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Originally Posted by arista
For Sure.
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Here take a read through this, it may provide shocking reading
http://www.uknda.org/tri-service_matters/c-17.html
Its an excellent bedtime read, right up there with Clancy and Grisham
Whilst its not an official document all the facts and figures are or rather were accurate at the time of writing. The bulk of the document was produced between 2003(after the Revisions to the Strategic Defence Review) and 2007 with the odd amendment where required in 2008.
Given that in 1982 the amount of money in real terms spent on defence was over double what it is now. And we didnt really have as many overseas operational commitments. Now we have Iraq and Afghanistan, less than half of the manpower following SDR etc that we had in 82.
What isnt realised is that we came very very close to losing, units were on the last stocks of ammunition, the men were physically exhausted, and it could have been us handed our a
rses on a plate. If a similar situation occured today there is no way we would be able to reclaim the Islands back.