tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230506.post1300416136660836875..comments2023-10-03T19:03:57.664+02:00Comments on Naval Open Source INTelligence: Prince of Wales aircraft carrier ‘makes little sense’ without aircraft to fly from itAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793748728082562137noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230506.post-51352915757499397392015-03-24T15:46:05.847+01:002015-03-24T15:46:05.847+01:00I just love it when a rag like the Guardian prints...I just love it when a rag like the Guardian prints these sort of things, they are obviously once more trying to denigrate the carrier programme, but all they are doing is to bring to the fore the pathetic underfunding of the UK's armed forces.<br />Of course we could afford to run the carriers and afford the aircraft, if only politics precluded this.<br />This is one of the rare times that defence is making headlines during a general election,and a damn good thing too.<br />Still the government keeps trotting out the same old mantra, of how we are still one of the largest spenders on defence, makes you wonder why other country's do so much better with smaller budgets<br />Still, as long as we ring fence £12bn in overseas aid, which is approx a third of the total defence budget,then all is well in the world.michaelnoreply@blogger.com