Thedelldays

either, or what is down there now is 50 times better than a handful of troops in 1982

prior to the falklands, the only war we had properly seen was what..? WW2..? our training, preparation, hardware was not adequate and we got lucky... as a result of the falklands our training was completely overhauled and as a result, we train countless armed forces from all over the world.. our hardware is far more multi-rolled than every before..just think, countless RN ships in the conflict did not even have a 4.5 inch gun on the front...crucial for landing operations. throw in the fact a warship is always in the south atlantic.....there is a garrison based there and RAF tornados based there. throw in cruise missiles, we could probably bomb them off the face of their earth without having to land many troops

we would win...far more easily than last time..

i think that is the point, you do basic research before taking the test... and no lol

I wonder when we were in league 1 if we got the exact same TV money for our time on sky as walls all or dagengham or southend did..?

surely it is the people that make the club, not 4 old stands..?

last time I checked, we were regularly sending in drones, forces and bombing parts of pakistan..last time I checked, north korea lives under the cloud of huge sanctionsIran will not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon...either way

getting the bomb (illegally in their case) is like asking to get ****ed....not joining the don't **** with me club.and no, it is not inevitable

here are a few reasons why the RN is still very relevant to us today... lawful passage of the seas is essential for the UK to survive over 95% of our trade in and out is conducted via the sea billions upon billions of pounds per day relies on smooth passage of the seas for UK shipping world wide a single large fuel tanker seized by pirates will have a negative effect on world markets and the price you pay at the pump. more so if that is a UK ship or a ship bound for the UK 50% of the gas you use every day is delivered via the sea sea transport (world wide) is the 3rd largest sector in the UK economy not far off 98% of the WHOLE WORLDS trade travels through 9 choke points on the sea...they need protecting massively war against terrorism (like it or not it is happening). at camp bastion (without a marine battle group) the RN will make up about 20-25% of the forces with the marines, that increases protect oil platforms in the gulf be an integral part of a complex maritime engine to protect the wests interest and help keep oil prices down to strike 1000s of miles in land at terrorist targets/training bases maintain the UK influence around the world and fly the flag supplying humanitarian aid around the world and react to natural disasters evacuating brits from devastation world wide and from conflict zones to provide UK nationals (and others) with fierce anti-piracy policies (recent news shows this again) protect UK fishing stocks and OUR right to fish where we can support the coast guard, maritime police and sea rescue having a huge impact on the flow of drugs into the UK providing the UK with a nuclear deterrent so IMO, watching the RN get dismantled is a crying shame, as we are indeed an island nation

I know that, cuts have to be made.. but look at the state, the utter state of the RN after 13 years of utter spending..spending as such it has broken the nation... the RN is probably worse off after a decade of the big spend

see, when we have the financial muscle and can just blow people away with money we offer (league 1) everyone finds it fun...when we are not top dogs..it becomes unfair..???

tell you what mate, the RN was cut, cut and cut whilst under labour.....it still shrank under labour, even when the nation was on a spending binge

why send them home...? you are harsh why are you taking what I meant as "send them home"... do you want me to mean that..? anyway, will never happen so pointless

not really..I just said it would be nice if those in power wanted to, to be able to shut the door for say 1-2 years......to let those (what ever nationality) in this country to go for the few jobs that are around....there is no logical far right, hate the foreigners logical conclusion to follow

why on gods earth would forest want cotterill

what point did I say we should kick people out..?

having more people than jobs (if that is the case dune is making) does not and will never add up

lol

yes, its true

maybe...maybe not. Be nice to have a choice and shut the door for a couple of years..

what are you on about..?

The cuts pre 1981 were put in place by the MOD by who ever was in power before maggie The Falklands happened and the for sale signs were taken down and the forces got a great payrise and the fleet was maintained at a greater level than was expected previously

Sorry Lumah You will struggle to find anyone serving now that was in pre 1990 (and there are still loads) who think it was worse for the RN under maggie The cold war ending had a massive impact on the future of the armed forces of many countries

good, this man has destroyed the royal navy (along with labour) and should go

again just this second done a test on speed test 29.8 mb via the ethernet 4.3mb via wireless