Comments by "" (@derf9465) on "BFBS Forces News" channel.

  1. Still not stopped people leaving the services. Until you fix accommodation, food, infrastructure, ailing numbers and increased workload on the remaining your not going to keep anyone
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  2. 😅 😅 😅 Same goes for the uk's future conscripts.
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  3. And millions of pounds of free weapons.
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  4.  @gregft1979  nukes wasnt the only reason japan surrendered. They had a greater threat to the north west and was moving fast. They feared that more. Russia, read history.
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  5. How long before the uk goes bust sending arms for free and raking up a huge debt? Along with all our other issues internally
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  6. Pull the plugs turn the Internet off problem solved.
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  7. Who invited the compulsive liar?
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  8.  @Headloser  the French farmers are still lifting tons a year in old ordinance. Thats over 100 years ago.
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  9. Well he's clueless about what we do in operational theatres then.
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  10. Nope it's under 100000 it's a militia.
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  11. Yep more air ranks today than In 1945.
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  12. The RAF's biggest threat is it's top brass not getting a grip of service leavers. There will never be another battle of Britain day. Just our surrender. There is no great in great Britain, no united in the united kingdom. Its too late all this great gear but nobody to fix it or operate it. The lessons learnt from Afghanistan are distant memories resulting in the body bags of tomorrow.
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  13. Everything is mini in the UK. We have nothing left. At this rate, you'll have toys but nobody to fix, drive, fly or support them.
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  14. The same if not better accommodation than the illegal immigrants ? Hot water all year heating that not only works but is controllable.
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  15. How long before the military has run out of people to be operational ?
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  16. No idea, the UK fire stormed Dresden and the Yanks nuked a country twice.
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  17. Afghanistan 1800's + 2019ish?
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  18. What happens to defence spending when the country goes bust over the virus?
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  19. I wonder what we will load when we have an airforce that fights back and not desert dwellers 20'000 ft below?
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  20. It's not an all you can eat buffet it's pay as you dine (starve) it's the fact that they don't do any exercise, they play computer games in works time and at home. With numbers so low, those who have left have increased the work load, their is no time for the gym it's been down hill for decades
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  21. The u k ran out of cruise missiles in libya and paveway fours. In 2011. That conflict was only 6 months long. These guys have been at it 8+ years.
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  22. British forces has done this. Wasnt till afghan was well underway. Did kit improve. But people still buy kit from boots to gloves.
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  23. With a tiny army smeared across the globe, tiny airforce running fast jets from 4 runways and the RN large ship adding up to 20....i bet they are terrified with their natural resources, industry and people on their continent called home.
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  24. Returns home for more repairs. Everytime I've been on this it goes wrong. We made it to France once and it lost its turbines. They flew the spares to Japan where the QE had the same problem. Had floods, fires and other issues. Built worse than a British Leyland Marina.
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  25. If ukraine was winning the flow of military hardware would be slowing down. It is not. Its increased.
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  26. You've sped up technician training ten fold. While jets get more complicated training is cut. The problem is the youth have no hand skills. No technical understanding. Decades ago you had to have this to join. Now we get kids that have the skills of a young child. Shame the top brass as so useless. Sort out retention!!! Train the youth practical not just theory. They cant even read analogue micrometers. So much is farmed out to supporting agencies..
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  27. All this nostalgia.......the country was in a Financial mess brought on by decades of miss spending, bailouts and helpful hands.(sound familar today)That when 1982 came by, they had to drag junk out of the scrap bin to use, they rushed the harrier into Service. If the argies had gone 6 months later they would have taken it. By that point the scrap would have been scrapped and winter would have set in down on the islands.
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  28. Yep more human than a politician.... These have back bones
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  29. Still adding trim to get rid of the vibration on the flight deck.......and how is the wing box cracking doing ?
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  30. All we know is government wants to spend more, cut more. With an election next year, cuts will come to fund the civil service and benefit queues all the while national debt is eye watering. When will the proper cuts start?
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  31. Another reason is we destroyed our ship building focused on universities and not manual hand skills. So plenty of theory folk but no actual workers
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  32. The pony would probably do a better job of the whole army.
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  33. They didnt in WW2, but still won, the largest land grabs and Berlin. With inferior technology.
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  34. Ah Positive press to distract from all the negative the naughty red arrow pilots are up to...... Where is red 9? With red 8's wife?
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  35. Keeping people in. The youngsters join up and then leave after a few years.
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  36. Gen Z has reinvented the wheel at last. The military at home has moved from building to building and in the feild this has been done since the birth of warfare.... .anyway how many folk have lived and worked in run down buildings.
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  37. 😂😂 The uk scrapped its air defence years ago. We can watch it fly by . The biggest joke is when the west gets it war and the uk with its mass resources and industry runs out of fancy weapons , wars always come down to throwing lumps of metal at each other .....i hope the people are ready to replace the 20'000 fighting strength of the British army.
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  38. They let anyone in now.
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  39. Understood the burden of military Life?....deployed at short notice many times over, life on hold, stuck at brize many hours before a flight, that could be delayed, sleeping on the floor, loads of mis information about where and what your doing. Delayed Connecting transport, baggage handlers. The civillians dont know what there missing. Eating rubbish pre made food, broken comms home. People deployed missing birth of children. Wifes having to move House while we are away. All the det dodgers with glass backs stealing a wage. Detachments that get extended by months. The missing of family events, moments. Then the kitting terrorists......thats been uphill for decades. Then the return home that is set in sand more delays in silly places. Its like we have never deployed before......... Yeah I'm sure she was clued up.
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  40. Then comes down to, paying the bills supporting your family. In a capatalistic society money always wins.
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  41. The RAF is very soft today, I haven't heard any snco's or nco's raise their voice in years, to scared of what people may think.
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  42. If only those in charge looked after its man power and soughted out the mass leaving. But alas they have not. That flood gate is wide open. Only in the uk do prisioners and animals get better accomdation
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  43. Para para in the sky, living proof that sxxt can fly 🎣🐟🐟🐟🐟
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  44. Where to go on a flat featurless dessert?
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  45. What i love is the conscription question .......but not one fool has asked.....why....very quick to say no about serving there country......the reason is the military is empyting fast.......resettlement courses are booked up year plus in advance.
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  46. Thats a mountian of poo to deal with
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  47. Due to more impending cuts we have borrowed these boats from the rubber dingy massive who arrive here daily and the public does nothing about while we protect you the lazy people .
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  48. 🤣 😂 the country will be bust by then too many free handouts.
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  49. 😅 😅 😅 Too late I've seen the RAF smashed from the inside started with 60000 with 20 stations now we have about 8 launching aircraft but it's the juniors..... WAFU..... Work shy lazy and money obsessed
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  50. Thats why the uk will use conscription. Send in the bullet magnets first and the small professional force will follow. Same as ww2.
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  51.  @prodigalsoniv48  the taliban never had air superioty.
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  52. Alied development wins wars? Nothing to do with Russia throwing huge numbers at it then? Loosing 10 million plus soldiers....Then they forced Japans surrender as they raced through Manchuria. Two nukes didnt put off Japan it was the fact Russia was coming fast. They surrendered to USA to save face. You might want to be more thorough in readings history. German technology was 10 years plus ahead of ours. But alas numbers won this game. Shhh dont mention that the USA is far more advanced today but defeated buy the taliban with nissan pick ups and nokia phone...... Just saying.
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  53. What the RN needs to do is stop employing sea dodging folk. I've never met a service so afraid of going to sea with work shy attitude, they don't work a full day at all.
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  54. For over 250 million years the skys have been safe. No need to waste money on the blue sky if politicians did there job.
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  55. The navy trying to hide it's lemon.
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  56. Monday through Friday
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  57. He also stuck to fingers up at churchill. Churchill wanted them to attack earlier but monty said no and trained his men. Did churchill want another galipolli?
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  58. While the UK plays games, it serving members are leaving in vast numbers...... If you saw the numbers today compared to 20/30 years ago you'd be shocked.
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  59. Have you given it away for free yet to the Ukrainians? 1
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  60. Until the drones turn up
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  61. Politicians have caused greater damage but civillians dont mind that.
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  62. Well in 20 years the raf has dropped from 17 flying stations to 7. If you've ever worked with the RN. they might aswell not come to work as more will get done.
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  63. The former chancelor has just joined. Wear what you like. New friends, crazy ideas.
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  64. There has been 285 wars since then. The uk has been involved 80+ times in 40+ countries.
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  65. Which means it can't afford to loose it. Look at the range of the F35b, you haven't got to see the stealth jet just shoot it's floating runway.
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  66. That's easy, you've only got 2 stations these fly from and one for the lame F35. Typhoon does all the work
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  67.  @TheFreshSpam  computers dont cross rivers and anyway we only have 3 operational fast jet Airfeilds in the uk. More jets whos going to fly them and whos going to fix them, Where they going to launch from, whos going support the flyers and engineers. Would only take a few well places missiles to wipe that out as we have no missile air Defence anymore.
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  68. It has all the answers I need......okay JC book written 50 years after his passing. Why hasn't my grass seed germinated? What size jets do I need on my motorcycle? How do I remove Glow plugs without snapping them? Why does toast fall butter side down? Why is religion the biggest cause of war in the world?
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  69. Why? He wanted to go to war. Hope you like conscription.
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  70. Today hopefully. Its been sensationalism and news rubbish. The majority of royalists dont even know their own history.
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  71. This isnt just one war. Or one event. China is watching and learning.
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  72. 🤣 😂 🤣 the children in soft society think they have issues when they have clothes, gadgets, inside toilets, central heating and all the toys.
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  73. EMP anybody ?
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  74. But what are you defending against, when was the last time you were invaded? When have you ever had to defend your beaches?
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  75. A lord will probably make millions from this.
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  76. A handfull of jet planes. Pretty pointless when the US turn up with a carrier.
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  77. I bet we dont have the spares to keep all 200 going or the mechanics to fix them at a high rate.
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  78. How? Is it on paper? The british forces have a huge recruitment problem. Nobody wants to stay In. Each year manning fudges figures to look good to top brass but alas people are leaving fast. In 20 years only 4 of them have the forces broke even with joiners and leavers.
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  79. Deterring? What just hanging around on safe soil? One good enermy commander would wipe this lot out in a few minutes.
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  80. Out of the museum due to Defence cuts. Nobody left in the RAF To fix them.
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  81. 😅 😅 😅 Yep once you've worked with the royal navy you'll understand.
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  82. 😂 😂 😂 But no aircraft
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  83. Same pilots are they still sleeping with each others wives?
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  84. Who do you think is arming Ukraine?
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  85. Defence cuts, ran out of boot polish.
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  86. 🤣 😂 🤣 sold and destroyed our industries. Never to return. The uk is just too expensive to make anything. Not competitive. Then the generations of skill fade. The majority cant even change a car wheel let alone work and build machinary and high tech kit. In the victorian era a child had to know how to read a micrometer to get a job on the railway. Today kids/adults cant do that or program a computer.
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  87. Will it be manned or Un manned? Comes down to how much money the UK has in its pocket..... At the moment not a great deal......so unmanned?
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  88. Anything quicker than ww1 and 2 would be rather nice.
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  89. The uk couldnt fight a war this long...... It too would come up with crazy ideas again.
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  90. Where is the volleyball net? Pretty sweet ride for the next barrack block fire alarm reset.
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  91. Whos going to fix it? RAF technical training is a joke. The kids coming out struggle with basic hand tools and how to use them. Now you give them another highly technical aircraft? The youngsters are the future of the RAF as long as you dont mind money obsessed, self centered individuals who want promoting but are shocking bad at basic tasks....... Then the best airforce in the world is racing to the bottom.
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  92. Ahhh a missile .....lets punch this into reheat ......or combat. The hottest thing in the sky
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  93. We should leave it alone, leave it to develop as a country. The taliban or the next largest faction will take hold as soon as nato leaves. The British have been in Afghanistan for centuries.
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  94. Shhhhhh the uk is a massive arms dealer, many are ex uk military.
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  95. German tanks...........🤦‍♂️ should be blitzkreiging
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  96. 😅 If the thankless population doesn't start joining up there will not be an RAF in years to come trade group 1 is very low manned.
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  97. Can't be bothered talking shop with guys trying to fix the current mess of the services in a pub.
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  98. How many retreats for team USA? How many actual wins.....the taliban is still around.
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  99. Doesn't matter what you spend. The military is shrinking. Defence cheifs are not interested in their people. Hence the vast numbers leaving each year. In 20 years only four have joiners out numbered leavers. How many Squadrons and stations did we have 20+ years ago? How many ships did we have? How big was the army? Alas the next war will be conscription. As the uk cannot afford to throw its experience at the guns. All useless as it takes years to build skills and especially in engineering a lot longer.
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  100. That because the uk military has emptied and we have run out of room to store all this kit.
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  101. Nobody complained when China took the remains of Longbridge and staff to train their own. Or when british steel went to India with the machines and some staff. Same thing here. Dont look after your staff then wonder why it walks off. The British military has been losing staff for over 20 years, probably more. Then coupled with a society that is money obsessed. It doesn't take a mastermind to work this out. Saudi pays over 3k a month tax free just for uk aircraft fitters. Who knows how much pilots get. Nobody complains about Saudi bombing Yemen. Not really fused about China, this country long sold itself to capatalism and now every House on this collection of rocks has chinese made stuff inside. You should direct your anger at those in power for selling and destroying this country. Not some ex RAF grow bag wandering off to China.
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  102. Then join up?
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  103. So going to join up? Or make excuses like the majority of the nation.
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  104. The RAF used to promote daily not that long ago. By simply low flying all over the UK. Due to costs it's not a thing anymore.
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  105. Does it deploy between the hours of 1201pm on a Friday to Monday just after high tea chaps?
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  106. What british engineering? The country destroyed it, just a land of suits thats couldnt read a manual micrometer where a victorian 14 year old could.
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  107. Great, our tiny army is on the move. With our tiny airforce across 4 Airfeilds and the navy that is tiny. Russia has more subs than we have large ships. I hope you lot like being called up, loads of new friends, camping every night.
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  108. Forces news can't get it right. She is not Queen. She is queen consort.
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  109. When the first day of the Somme happened 20'000 was lost in one day......
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  110. So why dont you enlist? Retention is at an all time low, decades of cuts have left us with a tiny force.
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  111. Better than our lying politicians. Maybe we should declare Marshall law?
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  112. Didn't make any difference in the RAF some just look scruffy now.
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  113. Are you normally 22?
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  114. Look out for the Canberras.
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  115. Still hasn't stopped the land slide of people leaving the forces. No good having kit if you've got nobody.
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  116. Why is the west so upset over this team America had caused havoc across many countries just in the last 20 years. In fact team America has killed over 12 million people since ww2. How many Jews did the nazi murder?
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  117. 😂😂😂Hes tubby for a military man.
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  118. 🤣 😂 🤣 what could go wrong!!!! Another hidden reaf on a map?
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  119. Why does the west want a war with Russia?
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  120. When the next government get In, there will be huge cuts on Defence. To pay off all the debt the civillians rack up over a cold. Hands out raping the public purse. Now you reap what you sow.
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  121. Except covid........
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  122. If the country really thanked us, we be better treated, money off things and events ......what perks are there serving this greedy country for less pay than my civilian counterparts?
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  123. Its the bbc, saville will probably appear on his holidays wearing his tighty whiteys.
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  124. Get some time in smally, all you arm chair generals aren't in, your not privvy to anything and that includes the press.
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  125. Cleverly formed after bush/blair invasion of iraq, afghan war, the genocide in libya and syria. Smashed it all up with weapons leaving a huge vacuum for these nutters to fill.
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  126. Cant wait for the press to cost this up. A massive funeral for somebody that actually did nothing. And the fallen through wooton bassett got a tiny turn out.
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  127. Define served. What did she do? Service men and women can tell you what they do or did for the foreign policy that day. Even Boris johnson served the nation..... Aparently. So whats her defining moment or actions. What will stop her being a foot note in history like Berty, the other Edward, Georges and the like. Nobody can give me an answer as to what she actually did for this country.
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  128. Any you've got holes everywhere .
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  129. And the uk after arming the taliban in the 80's and hand tools and things given during gulf war that make great ied triggers.
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  130. Why is the west poking the Russian bear? Over the decades team America has wrecked the world killed millions of civilians created isis in the vacuum left. Russia has stayed within it borders except for Afghanistan / former soviet territory ukraine. The west did nothing over crimea and still nothing about yemen, nothing about syria, putin played the west called their bluff and won. The west has used nato, one country at a time to surround russia, we have massive military exercises near russian borders. Why the aggression ? Then the news channels get excited about Russians when one or two aircraft fly on a border or a boat sails past. Grow up world. When/if you get your war, conscription will be a thing and nobody has ever beaten Russia , not napoleon or hitler with advanced weapons. Shhhh don't mention China who has taken over the world while your living. Your War wont end well.
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  131. Back to the same old tricks bombing dust bowl countries who have very little with tax payers money while the issues sail in every day as a sleeping army.
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  132. New? Only been self designating it's own targets 8 years ish.
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  133. 😅😅😅 The RN don't work hard they are hardly working.
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  134. Well thats the civvies conscripted then.
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  135. 😂 😂 A quick change you mean conscription. We are already invaded by economic migrants.
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  136. Hasn't China already made an AI helicopter with facial recognition....... The British military will need AI as there will be nobody left to fix, fly, fight and lead.
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  137. Wait till winter and see who ukraine holds on then. When Russia can rotate its troops through. The ukrainians are stuck in a war zone.
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  138. So emp then...... So Ben wallace was right computers don't cross rivers boots do.
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  139. Naval power? That's half the feet, with a huge skill fade, with a supply chain spanning half the globe on the doorstep of China who could call upon massive resources. Stop the silly saber rattling this isn't 1914.
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  140. The only award in the whole honour system that is worth something. The rest are attendance badges.
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  141. If the west gets its war with Putin , plenty of civilians will be doing this. Loads of new friends, matching outfits and free socks......but unlike there civilian life of complaining and destroying our country by doing nothing they will actually have to make a difference.
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  142. 🤣 😂 🤣 nobody wants to stay, by 2024 you might have 20'000 left. Defence cheifs havent fixed it
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  143. Does this make him the most senior in the Senior service?
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  144. A pretty quiet thank you nationally from the greedy money obsessed public.
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  145. Define served please. What has she done, what will she be remembered for? Ghandi lead india to independence, Mandela shaped South Africa, Hawkins pushed scientific understanding, Amelia Earhart flew the world, The mother Teresa helped the poor....... Will she be remembered for the Diana? Andrew? Charlie and his mount batten cheating ways? Asking the people to fund windsor castle after that fire?
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  146. The biggest aggressor in the world is USA. Massive debt massive military and hasnt won a war In a century Not on its own.
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  147. It's about projecting force at a distance. If we didn't or any other country you'd have greater issues alot closer to your door, more sinister than a bunch of illegals.
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  148. 8 years in and still slogging it out.
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  149. Are they in Barnsley taking on the illegals ?
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  150. Napoleon and Hitler couldn't take Russia. We can't protect our own borders for dinghies or house our homeless.
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  151. Or scraping, the idea was to Sell gnats then hawks to the world..........
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  152. Has anyone won against Russia? Napolean? Hitler with a military 10 years ahead in technology. Japan surrendered because Russia didnt honour its treaty and went to war with them. But told the world it was the nukes a month before to save face. Any war the uk has on a large scale will involve conscription. The uk military is tiny. Okay nato might come along after weeks of talks. But with a country with no industry and not very many skilled people. It cant afford to loose anything. You cant be risk adversed but then we are broke.
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  153. 🤣 😂 🤣 ask hitler vs stalin......hitler all the tech, decades ahead. Russia massive numbers. If its not about numbers why do we always need allies? The uk is a tiny force that if committed and out manovered would Leave us with nothing.
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  154. Imagine the british police force doing this, like they used to. Now we have snowflakes who run away.
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  155. Weird we haven't been a monarchy since the mid 1600's.
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  156. Well if the lazy British got off there backsides and joined you'd have a crew. The RN is strapped for people it cant deploy all the time the youth of today tend to walk if they don't get what they want.
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  157. Its not as easy. Its the skill fade across all trades. The old guys hanging on for the pension and the youngsters not interested In staying in chasing the wage in civvy street. Many join and dont want to go away.......what are parents and schools teaching kids.
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  158. If the government get their way, more reservists will be needed.
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  159. OMG hope the first sea lord doesn't see this..... The RN at work.... Shock horror.... Bet they didn't do a full day...... If one day you meet a fleet air arm person ask them how many sea days they have.... Never met a bunch of idiots like it. They join the navy but then hide from sea detachments.
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  160. 😅😅😅 People love this but don't join up to serve their country. We are loosing so many people a week, month and year. You won't have much in the future. You'll all get conscripted. That never goes well.
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  161. What has the USA done across the world. They created ISIS. wrecked 4 countries in 20 years but we dont talk about those humans. And saber rattled against a few more. Meanwhile Russia has visited one, China is Slowly quietly expanding.
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  162. The uk got away with dresden.
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  163. Nothing to worry about when nato gets its war with Russia, all the civies of fighting age will get new friends, dinner under the stars, matching uniforms and plenty of socks.
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  164. Only winning till western arms gifts stop arriving.
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  165. Why do you all keep voting for governments who destroy the very Core of the country. The military has been smashed by cuts for decades. Its a tiny shadow. We are the poor kid in the play ground always on the scrounge.
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  166. Whos going to fix and fly them? People keep leaving in big numbers.
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  167. The only thing Britain is great for is the stain its left on the map. Each succcesive government has made the country worse for decades. They haven't improved a thing. Just wasted your money and made friends very rich with it.
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  168. People are so weak now. Whats going to happen when the metal starts falling. Most of these wet folk have never been shot at and they defend the country. Yes to help those who need it. At this rate the entire 8th army would have gone wibble 6ft from portsmouth in 1942. Look at schools, news, social media, making something out of nothing. Could you imagine this lot in the trenches.... No fighting tommy humour.
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  169. The west has been bombing the deserts for 20+ years hiding way high up out of reach of air defences.. Nothing new
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  170. 8 years on the front line will continue to change. What will happen when the west looses interest? The USA/uk have previous of running away.
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  171. Putin has pointed out western hypocrisy for decades.
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  172. Im pretty sure the future enermy will only throw socks
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  173. Why do royalist talk in the first person as if they know her? Shes has the best Doctors, lived a life of luxuary, done very very little. You dont sit in a position of power by being nice.
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  174. All of them? Are the two left out allowed back in?
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  175. How long before the fleet air calls the RAF to fix it........
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  176. the RAF hold my pimms...... Been there done that. And in anger.
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  177. With no monarchy at the moment, the uk military is a mercenary force.
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  178. Who do you think is training Ukrainian male and female soldiers.?
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  179.  @JammyDodger45  so true. More fact
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  180. Security isn't a dirty word...... Don't take photos of assets, people and put them online has been banded around for years..... Then for all to see.... Here we are on the Internet, no point putting fences up and having id cards and procedures. The counter Intel guys are gleening snippets everyday from this channel to one day build the picture they need.
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  181. Why do we always pose questions at the new one and not hold the past one accountable?
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  182. The uk is skint. Cant afford it. Marham updated 😂🤣
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  183. Because we are that skint we cant afford to do exercises and practice for real. The last time the RAF practiced for war was 20 years ago. The youngsters need to exercise more they all sit in their magnolia cubes long enough online.
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  184. He hasnt actually done anything. As a pansy that lies has no morals or anything that would constitute a human being. He should be forgotten. If our military leaders acted like this we wouldn't even fight out of a paper bag.
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  185. Taken the crimea back yet?
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  186. Proud? Then join up. We have been. Loosing people for decades. Everything has stopped for this. I always laugh the country always supports the dead. But forgets about the living.
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  187. Boris says will protect......what he means is till the next round of defence cuts as there is a massive debt created and cuts will happen.
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  188.  @jb76489  hms sheffeild......
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  189. Everyone thinks so linear and ww2 computer games. Its a boat it floats, its looked after by humans thats the weak point. A sub could take it, the RN itself driving it into a rock, they have previous. Those who would want to take it would think outside the box. Cruise missiles can fly 300 miles plus, Send enough the guns dont work. At the uk Current mess dumb bombs could be used and get real Close. We dont have air Defence in the uk. The carrier is not a US navy strike force, the RN is a shadow of its former self.
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  190. This is why the uk has very long delays on its own pilot training program on a war that has nothing to do with us . What will the west do if putin strikes as we have been arming Ukraine for years and training and you don't have to be an expert but how do they target smart weapons?
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  191. Its a shame when the majority of the nation dont serve their country just rinse it to fill their pockets. Out of 68 million folk, the uk military is tiny. Wave your flags and then enjoy your consumerism and capatilism.
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  192. Future of the RAF right there. All those pen pushes can now launch aircraft as you haven't got any techies left.
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  193. Coming to a dry dock any time soon. Cant seem to sail a surface boat without issues.
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  194. 68 million people, protected by 33,000 RAF, 34'000 RN and 80'000.. Getting smaller each year. All your eggs are in one basket....
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  195. No missile Defence anymore. We are relying on the BBC spring watch team and a world of twitchers.
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  196. Its been going on 8 plus years. Saudi has done greater damage to yemen but nobody cares, the coalition destroyed libyian infrastructure, no body cared. Then ISIS turned up In the power vacuum. Countless wars going on but nobody cares. Its only because this is In the news people care.
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  197. That saved £100000+ oh it didn't he is still paid that.
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  198. How long before it's scrapped?
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  199. Trained soldiers ? Youve just past basic your not trained yet.
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  200.  @terrynewsome6698  really? Three stations a few missiles and the uk doesn't have an airforce anymore. We haven't got any missile Defence
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  201. Why is the west the biggest aggressors ? Russia is within its borders except Ukraine. The usa is scatteted across the globe ? Nobody will win a war with Russia or china. They have vast numbers , dictatorships , resources and industrial nations. Our pansy soft west will waste lives for what? Napoleon and Hitler failed. The usa has the biggest defence budget and hasnt won a war in over a century.
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  202. Royality has let itself down except for princess Anne, all her kids are adulterous failures. From businesses, arms dealing, divorces, playing with kids. Not exactly beacons of light to look up to. Just a train wreck that keeps costing us money.
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  203. And whos the biggest aggressors ?
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  204. Nothing will change , its all talk. In 20 years ive seen stations closed, capabilities reduced , skill fade of technical staff. Now the kids just want more money its greed. They don't want to serve you the people and its country, you've breed little 80's yuppies .With numbers this low it wont be long before sqds close. In the Raf With only 3 fast jet airfields , 1 transport, 2 helicopter , 1 intel one. Compared to 17+ stations we had 2 decades ago, all with different aircraft types. capabilities. Its a mess, complete mess. Their will never be another battle of Britain day just our surrender.
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  205. My guess... Russia will replay old old tactics..... Let the enermy advance..... But instead of a winter they will nuke their own land. Taking out Ukraines forces.
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  206. People have a tiny view of the world, this isnt just a ukraine war. While the west makes itself bankrupt. The likes of china are watching and learning. Putin is waiting for winter. He can rotate his 1.3 million troops through, while the ukrainians suffer. China is watching to see how the west reacts. Taiwan is on the list. ( the worlds AI hub) China has already expanded in the china sea. And is pouring money like water into Defence and AI technology. The worlds next super power. How long before the west stops giving free weapons? People are cheap to governments, how long before conscription?
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  207. Well once the middle classes drag us into war, you'll all be conscripted. Then you can have your turn.
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  208. Better get the dogs. Hunting season has started
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  209. And idiots on TV shows can't handle a few days. No sympathy, these guys do it for months, so have I, it's easy, it's hard, it's rewarding spent many years in the desert and wouldn't change it for the world, some great and some rubbish memories. Better than flying a desk.
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  210. The uk government sold the country years ago. Nothing is british owned or made. So might as well have the old pilots. Youve made a greedy money grabbing society. You reap what you sow.
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  211. Oh no not again 🤦‍♂️............
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  212. Small force is great for a two day war. Absolutley useless when conflict drags on for years.
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  213. Russia hasnt fought wars in the cold before? Napolean? Hitler? Afghanistan?
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  214. So why dont the wealthy mus lims of the west fly out to gaza? Where were you went the predominantly white military west took on isis?
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  215. The uk was invited into Afghanistan you might want to read your history.
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  216. The rife might see that, but trying hitting a moving target at that range. Its pointless.
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  217. Just finished 22 years service .....the calibre of snowflake yuppies joining is terrifying, money obsessed fools who want to go home to mummy at the weekends , shhh dont mention deployments the amount of glass backs and twisted socks is embrassing....I wish we could have recorded what comes out of their brains....they think they have a choice either to go or not on deployments, taskings. The RN seniors are so weak that they except what they are told and find the next kid.....its sad but its such a mess......when will tell the world they lowered the fitness test standards as the tubby kids cant pass it?
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  218. 🤣 😂 🤣 showing Putin a small Collective of tanks......bet he's really terrified. The uk military is tiny. If you want your war be prepared for conscription. Really nobody has won a war against Russia. Even napolean knew it and so did hitler with his far superior technology. In the end Japan surrendered because of Russia.
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  219. The RN are bone idol and lazy. Work shy. Suprised they get airborne. Ask any RAF man who has worked along side the senile service
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  220. Will russia employ the same tactics of the past. Stretch your supply lines. Miles from home, let you get bogged down. Then let winter play. Then fught back.
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  221. Why we bothering..... Ukraine is not part of nato. The west has been mucking about in Ukraine, folk are on the ground and western weapons by the boat load are there.
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  222. But british people dont want to serve their country. Solve that and you've got your army. The people are lazy self serving.
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  223. At its most dangerous, can tell you never got shot at in the desert. 20 years in afghan and iraq not dangerous 🤔.
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  224. Omg stop the press........shhh dont tell Russia that Ukraine have been firing the west's for a while now. Loads of other free military junk.
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  225. We used to have naval war games prior to ww1. It didnt end well for many
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  226. Shame this country doesn't support its living military better. They give their time and serve a thankless country on the whole. If it really mattered to the civillian population you'd serve your country yourselves. But alas the military gets smaller each year, less folk join, more leave. Dont pray for any major conflict like our press and politicians as it will be conscription on a budget.
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  227. Watch for the knee's to pop.
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  228. Who's going to fix it, fly it, support it on the ground..... The RAF cannot retain people. The youngsters want more money and leave.
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  229. Don't come crying when the uk gets defeated.
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  230. The USA has a Defence budget is billions of dollars and still hasnt won a war.
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  231. All those rounds and a tiny percentage will be used in anger.
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  232. Hmmmmmm where have we seen this before......... Cavarly, Blitzkreig, gulf war 1, taliban, ISIS. Any small fighting group.
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  233. Great what happens when the usa looses interest? It always does. They will have vehicles no spares or ammo while Russia plays the long game.... 8 years plus in
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  234. The west likes its proxy wars. The west did nothing over crimea, nothing over syria , russia had called your bluff many times.
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  235. The top of military spending is........keeping and recruiting people. The landslide hasnt stopped, commanders haven't stopped it and we are a mess of inexperience and kids that only serve a few years and leave.
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  236. Should work when we go to war with the USA
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  237. I'm in narnia.......... Who knows
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  238. The queen wanted to unite the union?
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  239. Ukraine has been at war for 8 years.......... All the British have learnt is how to do more with less.
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  240. The USA is the worlds biggest aggressor. How many wars have you started. Created ISIS, wrecked 4 countries, saber rattled against a few more. Wont mention how many youve lost at what cost to your people and tax payers . How many wars has China, Russia started in the last 20 years?
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  241. Then putin has the right to take out the western supply lines.
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  242. I wonder what the spooks of Diana and prince william think?
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  243. Doesn't matter what you spend. Retention is the biggest issue. After decades of cuts, your never going to get back to older levels. People dont want to stay in anymore. Limited kit, old infrastructure. Why dont you civillians join up?
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  244. Now that's a silly thing to do. It's been defence cuts for decades. You get rid of a really useful, robust you know the issues and put falls and go back beyond step one. They still build hercs, but because the fools wanted something new, they now have 18 paper weights. Even the hangar they built was too low to jack aircraft, the other they built the roof blew off when windy. The infrastructure and mostly the jet has got so many issues, which clown thought that was a great idea. It looks like bravo two zero again, those sneaky lethal lads will be walking again. With the deluge of people leaving the RAF you'll have nobody to fix it. Trade group 1 will be below 50% shortly. How embarrassing, the skill fade alone is devastating. The PlayStation generation don't know how to use tools
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  245. Just reminds me of the last war in Europe. The late 90's. The horrors the RAF committed.
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  246. Go read a book, I dont have to justify historical fact to lazy folk.
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  247. The taliban has suicide bombers.... We have plenty of idiots in the UK, we could use those.
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  248. It's been an area of conflict for years, if folk are silly enough to stay then why should we fund the evacuation.... We've already been invaded by folk of questionable morals.
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  249. Then why do the people keep electing politicians that dont care? Why dont the british fight for anything?
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  250. We have been mucking around with the middle east since the 1800's and massively in the interwar years, we the uk made countries borders.... Ever since it's been a hell hole. Leave it to fight it's own wars and find its way. Western ideals doesn't work for countries who only understand dictators and tribal rule. The UK has been on the same journey. Look what bombing of Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan did, we destroyed these countries and born from the ashes of chaos was ISIS. How many died because of that idealism?
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  251. One day we will go to war with a foe who knows where our few keys sites are and wont take much to take it all out.
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  252. Hello sailor......suprised that they will be there. They chase the chop like no other service. Wanna save the country money, pay them for half a months work.
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  253. Pre ww1 the uk was the biggest naval aggressor In the world. Now its the USA, who will be next?
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  254. How long before the west stops sending expensive weapons.......
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  255. You forget the nation is a bunch of unskilled idiots. Just capatalisms end users.
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  256. The other 67 million plus civillians cant fight for anything. High gas bills......bend over shove it next to the electric bill.
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  257. Give us accommodation something close to Bibby Stockholm for starters. Give us hot water, heating at the correct time of year, how about perks outside the wire. Money off dinners out. How about our service is recognised by the greedy self centered population.
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  258. 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 1500 people die each day, most likely over the years we have seen better but alas religion / monarchy is about social control.
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  259.  @mashbury  oh its a private club. Another act freedom of speech denied. Slowly becoming very communist. Welcome to the east block......dont talk the party line....disapears. What would those who fought such ideals 70+ years ago think of a breach of freedom of speach. In a time when the country had communists, facists, far left, right and everything inbetween politicially.
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  260. Its about a 20'000 fighting strength now days. The rest are ballast.
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  261. We can ask the kids and look at the dead animals that will find them
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  262. Its 10 years next year since it all started. Not much is happening , just folk killing folk for nothing.
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  263. Even less pilots and technicians than yesterday .......
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  264. The british military has scrapped our old stuff or sold it off. We would all be walking.
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  265. 😅😅😅Nope the 80's yuppy had kids and now i have a majority of youngsters who are money obsessed . They dont want to serve this greedy rock when outside the wire they can earn the same as a warrant officer in their 20's. The pensions got destroyed in 2015. So why stay? The RAF has lost 30000 people in 20 years, countless aircraft and capabilities. With a Raf at 28000.....i hope you like conscription folks. I know countless number of technicians that have left and earn more for doing less. Its a little too late really, accommodation is rubbish , the illegals get better, food is hit and miss, those in power want to fly fly fly and just look at hours flown......10 years ago an experienced technician had 8/10 years under their belt....today they call 2 years experienced........most have never deployed.....the incident rate will sadly go up.......shhh most aircraft technicians cant fix their own cars are use basic hand tools correctly. Industry already is aware of how rubbish the youngsters are.
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  266. The uk has fought wars against less equipped forces for decades. Countless governments doing more cuts. Governments, fat cats and unions have destroyed this once great country. With any war you need numbers, technology, industry and resources. All we are is a Service nation of battery hens stuck in offices producing nothing. When a proper war turns up. You'll all be sharing a rife.
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  267. Because that skint country has had millions of pounds of weapons thrown at it. Then trained to use it. History will repeat itself and those weapons will be used against the west. Just like afghan.
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  268. Russia lost 11 million military In ww2. They were badly equipped, 1918 kitting against a 1940's german army. Through terrible winters. They still took the fight all the way to heart of Berlin and then when they declared war on Japan and took large areas fast Japan surrendered. This ukrainian war has dragged on 8 + years. Nobody talks about the war In yemen, been going on longer. Who knows how this will end, tactical nukes to take out communications?
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  269. What was it all for? The general public don't give a hoot .
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  270. Is this all seven or nine? Are the pilots at home Servicing the other wives?
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  271. They wonder why people dont stay in. A bit late military cheifs..... Hows your pay rises and pension benefits..... Its a main reason for people leaving, but they have already left.
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  272. Might as well the royals have German lineage, you all drive German cars.
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  273. How big were the british forces a decade ago....... Sorted that pvr rate yet top brass?
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  274. If the proxy war goes wrong, they will be training the british people.
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  275. Wait till winter hits. Russia can rotate troops through. The ukrainians are living in a war zone. With increase in missile usage. Its going to look like dresden. It hasnt used its 1.3 million troops up yet. With china waiting and watching, the west will be skint when china starts on taiwan and its world leading AI capabilities and takes even more land in the east.
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  276.  @garagenigel  🤣 russia is not a democracy. Look at the uk 80'000 strong army, only 20'000 fighting strength. If russia has 1.3million on paper as you say its probably calling on hundreds of thousands, then russia is not affraid of conscription.
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  277. Does it get vetted.... It's not about giving the whole picture, Intel guys gleen information from everywhere to build a picture. For example if there is a lump, bump on something or extra switches from last time or things like radio frequencies written on white boards behind the person talking.... That actually happened and the subject in the picture was Prince William.
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  278. Well the tories in 12 years have increased the national debt by 40% of GDP. To a whooping 80%. Far worse than thatchers Reset. What we got to show for it? Defence spending will suffer.
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  279. If Germany recalled all its cars, copied what nissan do with their pick ups in the desert. They wouldnt need an army.
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  280. Cockleshell heroes are they?
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  281. Like any weapon system somebody has or is working out how to defeat it. Not to worry the British military will be defeated by its defence cheifs ... .......they haven't stopped the landslide of service leavers , more leave than join. The skill fade is vast across all areas with lessons learnt in Afghanistan and iraq becoming a distant memory . Doesn't look good for the future .
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  282. A bit more space now below deck.
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  283. If the west gets it's war with Russia..... Russian men may not have have fancy weapons and kit but there mindset is far harder than most soft western folk....... Good luck....... You've poked the bear long enough.
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  284. The president of the ukraine has done the same as Putin regarding his political opposition.
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  285. Whats wrong with it now....... How much will it Cost the tax payer.
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  286. 😅😅😅Today's generation can't use simple had tools, bring back their great grandmother's.
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  287. So who put the jet into full reheat then? Giving the flares no chance of distracting the missile........
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  288. Unfortunately the military hasn't got the money to look after antiques. To busy paying all its air ranks, apparently there are more air ranks now than in ww2 when the RAF was 1.2 million strong.
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  289. If the west gets its russian war i hope you like conscription.
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  290. Each party you elect in destroys and closes camps. Lowers numbers. You may think you have a dynamic military but in reality you have little redundancy for a war. A few well placed missiles and we are out of the game. With people leaving in vast numbers they will have nobody to fight, fix, fly, drive, float anything. Those left are having to do the work load of those who left. Then they leave. The top brass has to wake up, the people have to open their eyes..... In 20 yrs we've gone from 17+ flying stations down to 5........ Not exactly clever was it. Your greatest asset is those who serve. Your failing to keep people...
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  291. The Ukrainians have been at war for 8+ years. The west should never get involved.
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  292. 🤣 😂 🤣 hope that includes pro noun badges
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  293. Yawn. The uk cant stop meddling. First iraq, then afghan then libya..then syria...then we created ISIS out of the power vacuum. Now we are proxy fighting Russia. What for? When this 8+ year war finishes, the grass will grow, people will live and the RAF will still be helping Saudi bomb yemen. Russia invades one country and the world gets its pants in a twist.
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  294.  @maltesefamily7041  cant wait for ww3 its going to be firing squad central In the ukrainian trenches. Shooting snowflakes will be weird. The Paras are tough, you dont go into a fire fight or hand to hand wanting to wrestle (struggle cuddle) you need to cause pain. Be aggressive wins the day, sitting in your office working nine to five for 40+ years seems so appealing and BORING!!!! Then if these paras are nuts enough then they join the SAS. Want them to wrestle? Want them to clear a building trying to wrestle or talking control. In a controlled manner?
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  295. Light strike?..........hmmmmmm you mean blitzkreig. Nothing new Thank the hun. Over reaching? Hmmmmmm the british empire did the very same thing. Didnt end well.
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  296. Let's be honest who ever is next will makes the forces smaller. Still haven't stopped the masses leaving the services. In a couple of years we will be ineffective, all this kit but nobody to use it.
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  297. The uk didnt fight for covid nonsense, didnt fight the morons buying all the toilet roll and pasta, quite happily paniced over fuel. Then was really happy to pay £2 a litre. Inflation has crept up, interest rates havent started to fight yet and still nobody is fighting. So keep your arms folded and tut.
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  298. Like the British population in 1914 -1918 they didn't care about war because it didn't effect them. The people dont care today about there own service people let alone those women and men who dashed on to battle feilds to pick up the wounded.
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  299. You lot didn't want a queen... You made France bankrupt and still lost against the British at that time. Stick to your corrupt social divide, 2nd amendment and legalised murder. Weird politics
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  300. Its 8 years in. Hasnt really moved. Its only in the news because we are spending our tax payers money to arm them. When will that gift horse stop?
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  301. Will it have an escort vessel?
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  302. Appeal to gamers? The army is no good for nerds who suffer vitamin D deficancy. No gamers chairs in forward operating bases. Normally a life time of sunshine and alfresco living.
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  303. Wait till the west goes bust and stops sending free weapons at tax payers expense. Does ukraine have industry and resources that are safe?. But russia has plenty and out of reach of ukrainian fire power.
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  304. 😅😅😅 Live in Portsmouth it spends more time along side than out in it.
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  305. Who is the biggest aggressor in the world....... The usa and it's friends have been at war for the last 20 years for what? Russia has been at this one for 8 plus years. The west is the biggest aggressor not a country which has been within it's borders since the 80's, except for the last 8. Unlike the west.
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  306. With 20 big RN boats it could hardly rule the waves.
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  307. She was a head of state.... But with no power of government 'what did she actually do?' What do any of them do? To say she served is a cop out, define served? Day to day what did she do to make the country better? Defining moment? Any change? How will she be remembered? Not become a foot note in history like Berty, Edward, Georges. After being In 21 years, I can say what i did and the foriegn policies that caused it. I just dont get this illusion or position of power for doing absolutley nothing.
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  308. How will they hold it once the west stops sending weapons?
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  309. What did she do?..........Queening and Hoovering.
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  310. ​ @robsch21 😅😅 not a royalist.
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  311. Hope the uk likes conscription
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  312. 🤣 😂 🤣 farm it out to the cheapest bidder is the normal approach followed by contract change after contract change. No exactly cost effective. Tie in ive worked in a building were the MOD paid folk in 2000 to build a new place then built the sewer uphill. You pay retards you get retards. Defence infrastructure is a joke. Ive worked with young guys who have had to wait months for showers and hot water to be fixed. Even one guy his chimney stack threw a few bricks out, went through car windows. Its so poorly maintained. Dont get me started on the heating.......its either on full blast or doesn't work.
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  313. Anyone who has had to deal with MT or admin empire building idiots will have been already fighting trench warfare.
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  314. How far will it get this time before something stops working again? Aircraft lifts? Turbine engines?
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  315. 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 yawn.
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  316. How many of the 11 million in the 1940's died the same way? But they still won and then took the fight to japan that forced them to surrender. Russia is hard and cruel.
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  317. Russia defeated an army decades ahead of its own back then through cold winters. I think folk forget this war is over 8 years old.
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  318. How did aids arrive......how did wuhflu arrive........just dont upset the workers in these institutions.
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  319. Just another gun, gun nerds will get wet or angry but alas its just another murder weapon. That instead of being aimed at one of the masses, why are they not aimed at heads of state and commanders. Those in power would soon loose the apietite for war.
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  320. Which has more aircraft than our RAF, more useful large ships than our navy.
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  321. 🤣 😂 the royal navy has had to stay in work for a whole day. The only Service that steals a wage. Is taught from basic to do less and go home early.
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  322.  @JoeBloggs-f6e  😂🤣 loads of free time
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  323. We ask the yanks normally.
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  324. Is this because you've run and running out of experienced technicians? Computers are cheaper than the real thing.... We all know jets go wrong a few times a week if not everyday.
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  325. POW? no thats former RAF manston. Thats a prisoner of war camp
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  326. These gentlemen put our home grown scrots to shame. They come from less and do so much more
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  327. Nothing new, they train daily and all over the world for decades. Stop stoking the fire for a war with Russia. The civillian idiots wanting this dont realize, the british army has a fighting strength of around 20'000, conscriptions would follow if war was announced. You lot would be cannon fodder as why would you Send in your highly trained folk in first in certian situations.
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  328. Should be in a retirement home.
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  329. Must be going out of date. Cheaper to launch than dispose of.
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  330. This arrogance is how Germany who was a decade ahead in technology got its bottom handed to itself. The only country to stop Japan fast. Napolean learnt his lesson, the uk is tiny, no resources, industry and a tiny military. The uk doesn't pick on countries who can fight back. So if you get your war with Russia, I hope you like matching outfits and loads of camping with new friends.
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  331. If monty had listened to the butcher of galipolli (churchills) orders many more british would have died and would the allieds won?
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  332. 🤣 😂 🤣 500 years on the waves and still crash into stuff
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  333.  @1chish  read recent history, HMS northumberland, hit a sub, the Nottingham hit a mapped rock....should i continue numb nuts.
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  334. Now in the military your told not to share information with the outside world including videos and pictures to maintain operational security..... Then they let this happen time and time again..... I wonder what picture foreign countries have of our boat club, flying circus and boy scouts?
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  335. How long before Russia bites back. The west is fighting by proxy.... Didnt work out in veitnam.
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  336. How do you know where the subs are?
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  337. With whos wives?
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  338. Lots of noise he made it out alive and outlived many others and lived his life well. The real heroes are still 19.
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  339. Awesome we are going to tickle them to death.
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  340. Yawn its been going on 8+ years. But alas nobody talks about yemen and saudi.....whys that......RAF goes quiet
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