Lloyd
912 posts
Lloyd
@PeterIanSstaker
Aerospace grad studying defence & diplomacy. All comments/opinions are my own
Katılım Şubat 2022
139 Takip Edilen7 Takipçiler
This is how I divide Europe's regions. This is the only correct answer.
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@EsotericStarmer Don’t praise Labour for increasing defence spending. They added the intelligence budget to the defence budget to make it look bigger and continue to delay the defence investment plan. All the while we suffer on going cuts to all 3 services.
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So let me get this straight: we should throw away the government that, in two years, has cut inflation, cut immigration by over 70%, increased defence spending, and cut NHS waiting times.
For muh £2 buses!
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 BREAKING: Inflation fell to 2.8% in April, down from 3.3% in March
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@suza66970 @Defence_Index The UK is the only country the US buys military airframes off. T45 goshawk, av8b, WB57. All adapted from UK designs.
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@Defence_Index By 2035 the US will produce something far above anything
the UK can up with. The UK might produce crap like China and Russia.
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🇬🇧🇯🇵🇮🇹 The UK is preparing a massive £6 billion funding boost for the GCAP next generation stealth fighter program with Japan and Italy.
The project aims to field a 6th gen stealth jet by 2035 to challenge U.S. dominance in military aviation technology.
Source: Financial Times
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@FlyerLincoln @NavyStrang What you’re describing is a super power not a global power
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@NavyStrang Opening an airfield in the middle of a country you are actively at war with, having zero ground troops to save 1 guy and taking zero loss of life is global power shit.
Dropping 6 guys and a few hundred lbs of gear to a remote island is something an adventure club might organize
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Say what you will about the state of the UK military, but this is global power shit...
Al Carns@AlistairCarns
Essential aid delivered from the sky. Members of the Parachute Regiment parachute on to the remote island of Tristan da Cunha. They mark a drop zone then call in an air drop of essential medical supplies from the RAF. 1000s of miles away in the middle of the Atlantic…only they could do it…to the Parachute Regiment we salute you! 🫡🫡
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Reports that Iran has hit US frigate with two missiles. Seeking confirmation.
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@GrumpyDad3 @FalklandsinUK As someone studying international law, no, It’s wasn’t.
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@FalklandsinUK There are many things about the Falklands Conflict to be proud of. (Operation Black Buck, Goose Green, Mt Tumbledown.)
The Sinking the Belgrano, a forty year old WWII relic, is not one of them.
It was a war crime. The blood of those Argentinian sailors is on Thatchers' hands.
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On this day in 1982, the Argentine light cruiser General Belgrano was sunk by HMS Conqueror with the loss of 323 lives.
HMS Conqueror was the first nuclear powered submarine to engage an enemy ship with torpedos.
#Falklands44
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@SinderNemesin @ObviousRises We don’t like pedophiles over here so I think we’ll let the police and prosecution service crack on
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@ObviousRises The only thing they can do at this point is a revolution. They should take a page out of our book and start throwing their tea in the harbor
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For the actual love of God.
This is my last post for tonight.
Literally nobody ever for any reason move to the UK.
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@mrsarcasticass1 @sentdefender British troops such as the ones in this video have shot down over 100 drones and missiles. That one ship is there along side nearly 20 fighters, AEW and attack helicopters, and hundreds of troops manning surface to air missile systems such as stormer HMV.
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@sentdefender This is actually embarrassing for the UK government. Their troops were literally targeted and put in harms way due to Iran mass firing ballistic missiles and drones, and the best they did was send a single ship to shoot down missiles. 1 ship. That was it.
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Today, the U.K. Ministry of Defense released footage of British troops in the Middle East sheltering amidst an Iranian ballistic missile threat to their base during the conflict with Iran. They can be heard saying “I’m in position to brace lads,” as subsequently, a ballistic missile impact is detected.
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@TheWaywardLion @defencewithac Although i feel like murder -rate- implies per capita
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@PeterIanSstaker @defencewithac He means the gross number of murders; not per capita.
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My favourite comparison is that UK has a murder rate comparable with Chicago. That is to say, a country of 70m people and a city of I think 2.7m people.
Dan Salt@Danjsalt
Britain is so unsafe {Checks stats} USA - 3 assassination attempts on the current president alone - 14,000 murders in the 2025 alone - 408 mass shootings UK - 0 assassination attempts in 9 years - 0 successful ones since 1812 - 512 murders in 2025 - 0 mass shootings
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@WarFlash_2630 Tf you mean Gen Z will think it’s ai. Gen Z were the soldiers and airmen doing the evacuation
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@AbcAbc347433 @ronin21btc I live next to the Newcastle central motorway, thanks to Tyne bridge works my 6 minute commute went up to half an hour some mornings. People queuing in the left lane blocked the slip road on and off the motorway leaving the right lane empty and no space to merge from the slip
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@PeterIanSstaker @ronin21btc I'm up north and that's what I've seen when dealing with motorways so this might be why I don't hold the same point of view.
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@AbcAbc347433 @ronin21btc Nobody in this video is doing 70mph. Anyone doing more than 40 going past that queue is reckless and not relevant to the argument of best practice.
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@PeterIanSstaker @ronin21btc On a motorway at 70mph+ yes if you're actually paying attention to what's ahead. People have different reaction times and you have to account for that. I've seen so many drivers charge down those lanes without thinking and it's obvious they derped out.
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@AbcAbc347433 @ronin21btc Are you saying 600 yards is hardly any space?
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@PeterIanSstaker @ronin21btc There's barely any space on the other lane for it to matter you tit, we can have an argument about the maths if you really, really want to.
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@AbcAbc347433 @ronin21btc People like you are why we need 10 signs saying merge in turn. If the lanes not closed yet, fucking use i!
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@ronin21btc Completely ignores the sign warning him the lanes merge which is why everybody is patiently sitting in the left lane to keep the traffic flowing. Oh well, at least I know the psychology now of why this stupid shit keeps happening on the motorway.
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@Alonso_GD Well there you go. If your on minimum wage don’t expect to have an average quality of life. Stop living beyond your means
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The average Council Tax in the UK is £1,770 a year. The average household energy bill is £1,700 a year. The average yearly grocery bill is £3,300. The average yearly rent £16,440.
That’s £23,210.
Minimum Wage is £23,809 a year before Tax.
BladeoftheSun@BladeoftheS
The UK’s cheapest Council Tax is in Wandsorth, London, where a band D property will pay approximately £969 a year. The next cheapest is in Westminster at £975. After that it is Shetland Isles at £1,261. Nottingham is £2,530 Council Tax is a tax for the poorest.
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A very informative video about British history. 🇬🇧
໊@buffys
name one thing this country gave to the world
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@CryptoPeta @AFP If Japan can reach Australia 80 years ago. China can reach you now.
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@CryptoPeta @AFP Yes well done for completely disengaging with the argument that Australia is not geographically positioned to have enemies by pointing out that Japan is currently an ally. Try and use some critical thinking
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Australia says it will raise defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2033 as armed conflicts flare worldwide
u.afp.com/SEsR
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