“The Pacific” wastes no time shipping out to the Solomon Islands in August 1942, where we are made to understand that war is indeed hell, but it is also a lot of hunh?

Soldiers training with latest equipment in Wiltshire. It is claimed that delays in getting latest equipment to troops is a result of defence chiefs miscalculating costs.

Defence chiefs are facing massive increases in the cost of military equipment because they calculate the figures ‘on the back of an envelope’, it was claimed last night.

Former Labour adviser Bernard Gray agreed that a ‘conspiracy of optimism’ overtook ministers, top brass, civil servants and the defence industry when ordering new hardware.

They vastly underestimated the price of ship, tanks, armoured vehicles and aircraft simply to get the kit onto Britain’s defence programme.

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My Comment: If only 50% of this is true, this is (@%$#&!@&%) unbelievable.

People are confused about the war.

Ex-British miracle missiles in new test FAIL.

The “Sea Viper” missile system for the Royal Navy’s new Type 45 destroyers looks set to suffer further setbacks following a reported failure during test firings.

Researchers at Texas A&M University believe the key to saving lives in battle may lie in the state of metabolic depression known as hibernation.

Under an 18-month, $9.9 million Defense Department grant, the university will examine ways to control blood loss, including stimulation of a “hibernation-like state,” to improve survivability in the first hour after injury.

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