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2006-10-12 Home Front: Politix

The march of the amateurs (or, "why the UK armed forces are under-equiped and underfunded")

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-12 13:21|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What a great read. He clearly see's the US as the leader in defence technology, as he should. Too bad this kind of stuff will never reach the mainstream media.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-10-12 13:46|| 2006-10-12 13:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Which is why the EU can't fight its way out of a wet paper bag.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-10-12 13:50|| 2006-10-12 13:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Incredible the bloated amounts of money the UK is paying, all in the name of European solidarity, for less capable weapons than is available from the US.

Posted by ed 2006-10-12 13:51|| 2006-10-12 13:51|| Front Page Top

#4 NIH is a universal phenomenon. Unfortuantely, the US suffers from it almost as much as the Euros.

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2006-10-12 15:03|| 2006-10-12 15:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, but the US has an advantage that helps us overcome that problem : if the item in question is popular enough, US-based production companies will be built to make them. Example : M249, and the new Marine 6-shot grenade launcher. M249 is/was an FN product, but is now produced in an American plant. The new revolver grenade launcher is a South African design that is being license-produced here. And the Rhino APC is another South African design being license-produced. Also, H&K built a production facility in Georgia to produce rifles, submachine guns, and pistols for the US after one of their designs won a shootoff contract.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-10-12 16:35|| 2006-10-12 16:35|| Front Page Top

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