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2009-01-26 12:13:30
FatherTed
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Bertster7 wrote:

dayarath wrote:

ghettoperson wrote:

We're saying that we're not planning on getting invaded any time soon, so a large army is no longer needed.
Your army is anything but large.
2nd largest defence budget in the world.
tbf a lot of that budget gets frittered away, as is the red tape in this country. On the other hand, every branch of our armed forces are considered worldwide to be some of the best trained there is, regardless of available tech
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2009-01-26 12:14:43
FatherTed
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Also Vilham, a tank or a plane or a ship has no face.
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2009-01-26 12:15:48
Vilham
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FatherTed wrote:

Also Vilham, a tank or a plane or a ship has no face.
ofc. Im not saying we don't need soldiers. As I have already stated 3 times now I think.
2009-01-26 12:18:27
FatherTed
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Vilham wrote:

FatherTed wrote:

Also Vilham, a tank or a plane or a ship has no face.
ofc. Im not saying we don't need soldiers. As I have already stated 3 times now I think.
Oh i know, i just meant in the way that the main focus of the armed forces is to supplement/support the basic grunts. The other shit is nice and flashy and stuff, but in the end it is just another tool to help the army reach their goal. As i understand it that is the idea the armed services work around. Making the Army smaller in size doesn't make the other forces redundant, it just...screws a little with their purpose.

all IMHO, non factual.
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2009-01-26 12:19:01
Parker
isteal
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Vilham wrote:

tanks that fire hundreds of miles

Vilham wrote:

special solders that can cover huge areas of land



ok, i gotta run and go do real world things.


its been a blast.
2009-01-26 12:23:22
Shocking
sorry you feel that way
+333|6303|...

Vilham wrote:

If Israeli had thought for a second that the invasion was a threat they would have used their nukes. The fact that they then thrashed the invasion pretty much counts it out of any consideration of it I have. Indeed maybe I should have been more specific. Name a single country with nukes that has faced a credible invasion that actually posed a threat to that country.
unlike what you might think, a nuke is a last resort. You don't go trigger happy with nukes, atleast, that's not supposed to happen and at the time of that invasion the Israeli leadership was wise and responsible enough to NOT use the nukes first. Nothing would've been more effective at breeding hate around them.

Vilham wrote:

eg. A bunch of soldiers are ambushed by enemy troops, they get into defensive positions and don't even bother returning fire, they simply call in air support and decimate the enemy with superior fire-power.
What if, for once, air support isn't available? or the enemy is spread around the location, multipile bombs? are you sure all of them are dead? did you confirm those were the only enemies around? are you sure they're not capable of shooting planes out of the air?

don't come up with scenario's it's idiotic, hell if we are going to pull shit out of our asses I say what if the air strip gets assaulted which your dear planes take off from, how are you going to defend it?
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2009-01-26 12:24:52
FatherTed
xD
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dayarath wrote:

Vilham wrote:

If Israeli had thought for a second that the invasion was a threat they would have used their nukes. The fact that they then thrashed the invasion pretty much counts it out of any consideration of it I have. Indeed maybe I should have been more specific. Name a single country with nukes that has faced a credible invasion that actually posed a threat to that country.
unlike what you might think, a nuke is a last resort. You don't go trigger happy with nukes, atleast, that's not supposed to happen and at the time of that invasion the Israeli leadership was wise and responsible enough to NOT use the nukes first. Nothing would've been more effective at breeding hate around them.

Vilham wrote:

eg. A bunch of soldiers are ambushed by enemy troops, they get into defensive positions and don't even bother returning fire, they simply call in air support and decimate the enemy with superior fire-power.
What if, for once, air support isn't available? or the enemy is spread around the location, multipile bombs? are you sure all of them are dead? did you confirm those were the only enemies around? are you sure they're not capable of shooting planes out of the air?

don't come up with scenario's it's idiotic, hell if we are going to pull shit out of our asses I say what if the air strip gets assaulted which your dear planes take off from, how are you going to defend it?
Well, technically our home defense jets in the main don't need runways, and there's always the motorways for the rest, but i digress
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2009-01-26 12:26:28
Shocking
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FatherTed wrote:

Well, technically our home defense jets in the main don't need runways, and there's always the motorways for the rest, but i digress
I'm pulling shit out of my ass like him.


Vilham, it's been enough. The picture you have in your mind about viable tactics and how the military works is very, very wrong. That's all I'm going to add.
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2009-01-26 12:32:07
Vilham
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Parker wrote:

Vilham wrote:

tanks that fire hundreds of miles

Vilham wrote:

special solders that can cover huge areas of land



ok, i gotta run and go do real world things.


its been a blast.
U realise I was doing an impression of you right lulz.
2009-01-26 12:39:23
Vilham
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dayarath wrote:

Vilham wrote:

If Israeli had thought for a second that the invasion was a threat they would have used their nukes. The fact that they then thrashed the invasion pretty much counts it out of any consideration of it I have. Indeed maybe I should have been more specific. Name a single country with nukes that has faced a credible invasion that actually posed a threat to that country.
unlike what you might think, a nuke is a last resort. You don't go trigger happy with nukes, atleast, that's not supposed to happen and at the time of that invasion the Israeli leadership was wise and responsible enough to NOT use the nukes first. Nothing would've been more effective at breeding hate around them.

Vilham wrote:

eg. A bunch of soldiers are ambushed by enemy troops, they get into defensive positions and don't even bother returning fire, they simply call in air support and decimate the enemy with superior fire-power.
What if, for once, air support isn't available? or the enemy is spread around the location, multipile bombs? are you sure all of them are dead? did you confirm those were the only enemies around? are you sure they're not capable of shooting planes out of the air?

don't come up with scenario's it's idiotic, hell if we are going to pull shit out of our asses I say what if the air strip gets assaulted which your dear planes take off from, how are you going to defend it?
Yes well done on working out the nuke is a last resort, hence me saying if Israel had actually thought the invasion was a threat they would have used it, this was post WWII, they were still very paranoid about being exterminated, if they had though something similar was going to happen they would have launched those nukes.

Single spec ops might be of use, grunts work in units that's the whole basis of infantry warfare. You don't need to kill every man in any unit size to make it next to useless, at which you can use your smaller ground forces to mop up. You really are managing to miss the most basic things I have said. Reduce the army to strengthen the air and naval forces. A plane can launch a missile from well outside of visual range or alternatively you use ground based missile sites in the first place.

I forgot about the magic troops that can move lightning fast and get within range of assaulting our air fields without being spotted. Silly me... That's also after the magic invasion force actually manages to land on British soil.

Stop thinking we live in the 1950's. We don't, we live in the 21st Century.

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2009-01-26 12:47:42
Shocking
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Vilham wrote:

Yes well done on working out the nuke is a last resort, hence me saying if Israel had actually thought the invasion was a threat they would have used it, this was post WWII, they were still very paranoid about being exterminated, if they had though something similar was going to happen they would have launched those nukes.
now you're just making up shit again. Multipile countries attacking you at the same time isn't a threat? You only see a threat as something that's close to exterminating you?

Vilham wrote:

Single spec ops might be of use, grunts work in units that's the whole basis of infantry warfare. You don't need to kill every man in any unit size to make it next to useless, at which you can use your smaller ground forces to mop up. You really are managing to miss the most basic things I have said. Reduce the army to strengthen the air and naval forces. A plane can launch a missile from well outside of visual range or alternatively you use ground based missile sites in the first place.

I forgot about the magic troops that can move lightning fast and get within range of assaulting our air fields without being spotted. Silly me...

Stop thinking we live in the 1950's. We don't, we live in the 21st Century.
I'm just going to stop here, no seriously this time.

Go and try convince marine or GS on your humble opinion that the army should be reduced in size, or anyone else who's actually had alot of military experience.

Keep believing planes and missiles can do everything, tell that to someone who's in the military / has close ties to it.

especially back it up with made up scenario's.

Last edited by dayarath (2009-01-26 12:48:49)

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2009-01-26 12:59:54
Vilham
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Indeed I guess 6 countries with weak forces invading you is a threat. Such a massive threat that you can beat them all in 6 days.

lulz yeah Ill go tell a grunt we don't need as many of them. Im pretty sure I know what they would say and I wouldn't blame them for it either.

I already know people who have RELEVANT military ties, i.e. friends and family who are in the Army and Navy in positions that actually involve knowing strategy and not just knowing tactics. Im not a military genius but im pretty sure neither are most grunts. Grunts know tactics because that is the scale of what they are involved in, tactics are not the same as strategy.

Im also still waiting on this invasion that's meant to be coming. been fun, laters.
2009-01-26 13:32:32
ghettoperson
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dayarath wrote:

FatherTed wrote:

Well, technically our home defense jets in the main don't need runways, and there's always the motorways for the rest, but i digress
I'm pulling shit out of my ass like him.


Vilham, it's been enough. The picture you have in your mind about viable tactics and how the military works is very, very wrong. That's all I'm going to add.
Now you get the idea of how a lot of us view the majority of your posts.
2009-01-26 16:30:54
Commie Killer
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Vilham wrote:

If Israeli had thought for a second that the invasion was a threat they would have used their nukes. The fact that they then thrashed the invasion pretty much counts it out of any consideration of it I have. Indeed maybe I should have been more specific. Name a single country with nukes that has faced a credible invasion that actually posed a threat to that country.
OK, the Yom Kippur war. Theres a example of a serious threat to Israels well being, who knows, Israel may have even considered using their nuclear weapons. We do not know.
2009-01-26 16:34:40
Sydney
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars

tbh.
2009-01-26 16:50:08
Commie Killer
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Vilham wrote:

Indeed I guess 6 countries with weak forces invading you is a threat. Such a massive threat that you can beat them all in 6 days.
Mmhmm.
Iraq gave in 30,000 troops.
Egypt 800,000.
Syria 150,000.
These three had double the tanks, almost double the APCs, triple the artillery (prepositioned and fortified, with the advantage of higher ground in the case of the Golan Highs), and double the aircraft(which the Israeli aircraft were unable to do deep strike missions because of the unexpected presence of large amounts of advanced Soviet made SAMs). Not to mention the surprise.
2009-01-26 18:30:42
mcjagdflieger
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Why do you keep arguing with him? He said UK will never be invaded cuz they have nukes. and then said they havent been invaded in 1000 years, then when somebody who actually READ a book before showed him some proof of past invasions, he blew it off saying "I said when we had nukes", and claimed it null&void cuz viking tactics dont count as an invasion? I think hes just bored and fucking with us.
2009-01-26 20:25:15
Vilham
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mcjagdflieger wrote:

Why do you keep arguing with him? He said UK will never be invaded cuz they have nukes. and then said they havent been invaded in 1000 years, then when somebody who actually READ a book before showed him some proof of past invasions, he blew it off saying "I said when we had nukes", and claimed it null&void cuz viking tactics dont count as an invasion? I think hes just bored and fucking with us.
lulz, indeed. Nukes were first created 945 years ago. As to your last point indeed. Im pretty fukin wasted atm.
2009-01-26 22:04:48
Deadmonkiefart
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Sooo, you have an army of 150k and you think it needs to be downsized?  While I agree that you need to work on your navy, your army is really small as is.  You can't just nuke an enemy invasion.  What, you nuke your own country and hope the attacker doesn't raise another army?
2009-01-26 22:42:37
nickb64
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Bertster7 wrote:

Parker wrote:

so what?

you guys have the super navy that can never be defeated?


well, lets fucking hope, huh?
It's why we didn't get invaded in WWII.

You don't need a massive ground force for DEFENCE in a tiny country like the UK.

If you want to go invading other countries then it's another story entirely.
I believe that was more because the RAF kicked the s**t out of the Luftwaffe and the Nazis got heavily involved in Russia, otherwise UK would have been F***ed.
2009-01-27 00:18:28
mcjagdflieger
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Wrong chap, the RAF got the shit kicked out of them by the Luftwaffe. Dont let a brit hear me say this, they all vehemently deny it, but on the day Hitler ordered all bombing attacks to go for London, jolly ole england only had about 60 serviceable fighters left to throw up at the hundreds of nazi planes still hammering them every day. Hitler and Hitler alone ruined his dumbass scheme. It literally would only have taken another week to knock the RAF out of the battle.
2009-01-27 00:25:03
Dilbert_X
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The RAF put up an amazing fight and severely blunted the Luftwaffe, but the bottom line is it was lucky that Hitler broke off the attack.
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2009-01-27 04:45:20
Shocking
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ghettoperson wrote:

Now you get the idea of how a lot of us view the majority of your posts.
and now you're pulling shit out of your ass, jeez. go and speak for yourself twit.

oh, and the brits had their fair share of luck that they didn't get conquered.
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2009-01-27 04:48:09
Dilbert_X
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Suggesting asking for the opinions of usm and gs about strategic questions pretty much sums it up.
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2009-01-27 04:52:37
Shocking
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Dilbert_X wrote:

Suggesting asking for the opinions of usm and gs about strategic questions pretty much sums it up.
unlike 99% of this forum they have an actually credible opinion on the matter. I love how uneducated people who say they have "studied" the military should have more of an opinion on what's going on than them. They don't. Period. Grunts actually fight by these tactics, especially those who have been in combat situations have experience of how these tactics work.

Strategic questions my ass, you learn from history not from made up scenario's. Besides, as I stated before the defense of your country stretches beyond your own borders in the 21st century. We miraculously learned that everyone minding their own business (or trying to) will end up in a major fucked up situation.
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