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Has anyone checked Rafael stock prices recently?

Our understanding was always that whatever you do outside the borders of the UK could cause you to be held to account by a judge internal to the borders of the UK. Go beyond that 'Legal Pale' at your personal and professional peril :)

However, we depart from a solid focus on providing enough high quality, and well supported, indirect fire type tube/rocket artillery at our peril. It's expensive and complicated, of course, because it's important. It would be much wiser to make sure we that have those basics in place first...

I've worked with alot of public sector and private sector agencies over the past 20+ years, and none of them are like the CAF. Apart from the fact that their jobs are not to be ready to kill evil doers etc, their workforces are far more diverse and integrated (visible minorities, gender...

It seems the serving members who weighed in might be up creek sans paddle: "Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, a candidate in next year's presidential election, has spoken out in support of the former generals. But the minister in charge of the armed forces, Florence Parly, tweeted: "Two immutable...

The public, those who pay attention that is, probably wouldn’t differentiate anyways. I’m just crouching in anticipation of yet more incoming we don’t know about...

Meanwhile, the CAF be like....

Meanwhile, it looks like we're still awarding contracts based on the 'lowest cost bidder' policy... Trauma retreat for military sex assault survivors used sex offender as 'peer mentor' Participants say doctor in charge of program did not disclose peer mentor’s criminal convictions Some...

Apologies of this has been shared elsewhere, but good old 'bribery' has a role to play here, does it not? The US seems to think so.... Some Air Force Pilots Are Eligible for Up to $420K in Aviation Bonus Payments In its yearslong effort to get more pilots to stay in service, the U.S. Air Force...

One of my NCOs from the Westies was a door gunner during, I think, two tours. I had a good chat with him a few years ago about his experiences and he had nothing but good things to say about the aircraft and the crews. He was also clear that the Canadians were recognized as leaders in the field...

I'm not sure, but it seems that the UK is reverting to WW1 style tactics!

We are the Imelda Marcos' of headdress! :)

Thank Gawd we've got a Navy, indeed :) Myths & mistakes of the Falklands War: We ask Commander ‘Sharkey’ Ward Commander Nigel David ‘Sharkey’ Ward, DSC, AFC is a retired British Royal Navy officer who commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron during the Falklands War. We asked him his view on British...

For the win