Think Defence » Taleban http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk A progressive view on UK military affairs Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:51:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Who is the bigger security threat? http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2010/02/who-is-the-bigger-security-threat/ http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2010/02/who-is-the-bigger-security-threat/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:48:26 +0000 Think Defence http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/?p=2151 As we get ever close the the Green Paper and Future Security and Defence Review one of the key questions we have to ask ourselves is, who, where and when are the threats to the UK.

UK Threats Who is the bigger security threat?

So in the rush to avoid buying those much maligned exquisite systems are we losing sight of a few painful lessons earned by the blood of service personnel.

In a shooting war with a serious military nation like Iran, would you rather have a top of the range piece of equipment that can over match your opponent or something that is 80%

Just a question for those advocating (us included) accepting ‘good enough’

Things aren’t always simple, are they?

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