England could invade Scotland and rename it Upper England [emoji6]



Sorry Scotland





Not really [emoji3061]

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Qwerty wrote:Faslane would become a Sovereign Base Area.

That is a possibility but Scotland doesn't want Trident and never did.
Faslsne is a manky mosquito ridden hole anyway.

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SKB wrote:Other collaboration possibilities:

West Africa and North Korea
Saint Helena and Italy
Taiwan and Austria
Colombia and Cook Islands
Argentina and Sweden
Phillipines and South Sudan

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Scotland losing Trident doesn't bother me. Devonport is the only other nuclear licenced base in the country so would ensure my job right up until retirement. What to do with the toys at Coulport may be a bit more tricky though, no DM site in England has or would be likely to gain the licence. Sent f...

The Americans are a bit twitchy about security of their kit for some strange reason.
RM would normally escort SSBN to and from Faslane but obviously not secure enough for USN.

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Unless your line manager is a micro-managing prat like mine.

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The rules are tight mainly because of the likelyhood of misuse and a waste of funds for fuel not used for duty travel. All my driving has to be signed off by a line manager. We even mave POT codes for various usage requirements that have to be entered on the VUR sheets. Every vehicle has to be 'firs...

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/royal-navy-captain-hms-queen-3052014 "Royal Navy captain of HMS Queen Elizabeth quits after being stripped of command" A shame to lose someone with such experience over such an incident.... Technically he committed fraud and theft. All o...

Please leave off any criticism of the Civil Service Pension Scheme. Yes the Senior Civil Service are over paid and have ridiculous pensions but you r average Civil Servant works for less than the average wage and usually is doing the job that used to be done by someone at least one pay grade higher...

MoD pay is no joke. I'm a non-industrial Civil Servant and at my level the pay would be pretty meagre if not for shift allowance, weekend pay and a flexible rostering allowance. This basically boosts my wages by 40% which sounds a lot but in real world terms basically makes up for me working nights...

inch wrote:More likely a 25% decrease straight away in defence budget as think in short order Corbyn will get voted in after boris/hunt brief few days in office and say goodbye to any defence

God help us all.

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MoD pay is no joke. I'm a non-industrial Civil Servant and at my level the pay would be pretty meagre if not for shift allowance, weekend pay and a flexible rostering allowance. This basically boosts my wages by 40% which sounds a lot but in real world terms basically makes up for me working nights...

They are not unarmed. Indeed. They never go on QRA unarmed. I know people would baulk at the thought of an airliner being shot down but consider the loss of a hundred or so on the jet over an uninhabited ares compared to the potential of thousands on the ground if it hit a city. 9/11 changed the wh...

They'll just cut my MoD pay by 25% to cover it I have a better idea cull 25% of our self serving M.P.s , slash the house of lords. Pass a law capping the numbers. That with there staff and pensions should free up some funds. On the positive side the public would approve. There again they wont do wh...

Used the LMG version of a Bren on ranges many years back when I was an Air Cadet (early 80's) and for a very short period when I went into the RAF (only about 6 months or so) when on armed gate stag. Loved the weapon although by then it was seriously old kit. Extremely accurate and fun to shoot. Sti...

Over the last few years parts of South Yard have indeed been shelved off. The old Granby area has been given over to private housing schemes and Oceangate comercial units, the Heritage site and CIWS maintenance area are now enclaves, roperies and Mutton Cove areas are mow under control of Princess Y...

SKB wrote:
It seems siren tests are very regular at Devonport

Every monday at 11.30, the dockies use it as a sign to naff off for lunch.

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Must add, pity the L85 / 86 are bullpup & closed bolt.
Would have loved to see them at max rattle with a Beta Mag on.

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The LSW was never an effective squad weapon for fire teams. The whole idea of a support weapon is to keep the targets' heads down whilst the troops move forward, having a light calibre weapon with an in-built 30 round stoppage was never going to fling enough lead to make them keep their heads down p...

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They'll just cut my MoD pay by 25% to cover it [emoji53]

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