Comments by "bighand69" (@bighands69) on "Royal Marines train to be 'mountain ghosts' in brutal Arctic terrain" video.

  1.  @heinedenmark  Setting up a marines service force is not easy and is a very expensive thing to do. The Dutch, British, French and US have the naval culture to allow them to function a marine based force. China claims to have 30000 marines but that figure is very doubtful. The US has about 200,000 with the UK having about 7000 of them. To put things into context Russia claims to have 12000 Marines but clearly does not have the naval culture to operate that number.
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  2.  @rammingspeed5217  Your opinion is irrelevant and lacks understanding of what a marine actually is. Maries can operate on land.
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  3.  @rammingspeed5217  Marines can serve in land and have done so for thousands of years.
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  4.  @heinedenmark  Denmark may only need Special operations. Britain with its long naval history employs Marines but they are special operations capable and are not a traditional Marines service. The US is probably the only military's power employing Marines. There is an alternative which is to train Army Battalions to have more maritime based training but they will not be marines. I am not convinced Denmark is running a large enough Naval force to employ Marines. What would be the benefits of running 300 marines? What size Marine Service would would be adequate for Denmark?
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  5. It depends on the stage of the operation.
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  6. It is for the camera.
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  7. That makes no sense at all. What on earth are you talking about exactly?
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  8. That takes political will to have a police force that does their job.
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  9. People operating the drones have to be in the battle space as well. And drones like all other surveillance equipment can be tricked or used to perform a dummy manoeuvre.
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