Should Britain remain a 'Tier One' Military Power?

IronGiant

Ok, let's assume we can trust Russia.

Russia's private mercenaries and the lengths Moscow goes to deny them

Russian troops removing ID markings 'gross violation'

Can't do it. Sorry.

justincase

So you have found one media sceptic who has fallen for the same brain washing that you willingly lap up from RT?

No Simon, there's two of you, S&B is also clueless

Skull n Bones

Come off it IG ,if anyone is brainwashed it's the people who believe the official line without 1 shred of evidence
Joking aside,,doesn't it seem a bit strange that the russian government poisoned 2  people with this alleged deadly military grade nerve agent (the deadliest ever made according to some) and that nobody died,all the evidence has disappeared afaict..We've heard nothing from the Skripals or the policeman in the last 4 months,,,all within a few miles of an extremely secretive facility that houses the Defence Science and Technology Laborotory....

It's hardly surprising that people are dubious of any unproven claim made by any government and imho they bleeding well should be

Trollslayer

I don't know if you are just ignorant of the sheer amount of people who just don't buy the official story being spun by our government these days, or that the brain washing is definitely working alright

apolloa

There speaks someone who doesn't think about consequences.

IronGiant

Your second link actually claims it’s not in servic yet.. and I use a computer that’s 8 years old and many people use older phones like iPhones, FYI.

Trollslayer

Is Skull and Bones a Chemical Weapons expert?
If no, he's as much at the mercy of the media as the rest of us.  Only difference is the media he believes in...

Trollslayer

Depends on how bad he is at making coffee.

Skull n Bones

The F35 isn't an aircraft. It is a series of variants for different countries and with different stages and support for different weapons, data systems etc.

Sonic67

It was initially cleared for service in 2015 by the US in the US. Now it's in another country flying with different aircraft, different weather, different spares available.

F-35B fighter jet 'ready for service' say Marines even though F-16 outperformed it | Daily Mail Online

F-35 ready for service, says US air force, as Australia and Britain await delivery

What service that is is a little wooly. It might be the gun worked but not the missiles. Or it was considered good enough for flying 400 miles but not 800 miles. Whatever, it was considered capable of doing something useful without killing its pilot.

As above, the Typhoon was in service before it could drop bombs and the type 45 was in service without harpoon missiles fitted. They were still in service.
Most people? An 8 year old computer isn't 20, and please confirm you use a 20 year old Nokia. Mine and my partners both have phones less than one year old. Why do you think those in the services should use old kit? The ship was built to last twenty years so it was built with that in mind. The QE was built to last potentially 50 so it was built to be upgradable during its life.