I remember one proposal to turn old Tonkas into UCAVs, what a sight that would have been!
Please don’t forget a workable imigration policy. Social security is the biggest department with a budget surpassing defence, education, law and order put together. Even the NHS can’t touch the social security budget, it is a monster.
i know its off topic, but immigration doesn’t account for much of the social security money, as most migrants are single people who aren’t allowed to claim unless they have been here and paid tax for several years, and are low priority for social housing. Without the cheap labour that migrants bring, we would be in a worse state.
Back to topic, i like the all of your ideas, Edlaw, except your enthusiasm for UCAVs, i wouldn’t rely on them as much as you advocate. In terms of capability in proper war fighting terms (and not just counter insurgency) they are somewhat an unknown quantity.
In answer to the observation that many of these changes would require extra tax, i would like to point out that there is no point in having any military systems unless you have significant numbers and quality to actually mount operations with them. This is especially relevant to the UK, which for the foreseeable future will be undertaking warfare mainly through expeditionary forces, like we see in Iraq and Afghanistan.
How would i pay for this? I would work on eliminating the waste and inefficiency that the British government (of any administration) has failed to in the past 25 years. With an NHS crowded with managers, lawyers having to be hired in droves because the PC brigade may bring lawsuits for virtually anything and limiting the expense accounts of the frankly overpaid fat cats that populate the House of Commons. (Tirade officially over 😀 )
Just to be different, i would go for the BAe Replica. An indigenous British stealth aircraft that ended up being used basically as a bargaining chip for the F-35. Its a shame we didn’t just go alone and try to compete with the Lightning II, it would have been interesting. Pity the British govt. is appallingly bad at nurturing home grown talent and industry.
Its a bit reactionary to a few Tamil Tiger Zilns isn’t it? Surely a few crates of stinger missiles would do the trick nicely?
front row seat at lakenheath anyone?
i’ve done some digging, and found out that the maker of the film was the driver, and it was in his own Mercedes, not a Ferrari. It was done at 5.30am to avoid traffic.
i’ve done some digging, and found out that the maker of the film was the driver, and it was in his own Mercedes, not a Ferrari. It was done at 5.30am to avoid traffic.
sundowners
There is a photo of a ‘Sundowners’ (VFC-111) F-5N on page 16 of this months AFM, the paint scheme would look nice on a lightning, but I’m not sure multi colored RAM paint is available.
What about the MiG 23? I’ll bet there will be very few flying in 25 years.
One problem India may consider, if they buy US is there a possible conflict of interest between them and Pakistan?
What would happen if a war erupted between the two, would the US supply both with spares and weapons? Probably not.
Back to Typhoon, I think the consortium would be all the better for Japanese involvement.
I floated the idea of naming the navalised typhoon the ‘tsunami’ a while ago, i think it would be a good name for a variant.
True 😉
I rather not the UK break up, i think the union is a good thing, but if there is a union then it has to be one of equals. The balance needs to be redressed, it is currently weighted to heavily in Scotland’s favor.
I’ve a good mind to boycott haggis! 😀
True 😉
I rather not the UK break up, i think the union is a good thing, but if there is a union then it has to be one of equals. The balance needs to be redressed, it is currently weighted to heavily in Scotland’s favor.
I’ve a good mind to boycott haggis! 😀
Took me a while to read this one, Happy Birthday mate!!! 😀
Its nice to see a piccy of what one of the guys here looks like in real life!