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| The march of the amateurs (or, "why the UK armed forces are under-equiped and underfunded") |
| 2006-10-12 |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #5 Yes, but the US has an advantage that helps us overcome that problem : if the item in question is popular enough, US-based production companies will be built to make them. Example : M249, and the new Marine 6-shot grenade launcher. M249 is/was an FN product, but is now produced in an American plant. The new revolver grenade launcher is a South African design that is being license-produced here. And the Rhino APC is another South African design being license-produced. Also, H&K built a production facility in Georgia to produce rifles, submachine guns, and pistols for the US after one of their designs won a shootoff contract. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-10-12 16:35 |
| #4 NIH is a universal phenomenon. Unfortuantely, the US suffers from it almost as much as the Euros. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2006-10-12 15:03 |
| #3 Incredible the bloated amounts of money the UK is paying, all in the name of European solidarity, for less capable weapons than is available from the US. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-10-12 13:51 |
| #2 Which is why the EU can't fight its way out of a wet paper bag. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-10-12 13:50 |
| #1 What a great read. He clearly see's the US as the leader in defence technology, as he should. Too bad this kind of stuff will never reach the mainstream media. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-10-12 13:46 |