Shipbuilding to end in Pompey

[bluejock]

Dunno but the Tories did more damage than the Argentinians did in the Falklands war. The pen is indeed mightier than the sword.

Cameron single handedly ripped the arse out of the armed forces in that period between 2010 and 2011.

By all accounts, there's going to be another round of cuts in the next couple of years as well.

The RAF isn't actually a force anymore as you need 50,000 strength to be classed as a force. It's now a militia. To be honest, I think it'll be folded and split between the Navy and Army within 20 years anyway. Sorry state of affairs.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Defence Budget cut by eight per cent

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defence-budget-cut-by-eight-per-cent

I kinda meant, why did that yard never diversify from building ships for a single client. If they had lots of clients, losing the Navy wouldn't result in the yard closing.

 

[Little Ralphy]

I kinda meant, why did that yard never diversify from building ships for a single client. If they had lots of clients, losing the Navy wouldn't result in the yard closing.

Might depend on how busy they were and what regulations they needed in place for building for the MoD. Maybe the regulations meant they didn't have the capacity to do work for external clients. Or maybe it was bad management as you say.

 

[noharmdone]

Question time is in Pompey here..
No answers is what I'm getting out of it..

My point earlier in this thread about the RFA's has been raised..

 

[noharmdone]

Uh-Oh...
The Royal Marine killing has just been raised...