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I can't believe I'm sayin this but in the Government's defence, Ireland's GDP figure is highly screwed by multinationals and is unfortunately not a...

It was a running mantra from the CS on the Defence construction board, obviously they were building a ship for FP only.

If we even brought our defence vote back to 1999 levels as a percentage, it would be an enormous boost for the Defence Forces. The question is, if...

Moving the dial to even the EU Average - 1.1% or thereabouts - would entail 500% increase in Defence spending. Even Portugal which is fairly poor...

The UNIMOGS

At least Iceland does the decent thing and lets foreign forces protect it's territory. No pretence of neutrality. Though looking at the cesspit that...

I remember that the main armament on P20 (L60) had a date of manufacture of 1948. Our DoD had a history of messing up military equipment purchases....

Restrictive Credit Framework for Defence. As GDP rises , maintain same Defence spend, and percentages fall. 1999 spend at .80% of 100Bn. In 2019...

Do you believe that there was a genuine threat to funding if the vessels were appropriately armed or was it a convenient excuse to avoid spending the...

Yes, AFAIK, P60 onwards were ours. I was directly involved in the building of P20's next sister and was constantly reminded by DOD reps that the EU...

The 60's were paid by us I think.

The EU funded Deirdre, Aoife, Aisling, Emer, Roisin and Niamh (not sure about Eithne, the Peacocks or P60s) to the tune of 50% (ex armament). We...

DoD must be looking at that chart upside down, that explains why they have been cutting the DF for years.

Matching graph for European Union tells you ALL you need to know

I doubt it tbh, the EU funded the Maltese boat and ours before because they and us couldn't reasonable afford them. Fairly sure now they would point...

https://navalpost.com/malta-armed-forces-opv-p71-launch-vittoria/ LÉ Aoifes replacement has left the slipway. It seems like a nice upgrade for the...

Defence expenditure as a percentage of GDP from 1999 to 2019.

Reading between the lines I think the Daily Fail is insinuating Airbus = EU = Spawn of the Devil.

It is the Mail. Even Wiki banned using it as a reference.

Is it still under warranty? Major overhaul or not, turboprops don't usually disintegrate. That's more common on a turbofan, after FOD or bird strike.

30 Km out, the pilot under instruction observed engine bits and oil coming out, the Aircraft was 261 I believe, which was due to return to Pilatus...