Firstly, the French (at least) would have scuttled. The problem wasn’t the ships in existence. A Germany supreme on the continent would have had the resources to build a One Ocean navy more powerful … (View Post)

On the last two points - police regulate private security (ha!) and all the villages had already lost their police patrols. As to protection rackets - “Me and the lads have an offer. You pay protecti… (View Post)

Well, first you need to kill some Head Count. Think of them as a blood sacrifice on the altar of Process. (View Post)

This is the ultimate evolution of Process State thinking. People with no domain knowledge or skills create more and more regulations until doing anything legally and correctly becomes impossible. So … (View Post)

That was more about the RN not recognising that things had changed. Aircraft without observers etc were required for performance. And performance requirements meant that aircraft had to be much less … (View Post)