How much is the annual operating cost of the RAF regiment?
Particularly with the focus on the ranger units, If this element was transferred to army, how much would the RAF save particularly with full disposal of its logistic assets?
“to save money”
get the PM has pledged that there will be more money spent on the MOD in his Govt (above 2.4% of GDP)
have i missed something?
is this just redistributing the wealth?
The Navy is in a bit of a pickle regarding frigates at the moment. With the early retirement of Type 22 batch 3s, the type 23s have been worked very hard are falling apart. The type 26 and 31 were ordered late and the 23s are working past their expected out of service date.
The RFA ships have been laid up for years and are struggling to find crews for their ships. The private sector pays better.
The Navy has been talking about moving away from Albion and Bulwark for several years and Albion is in very poor shape and is in need of a refit. The navy has Already moved to littoral strike groups centred around the Bay class and Argus. The Albion class were direct replacements for Fearless and Intrepid and probably the wrong design. The navy would have been better to purchase some LHD as opposed to LPDs.
Navy Lookout, Multi Role Support Ship
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I think its things that were planned anyways, we all knew puma was going at least. Its just got media attention given weve just had the budget and irritsted most the wealthy people
It just seems a very strange signal to be sending right now.
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If you keep spending the same but reduce gdp then your proportion of gdp goes up 