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£3.6 billion Nimrods dismantled for scrap

Postby dutchman » Thu Dec 09, 2010 5:03 pm

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Re: £3.6 billion Nimrods dismantled for scrap

Postby dutchman » Thu Dec 09, 2010 5:06 pm

Labour is hardly in a position to preach on this subject. This decision mirrors almost exactly their own scrapping of the TSR2 bomber project in 1965 which had devastating consequences for the whole UK aircraft industry.
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