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@TUIUK gate staff at Palma some of the rudest and least helpful to your customers i have ever seen. All Belfast passengers queued for 30 mins to be told we shouldn’t have followed the airport signage and have been moved to a check in counter with no signage or staff.

@SwiftOnSecurity Control of infection

What's a modern minor medical treatment that is just bonkers effective, like you'd painfully die for weeks if this happened 400 years ago.

@thinkdefence Was going to ask how many we had/have in stock and ready to be deployed if required

Unfortunately, JLOTS has been recently withdrawn. END

𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 Let's talk about… Piers for use on beaches, the ELCAS-M

It's a beautiful morning here at Farmacaffley and thr tracks in great condition. See you all soon!

🗣️ Leo Gracey 📍 Tynan & Armagh (F) 🏇🏽 Farmacaffley, Co. Armagh, BT60 2PL 🗓️ Saturday 22nd February 2025 ⌚️ First race 13:00pm 🌱 Going Update ⛅️ Weather forecast 🗞️ @irishp2p @TheIrishField @QrIrish

@thinkdefence Pocket pistol

Trying to think of a decent title for my next series of posts. It is about returning mobility to GMLRS and NSM, making the launch mechanisms small and light enough to be carried inside helicopters, and light cargo aircraft. Anyone got any suggestions for a title?

@elonmusk Just lies from @elonmusk That’s it I’m leaving here.

Remember these names next election

@GillianMcShane Reading the novel at the moment

@GillianMcShane I offer reasonably rates and middling jokes

this is like if a dress sneaker was an entire outfit

I’m feeling generous (must be the sunshine). I’ll give away* three copies of The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes Vol 1 to three winners randomly selected from those who retweet/share this post unbound.com/books/hushkit

@GillianMcShane youtu.be/KaZuBziWLgk?si…

@GillianMcShane I’ll keep it for you Gillian.

@nicholadrummond Why is the MoD planning for 2.5% if they have been allocated 2.2?

▶️If the Defence budget remains at 2.2%, we will need to make sacrifices or create another black hole of unfunded commitments. ▶️We need 2.5% just to deliver what we have already planned. ▶️What would an increase to 3% allow? Modest headcount uplift for all three forces, investment in infrastructure, and focused expansion across key capability areas: Royal Navy: 5 extra Type 26 frigates, accelerate AUKUS future SSN, 2 new LHDs / Commando carriers, and reinforce RFA. (Extra running costs of £2.5 billion per annum, and investment of £10-£12 billion spread over 6 years) British Army: 220 Challenger 3s upgraded, 1,400 Boxers instead of 1,000, 600 new IFVs, 72 HIMARS, additional artillery systems, incl. air defence, investment in UAS, loitering munitions, and Bowman replacement. (Extra running costs of £3.5 billion per annum, and investment of £12-£14 billion spread over 6 years) RAF: 20 extra Typhoons and 20 extra F-35s, 5 E-7 Wedgetails instead of 3, 12 P-8 Poseidons instead of 9. (extra running costs of £2.5 billion per annum, and investment of £12-£15 billion spread over 6 years) Joint: re-shore key capabilities and roll-out Land domain, extend Shipbuilding / Submarine building, and Aviation industrial strategies. ▶️ An increase to 4% would allow all three forces to return to pre-2010 headcount levels, to invest in infrastructure, and expand existing capabilities further: Royal Navy: Headcount 45-50K, Grow SSN fleet to 12 boats, new class of 12 light frigates, accelerate Type 82 Destroyer, and an MCM replacement vessel. British Army: Headcount: 100K, generate three regular divisions instead of two, and equip them properly, re-organise the Army Reserve so that it provides a territorial defence force, and fully restore CS and CSS units axed in 2010. RAF: Headcount: 50-55K, accelerate Tempest, more Typhoons (total fleet of 150), more F-35Bs, (total fleet of 150), possibly acquire F-35A (72), acquire more A400Ms (total fleet of 30-40) to replace C-130J, new trainer to replace Hawk, invest in V-280 Valor for both navy and RAF, acquire additional C-17s (second-hand if available) for total fleet of 12. Joint: Full ballistic missile shield and infrastructure, Build supply chain resilience and ensure we build adequate munition stockpiles for all three services. ▶️ An increase to 5% is not needed unless we go to war. Everything listed above would take 6-10 years to deliver. If we want to do it sooner, then think about 6% budget and buying what we can rather than what we want.

@GillianMcShane Support payments

A massive thank you to all handers, owners, jockeys, sponsors, spectators and volunteers for another fantastic day and Farmacaffley. Safe home to all and see you again next year 🏇🏇👏🤞

Track in great order for Saturday 👌

@GillianMcShane This was a genuine shock to me when I first heard

@Hush_Kit BERP because I got to meet a test pilot for it once.

Best helicopter rotor (and reasons why)?

@GillianMcShane Ain’t you the berries!