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June 22nd, 2006
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| Milites Gregarius | Post; UK to Replace TridentGordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer and favorite to be the next Prime Minister) , has stated in a speech the the UK will replace Trident. Why? it will not be used without the approval of the US, it is not a deterrent to rogue states or Terrorists (if they do not take a telling from America will they listen to the UK) After the butchering of the Army in the latest defence review, how can this be portrayed as cost effective?
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June 22nd, 2006
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| Centurion | i dont see any reason for this. UK and US almost always work side by side, and the next missle wont be any more of a deterrent than this one.
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June 22nd, 2006
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | therise,,,,are you saying that Britain should not have a nuclear deterrent and should rely on America for it's defence
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June 22nd, 2006
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| Centurion |  well what are they planning on replaceing it with?
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June 22nd, 2006
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June 22nd, 2006
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Why dont you just go ahead and give us your military budget we'll decide how to spend it for you to 
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June 22nd, 2006
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June 24th, 2006
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | K9dug....We use the Harrier for close air support, it's lucky that the Americans decided to sell it to us. |
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June 24th, 2006
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| Milites Gregarius | Quote:
Only ever saw UK fast air be ready to give UK ground forces CAS once, every other time it was some yank telling you "LOCSTAT??? Ghostrider 51 is not familar with that term!" Or "Please use English on these means" (Americans don't think Jockanese is a form of English!) | |
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June 24th, 2006
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | No it was sold to the USMC, the later version was joint effort |
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