richard mcenroe
2004-07-22 08:18:36
HA ó The UK just announced it is junking all of its RAF Jaguar strike planes as well as many of its Tornados.
The Royal Navy has scrapped all its Harriers, with no replacement up and running, many of its maritime patrol planes, and is downsizing its surface fleet.
The British Army is combining and reducing many regiments, and closing at least one base (Norwich).
The Blair government’s Treasury has still not released the funds to pay for their operations in Iraq.
We’ve seen the last major foreign deployment from the UK. From now on, it will be Philippine-sized 50-man face-saving detachments.









