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Agreed, makes no sense to me to do the whole "you are heroes" stuff and then not actually protect people.
As a previous neighbour said: They can spend 1 million on a missile, but can't fix the streetlights. (all 3 lights had popped and it was...pretty dark)
Cool expensive tech is cool, but protecting actually people? Seems less of a thing... we have to see how it is spent, if it is new expensive tech again, it won't go to actual soldiers.
(though a better tank is of course a bonus if people are shooting at you) :)
JWestland
Worth also mentioning how badly the military have been hit by austerity. Most soliders have to top up their own equipment out of their own pockets now days. Whilst I'm opposed to military strengthning in principle, I feel fairly strongly that the military we do have should be kept as safe and well equipped as possible if we're sending them into harms way.