Comments by "David Houseman" (@davidhouseman4328) on "BFBS Forces News" channel.

  1.  @aflyingcowboy31  So what you mean isn't who cares, it's "you" don't care because it's to far off time wise.
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  2. The USSR has a similar population to the US, so the US being richer allowed it to spend more. China has around 4x the population even poorer it can compete and it's catching up.
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  3.  @robertlackey7212  250 vs 290 in 1990. Similar.
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  4. By the time the Soviets fought, the cream of the Luftwaffe had fallen to the RAF and friends and the Royal Navy had cut off the resources of the rest of the world.
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  5. Weird definition of scrap?
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  6. Alone, no, but NATO out numbers Russia.
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  7. It's the squadron nickname, various other aircraft have flown under it over the years, gives an extra sense of pride.
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  8. Great interview, I really got a feel for the role. I like the comparison to what we use now.
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  9. The fact you think anything on this video is a helpful insight for enemies is a joke.
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  10.  @VincentComfy  We no longer have the army of the Rhine. Large numbers of tanks something we can't deploy quickly and so not a high priority.
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  11. Ajax is shorter than I imagined.
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  12. Honestly, this makes me think the opposite, that we don't need US level spending. This is a superpowers weapon looking for the ability to protect power anywhere at anytime not a country looking to defend itself. For me Ukraine has shown Russia is less of threat conventionally. If it struggling with Ukraine it would get nowhere with only the European part of NATO.
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  13. If it was worth keeping the USAF would keep it (see B52), if its not worth keeping why would the RAF want it.
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  14.  @seniorslaphead8336  There are literally former Soviet states in NATO and the EU?
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  15. Russia's an oligarchy with good relations with Israel. If there was a conspiracy they'd be part of it.
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  16.  @stun5700  Because they're very high class soldiers.
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  17. Yes, it worth pointing out they are easily countered. But coming so cheap you can just give it a go and sometimes you'll get lucky.
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  18. The original design idea of the F16 has long been rejected for the F16 itself. The F16 isn't successful as a day fighter, but as a multirole aircraft.
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  19. There's a New Medium Helicopter competition on going to replace a few different helicopters. I think there's four different possibilities.
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  20.  @hb9145  It's the only way the UN can do the little it can, without a veto for the large nations they just leave and it'd end.
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  21. India has Mig29s, the UK has F35s?
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  22.  @Al_Pollock  it's not the type of thing you'd ever know, the Royal Navy isn't going to announce they lost track of a sub.
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  23. Better tanks and better support makes the question different to the one answered in Ukraine.
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  24. You know it's a budget increase?
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  25.  @soumyajitsingha9614  What is needed for the F35B is a step up from the Harrier, but as I said it not that hard, you just don't do it if you don't need it. It would be a waste on Vikrant when it isn't flying the F35B.
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  26. Mastiff is US, at least as much as the Boxer is German. The Boxer will be majority built in the UK and we have export rights, we also started life in the Boxer program but dropped out.
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  27. @alangunningham5667  lol, you didn't "sink my reply". You said no else buying them and which I pointed out was total rubbish.
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  28. Hopefully they won't confirm anything. Silence is golden.
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  29.  @gilbert7794  it's a NATO deployment, NATO comfortably out numbers Russia.
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  30. NATO has now long bordered Russia. Russia is acting in the Ukraine nether mind watching.
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  31.  @philiprowe7452  none, why would it matter?
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  32.  @sausagejockyGaming  there's already plenty of mechanisms to help the homeless in the UK. And building stuff like basic infrastructure allows other countries to help themselves in the long term.
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  33.  @aquilatempestate9527  You say something like Climate Scam and it reassured me I'm on the right track.
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  34. No, it's not true. But it would require pulling ships from other duties.
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  35. It is honouring those people by keeping the name alive. If you you hadn't seen the name here would you have thought about them today?
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  36. The fact that you use "lemon" shows you prefer to listen to random guys off the internet.
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  37. Because thats what we wanted, helped select, develop and build.
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  38. Yep
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  39.  @colonialdad1  We are trying to sell the design to the Indians, not the physical ships.
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  40.  @colonelangus8247  The UK military is active across the world, training and combat, not the typical role of a parade military.
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  41. @colonelangus8247  no it couldn't, though its army might. But it wouldn't matter either way. It isn't a big military, but it is a fighting military, so not a parade military.
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  42. It's not about leaning on Russia, it's about allowing countries to make choices free from there pressure.
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  43. Presumably for the defensive implications
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  44. It's an existing ship and doing work that is good a good exercise for the crew. The marginal cost for the benefit is low. From a selfish perspect and stable and friendly Lebanon will cause us much fewer problems.
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  45. It's the most tested aircraft ever to work through as many of these as possible.
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  46.  @clydeceniza2521  and that doesn't even narrow your country down much. Theres only about 20 countries with a bigger GDP than it.
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  47.  @mrgingerninjadan  BAEs official bid was in Sweden, made thinking they'd win anyway. After the decision went against them they came back trying to sweeten the deal with a UK build.
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  48. For that to be effective you need mass genocide, including innocent people that are hard to distinguish, which I really hope your not advocating. Otherwise you have to combat the ideas as well as fighting militarily.
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  49.  @abrahamedelstein4806  I'm not flattering myself. 10 is too few when you want to run ops that need 12. The US Navy is in a league of it own, but so are the demands put on it.
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  50. Typhoons are too. It's essentially training.
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