UK / Europe Defence Cuts "Unsafe" for Europe

RobitTV

British Prime Minster David Cameron has revealed the impact on the military of the Government's Strategic Defence and Security review

(Ark Royal aircraft carrier and Harrier jump jets scrapped immediately)
(Defence Budget will Fall by 8% over the next Four Years)
(UK And Europe Might have no Working aircraft carrier for a decade)
(Army to lose 7,000 troops, RAF 5,000 and Navy 5,000)
(Trident renewal delayed for five years, saving £750m)
(Cameron insists: "well still be Front Rank military power")
(Angry harrier Pilot challenges him about Job losses)

Europe will Be in A Dangerous situation Without full Security and 100% Working aircraft carriers with Fighter jets. The White House is also Concerned About the cuts.

'Who the hell has ever heard of an aircraft carrier with no jets?': Defence chiefs' reaction as the iconic Harrier is axed

People are Also wondering How Will The UK Defend the Falkland islands Without any Aircraft carriers Near there.

Cameron: "There are Typhoon fighter jets based there to Protect the island"

Europe is Now At a very High risk of a Treturous Attack on European and UK Cities.

He confirmed that two new aircraft carriers would be built, but that one would be placed on "extended readiness". The aim would be to bring the vessels and new aircraft into service at the same time.

Mr Cameron said the Government would extend the life of the Vanguard class of submarines which carry the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent so that the decision to start construction of new submarines need not be taken until "about 2016".

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starbelgrade

RobitTV wrote: »

The White House is also Concerned About the cuts.

I'm not. In fact, I couldn't give a flying fuck.

KeithM89_old

Whats with the massive blank space after your paragraph?? i was waiting something to load, even refreshed twice

EDIT - There we go

TheZohanS

RobitTV wrote: »

Bla, bla, bla....all my posts are negative...

True dat.

starbelgrade

RobitTV wrote: »

'Who the hell has ever heard of an aircraft carrier with no jets?':
.

Michael O'Leary said the same thing about Hanger 5.

FreudianSlippers

starbelgrade wrote: »

I'm not. In fact, I couldn't give a flying fuck.

Oh I see what you did there!

You certainly can't give a flying fúck now that they have less aircraft carriers!

RobitTV

starbelgrade wrote: »

I'm not. In fact, I couldn't give a flying fuck.

You will give a "Flying fuc* when the Koreans Take over europe And Launch nuclear weapons at us! and we wont be able to defend ourselves.

FreudianSlippers

RobitTV wrote: »

You will give a "Flying fuc* when the Koreans Take over europe And Launch nuclear weapons at us! and we wont be able to defend ourselves.

random Capital letters are So much Fun.

celtic Liger

now's our chance. the 2016 rising.

FreudianSlippers

RobitTV wrote: »

You will give a "Flying fuc* when the Koreans Take over europe And Launch nuclear weapons at us! and we wont be able to defend ourselves.

Wait... why would they take over Europe just to nuke it?!

Cookie_Monster

We can just send the French out to deal with any problems... oh wait...

Sheeps

Jesus the reaction to this is completely dumb. They don't even need aircraft carriers at the minute. Conventional warfare for Britain with in the next 10 years seems unlikely and there is no real need for a fully functional aircraft carrier.

Britain is more than capable to deal with the real threats it faces on a day to day basis which is the treat in Afghanistan to its troops (well,kinda debatable), the threat of terrorism and the very unlikely threat of nuclear war.

starbelgrade

RobitTV wrote: »

You will give a "Flying fuc* when the Koreans Take over europe And Launch nuclear weapons at us! and we wont be able to defend ourselves.

I have a hat made from tin foil. It protects against everything. Even Koreans.

St._Andalou

Britain's military spending is currently third-highest in the world, behind only the U.S. and China. That is unsustainable for a country of its size.

After the cuts (an 8% drop in Britain, I believe) it will STILL be 53 billion U.S. dollars a year. I don't think they're in danger of being invaded anytime soon.

Here's an idea for Britain: use the military to defend yourself when/if you're being attacked. Stop "pre-emptively" striking other countries like Iraq for no reason whatsoever, and in the process wasting the lives of hundreds of your soldiers and billions of pounds.

Manic Moran

Going from 23 tin cans down to 19?

No matter how capable a ship may be, it can only be in so many places at once. Anti-Pirate ops off Somalia, counter-drug in the Caribbean, training exercises with NATO, maybe occasionally fighting a war... those ship are going to get overstretched.

NTM

FreudianSlippers

starbelgrade wrote: »

I have a hat made from tin foil. It protects against everything. Even Koreans.

Fupping Samsung watching grassholes.

A Dub in Glasgo

Fully support these cuts, in fact they should have went further. A lot of the militaty budget seems to be about protecting delusions of grandeur rather than defence

SEPT 23 1989

England's weakness is Ireland's opportunity:D

FreudianSlippers

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

England's weakness is Ireland's opportunity:D

Yeah, now they will feel the force of our mighty fleet of aircraft carriers!

HUZZAH!

OPENROAD

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

England's weakness is Ireland's opportunity:D

Cause we are in great shape at the moment

St._Andalou

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

England's weakness is Ireland's opportunity:D

Aye. Our military expenditure is just ahead of Kazakhstan's and we have 8 vessels in our navy. Let's invade them quick, they'll be begging for mercy.

FreudianSlippers

You all won't be laughing when the Japs take over England and And Launch nuclear weapons at Sweden! and we wont be able to defend the SMoked SaLmon.

starbelgrade

St._Andalou wrote: »

Aye. Our military expenditure is just ahead of Kazakhstan's and we have 8 vessels in our navy. Let's invade them quick, they'll be begging for mercy.

Kazakhstan has number two military in Central Asia.

Son Of A Vidic

Maybe now they've finally realised, they're not the empire they used to be. Took them a long time though didn't it.

FreudianSlippers

medicman2009 wrote: »

Maybe now they've finally realised, they're not the empire they used to be. Took them a long time though didn't it.

Wonder when the US will get a bit of cop on too?

RobitTV

Come on lads We can take over the UK!
Lets look at the facts:
We have about 1 Half-working fighter jet and 1 Fully working fighter jet the other two are broken alltogether.

AND.. We also have 3 Cessna Two-seater planes. that dont fire any weapons and there whole purpose is to fly around and carry "Vip" Persons.

And the Soliders: about 500 or more Lads with Hurleys and Maybe MAYBE... A stanley knife.

And we have about 2 Paddling boats SO we can sail over to Wales and begin our Massive invasion.

And maybe the soilders have a Blow-up shield Who knows hey??

Come on lads We have the FORCE And the POWER To take over the UK! were so powerful we could begin in the next hour!!!!

Sea Sharp

Maybe they've finally realised that an invasion of any potential enemy state will only take a few weeks and they should worry more about the resources needed for occupying such states.

FreudianSlippers

RobitTV wrote: »

Come on lads We can take over the UK!
Lets look at the facts:
We have about 1 Half-working fighter jet and 1 Fully working fighter jet the other two are broken alltogether.

AND.. We also have 3 Cessna Two-seater planes. that dont fire any weapons and there whole purpose is to fly around and carry "Vip" Persons.

And the Soliders: about 500 or more Lads with Hurleys and Maybe MAYBE... A stanley knife.

And we have about 2 Paddling boats SO we can sail over to Wales and begin our Massive invasion.

And maybe the soilders have a Blow-up shield Who knows hey??

Come on lads We have the FORCE And the POWER To take over the UK! were so powerful we could begin in the next hour!!!!

Is this your way of admitting that your own thread is shít?

RobitTV

medicman2009 wrote: »

Maybe now they've finally realised, they're not the empire they used to be. Took them a long time though didn't it.

They still have Around 14-16 Overseas Territories Scatterd around the Planet To patrol and Guard. The falkland islands Is the most Looked after. Incase the argentines Come back to Play!

RobitTV

OisinT wrote: »

Is this your way of admitting that your own thread is shít?

Errrr... No!

RobitTV

ireland have a new Aircraft coming the New..... RYANAIR FIGHTER JET!!! Now the British Are in big Trouble!!!

PanchoVilla

RobitTV wrote: »

People are Also wondering How Will The UK Defend the Falkland islands Without any Aircraft carriers Near there.

People are also wondering what the fúck is so special about the Falklands. Actually, no they're not. There's nothing special about the Falklands. Nobody gives a fúck about them.

Europe is Now At a very High risk of a Treturous Attack on European and UK Cities.

Call of Duty is just a game. It's not real. Put the controller down and step away from the television.

RobitTV

PanchoVilla wrote: »

People are also wondering what the fúck is so special about the Falklands. Actually, no they're not. There's nothing special about the Falklands. Nobody gives a fúck about them.



Call of Duty is just a game. It's not real. Put the controller down and step away from the television.

...

Manic Moran

People are also wondering what the fúck is so special about the Falklands. Actually, no they're not. There's nothing special about the Falklands. Nobody gives a fúck about them.

Obviously someone does. There was a bit of a nasty scrap over them 28 years ago, it's still talked about in some circles.

NTM

yermanoffthetv

"I took a deep breath, turned to my children and said.......THE WORLD IS FUCKED!!!" :pac:

So what? the UK wont have an aircraft carrier anymore, boo hoo. An aircraft carrier is sod all use against terrorists anyway Cold war is over lads!

FreudianSlippers

yermanoffthetv wrote: »

"I took a deep breath, turned to my children and said.......THE WORLD IS FUCKED!!!" :pac:

So what? the UK wont have an aircraft carrier anymore, boo hoo. An aircraft carrier is sod all use against terrorists anyway Cold war is over lads!

they took our jobs!

ziggy

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OPENROAD

OisinT wrote: »

they took our jobs!

Its ok we are taking there jobs now

Unpossible

RobitTV wrote: »

They still have Around 14-16 Overseas Territories Scatterd around the Planet To patrol and Guard.

I'm always surprised when I read about the different territories that various states have around the world (I said states, rather than european because I think the US has some too).

Does this mean Ireland can finally upgrade our military by getting some cheap ships and planes from the UK?

OPENROAD

Unpossible wrote: »

I'm always surprised when I read about the different territories that various states have around the world (I said states, rather than european because I think the US has some too).

Does this mean Ireland can finally upgrade our military by getting some cheap ships and planes from the UK?

Do we have any money

FreudianSlippers

OPENROAD wrote: »

Do we have any money

No, but neither does the UK, so maybe they'll just give them to us in the hopes that we will pay them someday.

yermanoffthetv

OisinT wrote: »

No, but neither does the UK, so maybe they'll just give them to us in the hopes that we will pay them someday.

NAMA could come in handy, aircraft carrier for the Battersea site! Although we'd have to call it a "mobile humanitarian hospital" to stop the crusties brickin themselfs. Probably still get one or two trying to attack it with a hatchet for being a gas guzzler :pac:

rossie1977

RobitTV wrote: »

You will give a "Flying fuc* when the Koreans Take over europe And Launch nuclear weapons at us! and we wont be able to defend ourselves.

all the aircraft carriers, f16s and harrier jets in the world won't save you from a couple of icbms

senordingdong

RobitTV wrote: »

Europe is Now At a very High risk of a Treturous Attack on European and UK Cities.

What?
Are UK cities not European cities anymore?

Who writes this?

yermanoffthetv wrote:

NAMA could come in handy, aircraft carrier for the Battersea site! Although we'd have to call it a "mobile humanitarian hospital" to stop the crusties brickin themselfs. Probably still get one or two trying to attack it with a hatchet for being a gas guzzler

Yeah, NAMA had to absorb Seany Fitz dodgy loan to buy himself an aircraft carrier.

ejmaztec

We couldn’t even afford one of these

ART6

ziggy wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

Hey, WTF? No-one told me the dinosaurs were back:eek:

RobitTV

Unpossible wrote: »

I'm always surprised when I read about the different territories that various states have around the world (I said states, rather than european because I think the US has some too).

Does this mean Ireland can finally upgrade our military by getting some cheap ships and planes from the UK?

I Think its time that we Upgrade our Military Its the 21st century and anything can happen these days. And the UK Will probaly Give us some Fighter jets and Ships that we need.

We should get Around 120 Fighter jets or so.
and some Small navy ships

pablomakaveli

RobitTV wrote: »

I Think its time that we Upgrade our Military Its the 21st century and anything can happen these days. And the UK Will probaly Give us some Fighter jets and Ships that we need.

We should get Around 120 Fighter jets or so.
and some Small navy ships

How would we pay for those? We probably could'nt have afforded that before the recession.

RobitTV

pablomakaveli wrote: »

How would we pay for those? We probably could'nt have afforded that before the recession.

As usual thats the problem we will need billions upon billions of euro which we just dont have

ejmaztec

RobitTV wrote: »

As usual thats the problem we will need billions upon billions of euro which we just dont have

We could get some of those jets that are so cheap, they call them Eurofighters.