Re: The sad tale of FC soldiers in Waziristan and Balochistan
UK is not at war in its country, it's soldiers that go to Afghanistan and Iraq, do wear body armour I believe? And we can give our soldiers armour vests without the heavier ceramic plates, it's still better than nothing and at least will protect against shrapnel. We need to set our priorities straight and not buy expense weapons that we will never use (F-16, submarines etc.) and invest in not only body armour but some type of armoured car with tires instead of tracks that is rugged and fairly affordable. Not fool proof but this would limit the number of deaths.
And soldiers always complain, so I wouldn't use that as the only reason to not have heavy body armour. The US soldiers do wear it after all.
where is the billion dollars a year going which is coming as reimbursement costs. why cannot it be used for the above mentioned purposes rather than buying mercedes and other toys