Soldato
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I'm with Sean Penn.
Why? I am genuinely interested to hear your thoughts behind that.
I'm with Sean Penn.
I'm with Sean Penn.
How does that work? Do the carriers have joint Anglo/French/American crews? Or do we replace their crew with our own?
I'm not sure which source your information is coming from, but can I suggest that you crosscheck your opinions with reality before posting, otherwise it's just embarrassing.
Bashing a country’s defence program is one thing, bashing it whilst spurting out totally wrong and unfounded information is quite another.
one of the arguments presented on the mothballing and possible sale of the carrier was that any shortcomings could be covered by our new agreements with the french. i also doubt at crunch time we could use another nations equipment but the framework is there. my comment was more tongue in cheek as i dont believe anything would come of it and it was just a excuse to cover our (politicians) failings.Neither as there are no such agreements in place and I cant see either wanting to get that far involved.
im pretty sure there are agreements covering this as we already share aircrew and equipment with other nations.How does that work? Do the carriers have joint Anglo/French/American crews? Or do we replace their crew with our own?
what about insurance, who pays if we crash it?
Well yes unfortunately, the last time i got any serious insight into the MoD was back when the Defence review was being carried out, I realise that the carrier sell off is not true any more (Pretty sure i heard something about it before), no doubt the aircraft comment is untrue now as well.
Of course doesn't mean the whole JSF program was ruined when it was stolen by the Chinese or whatever, the Pentagon even cancelled any further F-22s though probably more due to the rather expensive maintenance, i imagine having information about it stolen was the last straw.
I am the last person to say that i dislike war machines, i even design some myself, but its just infuriating when your entire advantage can be cut up by a hacked computer.
So we should take anything you post with a pinch of salt?
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Was watching the 10 O'Clock news show last night on C4, and this topic was mentioned. The guy who sounded American was a right tool, thinking that the people on the Island shouldnt have a say of who they want to belong to and that just because Spain may of colonised the islands at one point, the ex Spanish colony of Argentina should have control.
They want the oil that is located there at the end of the day, and quite frankly, they can sod off, thats british oil that is![]()
yeah but our forefathers gave their lives to secure that oil for us.No it isn't, its whomever finds it and all the taxes should go to the islanders.
No it isn't, its whomever finds it and all the taxes should go to the islanders.
should all of the tax raised in London only be spent in London?
Well yes unfortunately, the last time i got any serious insight into the MoD was back when the Defence review was being carried out, I realise that the carrier sell off is not true any more (Pretty sure i heard something about it before), no doubt the aircraft comment is untrue now as well.
Of course doesn't mean the whole JSF program was ruined when it was stolen by the Chinese or whatever, the Pentagon even cancelled any further F-22s though probably more due to the rather expensive maintenance, i imagine having information about it stolen was the last straw.
I am the last person to say that i dislike war machines, i even design some myself, but its just infuriating when your entire advantage can be cut up by a hacked computer.
I'm with Sean Penn.
Britain will share in a Falkland Islands windfall when oil starts flowing there later this decade and, with taxes and royalties estimated at up to $167 billion, the potential prize could inflame mounting tensions with Argentina over sovereignty.