Leon is grounded. (View Post)

We'd contribute far more in the Pacific region with co-development/collaboration on advanced weapons with Australia, Japan etc , than we ever would trying to send an utterly inadequate carrier i… (View Post)

If there is no more money, then we have to decide what are priorities. As a simple example, the defence of the UK does not require the army to have expensive new armour. It does require air defence a… (View Post)

I get the rhetorical point, but there's a practical one, too. If our budget were (say) £20bn a year higher, the current structure of the armed services, and the number of things we're tryin… (View Post)

That's a pretty stupid way to frame the question if you look at the way the defence budget is parcelled out. The reason that it provides so little in the way of equipment is that we try to do to… (View Post)