And of course France doesn't. Which is how it manages to afford its own fighter aircraft; military aircraft engines; nuclear deterrent; carrier; nuclear submarines etc. They are not all state of… (View Post)

I think we'd have more chance of keeping Trump "onside" if we collectively stood up to him rather than fawning. NATO Sec Gen Rutte is an example of how not to do it anymore. It might h… (View Post)

There's significant standardisation already in armoured vehicles (the UK with the ridiculous Ajax and Challenger 3 programmes being an outlier). In aircraft there is Airbus, and other than Franc… (View Post)

Carns not Cairns; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Carns So well known the local newspaper spelled his surname both ways. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/who-alistair-carns-new-bi… (View Post)

The US has already says that it wants to hand on European leadership of NATO to Germany, but frankly the existing structure doesn't really work without the US. If it is to be replaced, whatever … (View Post)