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Lack of posting
Apologies for the lack of posting of late, the real world has intervened but hopefully the torrent of nonsense will resume shortly.
Did everyone miss my request for an outline of what should be in the Land component of our deliberations on the FDR, come guys, get your ideas in
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Haiti Update
RFA Largs Bay has recently arrived in Haiti with its cargo of Land Rovers and wriggly tin.
Operation PANLAKE involves various teams and resources and RFA Largs Bay will stay in the area supporting the UN.
Continuing our obsession with Mexeflotes some pictures from the Royal Navy
More information here
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/operations/haiti-diary/
And ...
Looking South – An Alternative Slant
THE SEARCH for oil in the South Atlantic has briefly caused the eyes of the nation to divert its gaze from Afghanistan to the Falkland Islands. The Government of Argentina has seen fit to voice its concerns over the potential untapped mineral wealth under the ocean, and is clearly unhappy about the ...
Haiti and Water
Whilst looking at various sources for the last post in the FDR series, one story struck me as very interesting, enough to warrant a further look.
This is absolutely not intended as a criticism because the US response to the Haiti earthquake has been nothing less than stunning, even more so when compared ...
Actions On – IED
One of my old mates just sent me this and I thought it too funny not to publish, so with due regards for the author.
Remember, its just a joke
What’s your favourite, mine is 15?
ACTIONS ON: IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (IED)
1. Household Cavalry
Regard IED with haughty disdain and rustle Daily ...
A Resilient Nation – Analysis Part 9
4.4 A new emphasis on domestic security
The paper states that effective border control is the first line of defence against the entry if unwanted persons.
A long standing Conservative commitment has been the creation of a robust and unified border policing capability. The current patchwork of the UK ...
Barking at the Moon
Amidst all the doom and gloom around today, with RUSI predicting drastic cuts and such like, I thought a bit of light relief is in order before we carry on with FDR (maritime)
If you were in charge of actually increasing the MoD’s budget, say by 20%, what would you spend it on (besides beer, fags ...
Authors
Just added an authors feature so anyone contributing posts and articles should be properly credited in the heading, not just the post content. You can also click the author name to see all posts by them and there is a summary on the right hand column
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The Art of Deception
The art of deception is as old as the art of war, the Trojan Horse is perhaps the most widely known.
Although the use of fraud in any action is detestable, yet in the combat of war it is praiseworthy and glorious. And a man who uses fraud to overcome his enemy is praised, just as much as he who overcomes ...
Double Away…
OK, its Christmas Eve and Think Defence is taking a break from dribbling, or posting informative and deeply thought provoking articles, you decide!
No soppy Christmas poems.
No pictures of Santa or reindeer’s.
No fluffy kittens with tinsel.
No urging you to think of those in a FOB at this time ...
