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"Graham" wrote in message
... "Brash" wrote in message ... You're overlooking a couple of really important points......... "Defender in Tas" wrote in message m... The problem with our having the F-111 is we now have people arguing that we shouldn't lose such a great capability. It's a double-edged sword. The F-111 has served us well, but can we really justify its cost in this day and age? The Army has been run down, and the $300 million we spend on the Pigs would fund the raising of two extra infantry battalions. Except Infantry Battalions are kind of manpower-intensive. The ADF is having a hard enough time filling existing vacancies without creating 1200-1800 more overnight. Actually Infantry is over sucribed, the school of cool is not that full these days cause there is only limited postions in the Battalions. How often r the Battalions being deployed? all the bloody time, how often r the F111s being deployed? Obviously the finer points of Strategy are lost on you. Infantry battalions (especially those a "light" as ours) don't make much of a strategic deterrent. And F111s aren't suited to peace-keeping. -- De Oppresso Liber. |
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