tangysider
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Big shot in the arrm for NW businesses
Wonder what the lefties take on it though
Wonder what the lefties take on it though
New generation fighter aircraft
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Lost Seasider
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Should be buying Russian, probably.
Matesrates
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I’m left handed and I think it’s great news
1966_and_all_that
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It's a shame that countries need to build military materiel in order to boost their economies. Even so, it's welcome news.
Walthamstow_Seasider
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Remind us who planted a former KGB officer in the House of Lords?
Jaffa_The_Hut
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While we still have nut cases like Putin and Kim Jong-un around there will always be a requirement for aircraft and armed forces.
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Bloodtangerine
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“If you want peace prepare for War”
1966_and_all_that
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Good quote but I would hope we've moved on. The only people now who want war are nutters.
tangysider
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Unfortunately some of those nutters have their finger on the button
Bloodtangerine
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Naive viewpoint
Bloodtangerine
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But condescending too tbh
Bloodtangerine
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Correct
dodgy_surname
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Bring back the Lancaster bomber
Bouncing bombs
Forward thinking
Bouncing bombs
Forward thinking
1966_and_all_that
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Do you think sane people want war? If so, who?
dodgy_surname
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Bloodtangerine
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tangysider
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I do not think meglomaniacs are insane, they just seem to enjoy playing very dangerous games, no matter what the cost.
Chunkylad
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It’s such a vote winner unfortunately
TangerineBayern
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Military deterrents are essential with the amount of nutcase despots around the world! The UK gave up a lot
of it’s military capability and put the brakes on new investment at the end of the Cold War as the threat scenarios changed, clearly Russia didn’t!
of it’s military capability and put the brakes on new investment at the end of the Cold War as the threat scenarios changed, clearly Russia didn’t!
Lytham_fy8
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Bit weird to bang on about 'lefties'.
www.express.co.uk
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UK defence spending: How Tories have lowered defence spending
BORIS JOHNSON has come under fire from senior Conservatives this week for breaking another manifesto promise, with the party primed to abandon defence spending pledges to the anger of ministers. While unpopular, such a move wouldn't be unusual for the Conservatives as they have reined in defence...
www.express.co.uk
How the Tories created a defence funding crisis
Labour MP and former Defence Minister Kevan Jones says years of rushed through defence spending cuts and bad decisions have now come home to r...
www.politicshome.com
Lytham_fy8
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Which the Tories haven't done for over a decade.
tangysider
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Tongue in cheek, just stirring the potBit weird to bang on about 'lefties'.
UK defence spending: How Tories have lowered defence spending
BORIS JOHNSON has come under fire from senior Conservatives this week for breaking another manifesto promise, with the party primed to abandon defence spending pledges to the anger of ministers. While unpopular, such a move wouldn't be unusual for the Conservatives as they have reined in defence...
How the Tories created a defence funding crisis
Labour MP and former Defence Minister Kevan Jones says years of rushed through defence spending cuts and bad decisions have now come home to r...
Jaffa_The_Hut
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Tempest is already a 15 year old concept if not longer.Good news for jobs etc, also Tempest should be a beast.
I’ve been retired 11 years but remember seeing a full scale mock up in the secret squirrel hangar long before I retired.
Also what ever happened to Taranis and Mantis both flew prototypes well over a decade ago?
Lytham_fy8
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I'll always remember the EAP flying over the Green flanked by 2 Tornadoes on a maiden flight, beautiful plane.
Tangerinemoss
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I remember seeing the Tornado on its maiden flight, was playing on Fleetwood Golf Course
Taranis was a technology demonstrator,it was never intended to be anything else.
Satriale's Pork Store
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Bring back the Lightnings!
tangerine_neil
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This is good news. 
I’d also like to see the UK develop its own anti nuclear defence system.
I’d also like to see the UK develop its own anti nuclear defence system.
Archibald Knox
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Best thing I have ever seen was the English Electric Lightning doing a flypast at a few hundred feet altitude along the main runway during a Warton Family Day, probably in the late 80’s. At the end of the runway the pilot stood it on its tail and went full afterburner up into the blue.
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