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Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2024, 08:50
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Au contraire. It does happen - in MOD anyway. ...

Au contraire. It does happen - in MOD anyway.

Trouble is, the ones that leave are the ones that know what they're doing and how to make the system work.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Mar 2024, 16:36
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

That second table perfectly demonstrates why the...

That second table perfectly demonstrates why the NHS in current form is unsustainable. The RDEL budget - essentially people and consumables for NHS England alone is larger than all the other...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Mar 2024, 11:36
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Bit more explanation in the Oral Evidence session...

Bit more explanation in the Oral Evidence session to the HCDC a week later - albeit polluted by Penfolds grandstanding.

committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/14318/pdf/...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2024, 21:35
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

There's a coven of purist system engineers who...

There's a coven of purist system engineers who will burn you at the stake for the crime of solutioneering.

Ya heathen.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Feb 2024, 20:06
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

To which we should be wondering why the RN and...

To which we should be wondering why the RN and RAF (and DE&S!) are not being expanded, instead of engaging in cap badge fantasies.

And quite rightly addressing the offer....
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Feb 2024, 19:24
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

That'll be the entire German armed forces, not...

That'll be the entire German armed forces, not their army. And from memory also includes their equivalent of DE&S.


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Forum: Military Aviation
20th Feb 2024, 18:11
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

And just so everyone is aware, that'll still be...

And just so everyone is aware, that'll still be bigger than the German army.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2024, 21:37
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Nope. Common misconception. Didn't even apply...

Nope. Common misconception. Didn't even apply back in the 80s when we bought Trident.
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2024, 14:25
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

As ever, Healey is being economical with the...

As ever, Healey is being economical with the truth to put it mildly. What Wallace actually said was that all governments of all persuasions have hollowed out the forces since the end of the cold war....
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2024, 11:11
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Because the Army really needs more PBI doesn't...

Because the Army really needs more PBI doesn't it? Oh, wait. They don't actually know what they want - or why.......

They are naval forces for a reason. That reason is not necessarily recreating...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2023, 11:51
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Not intentionally. Just naming the four.

Not intentionally. Just naming the four.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2023, 09:58
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

It's not both ways in any way shape or form. You...

It's not both ways in any way shape or form. You are conflating supporting a decision to commit HM forces with the responsibility to provide financial support for that commitment. Both operations...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2023, 07:25
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

The Labour party prior to Blair was not really...

The Labour party prior to Blair was not really full of lefty lawyers was it?

Blair -or more precisely Robertson - did produce a good SDR98, but then Labour failed to fund it. I'm fairly sure the...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jul 2023, 12:31
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Hmmm. Once again the facts are somewhat at...

Hmmm. Once again the facts are somewhat at variance with your assertions.
The government benches are to the left as you look.......
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jul 2023, 08:20
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Er, when I watched it, the government benches...

Er, when I watched it, the government benches were much fuller than the opposition ones - albeit there were perhaps 40 in the house in total. Including the Labour party's unspoken doyen Magic...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jul 2023, 10:14
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/4091...

https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/40911/documents/199247/default/

Have just read the HCDC report. Possibly best summarised as "they're messing with forces they don't understand".........
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jul 2023, 13:04
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Frankly, Nice but Tobias and the Tubster had...

Frankly, Nice but Tobias and the Tubster had already decided what they were going to write before they had held any of their comedy evidence sessions.

Ajax is indefensible, but it isn't the norm....
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jul 2023, 13:48
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Hopefully one will have detected the sarcasm in...

Hopefully one will have detected the sarcasm in my earlier post.

One of the single biggest delays in MoD procurement projects is because there aren't enough suitably experienced CS to hold up the...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jul 2023, 10:41
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Oh good. What could possibly go wrong?

Oh good. What could possibly go wrong?
Forum: Military Aviation
24th May 2023, 16:18
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

No. Really, you wouldn't. There is more to NATO...

No. Really, you wouldn't. There is more to NATO than land battles in eastern Europe. Remind me how large the Boxhead army is again?
Forum: Military Aviation
24th May 2023, 08:22
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Offhand, I'd say that - if correct - cuts on that...

Offhand, I'd say that - if correct - cuts on that scale to Percy probably indicate removal of tasks (or at least reduction to lowest feasible) for the army, while ensuring proper enabling functions...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th May 2023, 16:52
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Very much so. Put Tubster back in his box fairly...

Very much so. Put Tubster back in his box fairly comprehensively. VAdm Thompson pretty good too.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Apr 2023, 08:48
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

As ever, the chimps are just trying to grandstand...

As ever, the chimps are just trying to grandstand - not least by bleating on about the size of the British Army and the nominal reduction to 72000. As Wallace says, there's no point in having bodies...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2023, 15:57
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

the here and now where there is a major land war...

the here and now where there is a major land war raging in Europe - which we are supporting the Ukrainians with. Indeed largest contributor by value behind the US

a wounded and distrustful (and...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2023, 10:53
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

If only they actually cared about the size of the...

If only they actually cared about the size of the army or knew what the Typhoon tranche 1 and Hercules were for - as opposed to screeching "cuts" purely as a stick to beat nasty tories with. They...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Mar 2023, 10:48
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

I think the bit you need is the first and second...

I think the bit you need is the first and second paragraphs of Francis Pyms statement statement which makes it crystal clear that the capital cost falls within the defence budget.

I think you've...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Mar 2023, 09:33
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Pensions yes, deterrent, no. It's a common myth...

Pensions yes, deterrent, no. It's a common myth that the costs of the deterrent were somehow "not in the defence budget" until recently. I'm old enough to remember the debates about the effect of...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Mar 2023, 08:44
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Never forget. It isn't the government that...

Never forget. It isn't the government that directs that sort of choice. It is the RN itself making choices - in this case, a big bet on autonomy.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2023, 08:52
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Soundbite as opposed to strategy. Wallace is...

Soundbite as opposed to strategy.

Wallace is already all over the stockpiles issue - something that originated with that nice Mr Brown and his refusing to uplift defence funding essentially for a...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2023, 19:10
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Well your first three words were accurate at...

Well your first three words were accurate at least.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2023, 13:49
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Whose norm? Certainly not the case between late...

Whose norm? Certainly not the case between late 60s and mid 80s. The CVS years were in some respects an aberration.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2022, 10:49
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

Or probably more usefully say - "The NHS is a...

Or probably more usefully say - "The NHS is a broken model. No other country on earth copies it. It consumes something like 15% of government spending and is always hungry for more. That funding...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2022, 07:48
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

I'm not sure one can call a single example done...

I'm not sure one can call a single example done through expediency (and nowhere near the end of her RFA life) "no trouble".

MRSS is allegedly the Bay/Albion replacement.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Mar 2022, 17:09
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

The only pertinent fleet that has been removed is...

The only pertinent fleet that has been removed is arguably Sentinel - which has been long gone. C130 and Typhoon Tr1 aren't going to change the price of fish in Eastern Europe either and arguably you...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Mar 2022, 08:52
Replies: 1,426
Views: 471,359
Posted By Not_a_boffin

I rather think you'll find they have been - right...

I rather think you'll find they have been - right up until about a month ago, when some of them have thought about adding money.
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