval vessels. Now, even a tugboat is beyond our capability.

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@BenObeseJecty We know exactly who our enemies are, but they're on the Must-Not-Upset-To-Avoid-Racial Tensions list at @10DowningStreet

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@pinstripedline The Estonian Navy has a bigger operational fleet and is in a better war fighting situation.

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@DitDitDa @pinstripedline @DrChrisParry RAF officer cadets and airmen are already co-located at Cranwell.
How long before commissions and the rank system are no longer considered appropriate for another 'different world'?

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@Tankman94 @UKDefJournal I'll have a Defender over a G-Wagen any day... 😉

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@scottyeders @USSOCOM I hope they have the Nyquist, Bode, Nichols and Routh-Hurwitz algorithms well coded.

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@InterstellarUAP "Trump will release the 46 UFO videos"

When? Why have they not already been released?
Are they having some of the frames redacted...? 😄

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@nicholadrummond If Britain were to consider developing a new VSTOL aircraft capable of replacing the F-35B, debates around spec & capability, especially inevitable changes; procurement shortcomings; and the institutional laggardness of public sector projects, would kill it off before it flew.

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@ForcesNews Haven't we had a capability gap for quite some time, perhaps since the early 1980s?

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@johnredwood In one sentence, corrupt and incompetent procurement, which as been the case to my knowledge since the introduction of competitive tendering in 1983, when I first worked around MoD PE.

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@FTusa284 The Argentinians will have been encouraged and emboldened by the embarrassing charade around HMS Dragon and all the inadequacies of Britain's emaciated military , which the current situation has revealed to the World, especially the shortcomings of the @RoyalNavy

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@DCBMEP For comparison, during WW2, British shipyards were typically taking 24 to 30 months to build large escort carriers like the Colossus class. Smaller vessels such as frigates and destroyers could be completed quicker, though generally taking over a year.

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@UAPDr Two were manoeuvring near Newmarket to the west of the A14 at around 20.30 this evening, the 5th.

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@rosscoulthart @POTUS "This is what @POTUS has undertaken to disclose."

But will he ever, especially now that he's mired in Israel's war?
I'll believe it when I see it. The pressure from concerned entities is enormous to keep everything classified and out of sight.

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@NavyLookout @hms_magpie Well, that's one not in port and short of a crew.

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@boot15_vu Lt Gen Reilly's testimony was less than convincing and sounded as though she was quoting from a draft written by a staff officer at a remote location...
I would have expected better of a REME officer, especially one with senior experience in DE&S.

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@_HenryBolton Lt Gen Reilly's testimony was less than convincing and sounded as though she was quoting from a draft written by a staff officer at a remote location...
I would have expected better of a REME officer with senior experience in DE&S.