Donald, I agree with your broader argument. But is the RM repurposing a cut; have we seen the details? Manpower shortage - is it about payscales (and , less so, about defence "blogs" that consistently rubbish the Forces, their kit and the political support/ direction behind them)?donald_of_tokyo wrote:Yes, treasury do cut. See RM 43 Cdo. See RFA and RN's man power shortage. See HMS Lancaster. Yes. But, in purchase point of view, MOD is spending a lot and treasury in many cases keep there promise
- what about HMS Lancaster? What is the "wrong doing" with it?
Jake, your post explained fairly well what they have been doing, just Peter and Paul happen to be squatting at different branches of the Forces, and at some point the Treasury will have to step in, to stop that happening on too large a scaleJake1992 wrote:the RN needs to aim high in order to get what it needs as a minimum in the end
- I must say that the RAF has been in the game with their fast jets, too, and it is the army that did not cotton onto it quick enough, whose strategic direction was blurred by Iraq/ Afghanistan (where they had to be the main player) and even their late (strategic direction, or packaging of penny packets) effort in the form of FRES was pulled apart, more by events (my dear boy, events... who said that) than the fact that the other services were better able to stay the course with their strategic initiatives.