Members of the 15 Squadron RAF Regiment in Iraq in April, 2009: the armoured vehicles will be used in Canada and Britain because they offer insufficient protection against mines in Afghanistan. (Lewis Whyld/PA)MoD Spent £149m On Tanks Unfit For Service -- Times Online
The Ministry of Defence has been criticised for spending £149 million on an “urgent” upgrade to 900 tanks that can still only be used for training.
The armoured vehicles will be used in Canada and Britain because they offer insufficient protection against mines in Afghanistan.
A defence source described the procurement, at a time when equipment shortages for troops have caused public anger, as a waste of money. “We certainly don’t need 900 of these things for training. It seems crazy to do this upgrade work on vehicles that are more than 40 years old and then put them into storage, which is what will happen to most of them,” he said.
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Update: Army's dogs of war lack bite needed to take on the Taleban -- Times Online
My Comment: Building aircraft carriers with insufficient planes, Afghan operations with insufficient helicopters, little (if any) support for wounded vets, equipment shortages from radios to night goggles abound ..... and now this. Tanks that are completely useless for the men in the field.
What can I say that has already been said .....