Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
It's the age-old issue where no matter what the UK buys, there will be those saying "should have got this or should have got that. The big boy across the road has got one of those, why can't we?"
The RN is coming out of 40 years of neglect with the most modern and capable fleet in the West. The question isn't about the quality of the kit, it's about the numbers. It's been cut to the point where it really can only operate effectively combined with others. We have the high end equipment, the French, Germans and Dutch supply the cheap and cheerful frigates.
All of which is a bit of a distraction from a bloody stupid experiment with motorways.
The RN is coming out of 40 years of neglect with the most modern and capable fleet in the West. The question isn't about the quality of the kit, it's about the numbers. It's been cut to the point where it really can only operate effectively combined with others. We have the high end equipment, the French, Germans and Dutch supply the cheap and cheerful frigates.
All of which is a bit of a distraction from a bloody stupid experiment with motorways.