And because we like taking it up the arse from the US.Originally posted by GoToAway:
Airmail taught me the other day that the UK doesn't maintain carriers as a means of force projection, but because they look cool and help get aid to Africa.
Something something something common foreign policy and special relationship something something something
The carriers were also purchased by Labour as a way to create jobs and please the Unions. We don't need them for defending the Falkands, a nuclear submarine will do the same job just fine.
This thread needs a good old singalong.
All together now...
Quickly followed by our new anthem...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...10Lg&feature=related
Correct. We don't need two big fleet carriers. We are in the post-colonial era, we have no overseas commitments apart from protecting the independence of Belize for which the er, Harrier was ideally suited. Oh yeah and some really far-flung lumps of rock in the middle of oceans like Diego Garcia which are in fact US airbases.Originally posted by Aimail101:
The carriers were also purchased by Labour as a way to create jobs and please the Unions. We don't need them for defending the Falkands, a nuclear submarine will do the same job just fine.![]()
What with their deflation and everything.. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Dance:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by stalkervision:
The Japanese by law limited their army and navy and look what a economic powerhouse they have become.
That is where the real power is.
well it once was.![]()