It was a really bad idea from the start - taking an existing (Spanish) design that hadn't gone into production, and massively modifying it for our unique requirements/specifications. That's… (View Post)

That's not what @ydoethur informs us. (View Post)

Or, as Charles Haddon-Cave put it, a "Failure of Leadership, Culture and Priorities" https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c652640f0b62aff6c1609/1025.pdf Lessons learned, eh ? (View Post)

Also Ajax assumed to be a Good Thing, because jobs in Wales & ... Industrial Base. Stir in a dose of US defence prime, which knows how to play this game in their sleep, vs MoD procurement, which … (View Post)

Ask the shades of the last Ming and first Qing emperors whether or not imperialism works. If you're the guy in charge (and on some circumstances, his followers), then conquest absolutely pays. A… (View Post)