Yes Its a Tank
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Yes Its a Tank
@CorunnaSmudge
Final arbiter of what's a tank or not. All views are MOD policy as soon as I state them and legally binding across NATO.
Not Wiltshire Katılım Kasım 2012
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@roger_grafton Handy for Castlemartin camp if you ever miss sleeping in 1960 accommodation or the food
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Having left the full-time Army in March, I begin my new job in a church in rural Pembrokeshire on Sunday. Sadly, our house sale/purchase fell through recently, so we are temporarily staying in a caravan! On the upside, it is on a farm and we get to wake up to this every day!
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@TBrit90 The number of ESN that are going to accompany this vehicle into service are going to make training essentially impossible. They will sit on the hanger floor unused and the troops untrained
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Sunk cost fallacy in all its glory. We are accepting a vehicle that injures soldiers, and is going to take years and billions to mitigate issues.
Deborah Haynes@haynesdeborah
The Ministry of Defence is again asking soldiers to operate the @BritishArmy’s blighted Ajax armoured vehicle following an exercise that left some troops ill and temporarily halted its use. Defence minister @LukePollard says various “strict new controls” are being put in place as the tank-like contraption is again brought out of storage, saying “The safety of our people is non-negotiable”. This multi billion pound programme has yet to see one Ajax deployed on ops after more than a decade and a half of development. And yet more reviews into debacle are still taking place. Full (delayed) ministerial statement below ⬇️ questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…
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@CorunnaSmudge @shashj That may be the case, uncertain. The person getting the bad news gets off the Boat pronto, with kit. Nobody else gets leave until they are gone.
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"For the sake of morale...it is inadvisable to share news of a bereavement with sailors cooped up for months in a steel can. Only the captain knows the bad news. On the last day of the voyage, he calls in those who have lost a loved one and breaks it to them."
Josh Glancy@joshglancy
Meeting the crew of a Vanguard nuclear submarine as they surfaced after a 206-day vigil is perhaps the most interesting assignment I’ve ever had. I wrote it up for @thetimes thetimes.com/article/0d0d8f…
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@CorunnaSmudge @shashj If a crew member dies on those patrols they are stored in the freezer until you reach port. No surfacing.
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@CorunnaSmudge @shashj Had it happen to a shipmate on TRIUMPH. Sonar Petty Officer. Brother-in-Law (wife's brother) murdered. Already buried when we got into Gib. Flight home the following day. Taxi waiting at airport to whisk him home.
Not sure when the Captain knew.
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@james_rands No chance. Armée d’Afrique is the only title for the forces of a Gentleman
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In the unlikely event I become a crazed dictator and decide to conquer Africa I will probably call the force I use the Africa Corps. Third time lucky and all.
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Yes Its a Tank retweetledi
Updated this, if you have 5
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@TBrit90 He's has zero ideas radical or otherwise. He also has proved utterly incapable of using his huge majority.
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As I've been saying, Labour know they won't get reelected and Starmer knows hes done come election, so why would he resign. Hes got a sledgehammer and lots of radical ideas he has one last chance to enact.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 NEW: No 10 says Keir Starmer will be Prime Minister for years to come “The Prime Minister will continue to lead the Government throughout this Parliament and beyond”
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@thinkdefence They just need to design a 9x9 tent bag that's easier to fit a 9x9 into
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As you all know, I am rather partial to a nice trailer, but the very notion of replacing Land Rover FFR plus trailer and 9x9 tent with a more modern version of exactly the same is beyond madness.
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@thinkdefence Just buy a 4x4 and fit a radio. If the door can shut properly and the window don't do that weird half open thing that would be great as well.
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We are massively overcomplicating LMV, a vehicle that will spend 90% of its time moving bin bags across camp and ferrying hot food to a range. Its not a platform, and it doesnt need system of systems integration.
UK Defence Journal@UKDefJournal
The replacement of the Land Rover will show whether defence procurement can manage integration risk and deliver platforms that are properly proven. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/the-land-rover…
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@thinkdefence It's possible that the Lib Dem's have a defence policy as well but it's not really relevant
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@thinkdefence If Starmer stays defence will be neglected
If he goes defence will be neglected.
If Labour fall the Tories will neglect defence again under Kemi or anyone else.
Farage will talk about defence a lot while simultaneously neglecting it.
The Greens will slash defence.
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If Starmer goes and we get the Milliband and Rayner cabaret show, do you think defence will be neglected even more than it is now?
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@BearJFK Never hopefully. Utterly the wrong option as a stormer replacement
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When does the British Army get it?
Defense of Ukraine@DefenceU
Ukraine’s air defense has a new piece on the board. British Rapid Ranger fills the gap between mobile fire teams and heavy, low-mobility SAM systems — protecting areas traditional radar can’t cover. Light. Fast. Lethal. Already proven against Shaheds. Thank you, United Kingdom, for weapons that save lives.
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This brief clip showcases the release and arming mechanism of a BL755 Cluster Bomb, the bomblet itself
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@Jack_Watling @nicholadrummond And a serious uplift in soldiers to man the Regiments and logistics to move the missiles a
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@nicholadrummond Not without a serious uplift in missiles...
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Imagine the British Army with five wheeled GMLRS regiments or 120 launchers. Two for 1st (UK) Division), 1 for 16 Air Assault Brigade, 1 for 3 Commando Brigade, and a Training / Reserve Regiment. The cost lies in GMLRS ER rockets (150 km) and PrSM missiles (1,000 km), not the launcher. These would perfectly complement the M270A2s we have bought. At a stroke, you would have tripled the lethality of the British Army.
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@OfficerofEngin1 @BAGGERRALLY So when we gut the hirachey to free up the money the OF3/4/5 who are left are going to do the work for no extra money, slim chance of advancement and all the extra responsibility they can manage. Here you go son you going to command a Bn on a Capt wage now. Don't fuck up.
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@CorunnaSmudge @BAGGERRALLY smaller Army = more money for pay, training, extra curricular stuff. It's not all about climbing the greasy pole
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My plan for British defence.
Army - drop to 50,000. 80% infantry with AA and AT capability.
AAC gone, paras gone, artillery gone, cavalry gone
Airforce - drop everything but air defence
Navy - increase the fleet and marines by a factor of at least three
Done
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