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Britain has 2nd largest defence budget in the world

Discussion in 'Current Affairs, News and Analysis' started by Livin_on_a_prayer, Jun 23, 2006.

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  1. Livin_on_a_prayer

    Livin_on_a_prayer Old-Salt

    Livin_on_a_prayer, Jun 23, 2006
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  2. danielsan

    danielsan War Hero

    Well pointed out - now we just need to get the same value as China seems to! :D
     
    danielsan, Jun 23, 2006
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  3. l/cpl_blowhard

    l/cpl_blowhard Old-Salt

    aye but that includes war pensions to ex forces , mothballed bases ,ships, military museums, warehouses full of duff kit here and abroad , payments family housing agencies , military hospital and medication, and mega pishups :D
     
    l/cpl_blowhard, Jun 23, 2006
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  4. Filbert Fox

    Filbert Fox LE

    technically we're 3rd if you count the EU.
    Most of our budget goes on chairs for the civvies at Whitehall.
     
    Filbert Fox, Jun 23, 2006
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  5. Filbert Fox

    Filbert Fox LE

    we still have one??
     
    Filbert Fox, Jun 23, 2006
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  6. Livin_on_a_prayer

    Livin_on_a_prayer Old-Salt

    It shows we have the resources, but just need the right leadership to spend it properly.
     
    Livin_on_a_prayer, Jun 23, 2006
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  7. mistersoft

    mistersoft LE

    They saved a fortune when I started buying my own Loctite.

    Just need to procure what is actually needed and not what the old boy's network recommends.
     
    mistersoft, Jun 23, 2006
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  8. Livin_on_a_prayer

    Livin_on_a_prayer Old-Salt

    We've got the cash

    But we've also got Blair
     
    Livin_on_a_prayer, Jun 23, 2006
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  9. l/cpl_blowhard

    l/cpl_blowhard Old-Salt

    ?? maybe not in uk but abroad ? kcufnose :D
     
    l/cpl_blowhard, Jun 23, 2006
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  10. chocolate_frog

    chocolate_frog

    Whitehall also sank about 1/2 of this budget in to urgently needed plasma tvs so that the desk minions could keep up with the cricket... er, sorry world events.

    Strange, Whitehall time and motion study recommends the cheapest and best solution is about 50 42" Plasma screens, yet similar time and motion studies have given us the L85 A1 and similar bits of kit..
     
    chocolate_frog, Jun 23, 2006
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  11. chocolate_frog

    chocolate_frog

    Isn't there a mil hospital at Gosport?
     
    chocolate_frog, Jun 23, 2006
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  12. Older_by_the_day

    Older_by_the_day LE

    Wow 2nd despite China and the US!
     
    Older_by_the_day, Jun 23, 2006
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  13. ViroBono

    ViroBono LE

    Not any more.

    The military hospitals are:

    RNH Gibraltar
    TPMRAF(H) Akrotiri
    Duke of Connaught Unit, Belfast

    All are small and have very limited clinical capability.
     
    ViroBono, Jun 23, 2006
    #13
  14. StabTiffy2B

    StabTiffy2B LE

    Apart from the fact that military 'experts' are included in the IPTs for that very reason. Check your facts first before gobbing off.
     
    StabTiffy2B, Jun 23, 2006
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  16. mistersoft

    mistersoft LE

    Don't need to check facts. Saw the results myself of what people thought we needed and unboxed them to be boxed to be sent back.
    Waste of time and the taxpayers money. Still it kept me in a job.
     
    mistersoft, Jun 23, 2006
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