DPF gets a promotion
December 23rd, 2004 at 9:25 pm by David FarrarEarly next year I will be taking a step up and be acting as Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Not unfortunately in real life, but for the purposes of a terror simulation exercise involving a number of blogs.
The main action I think will be in Australia where John Howard is handing over the reigns to Tim Blair. Now the rules of the exercise are that you play yourself (ie I do not have to pretend to be Helen Clark – for which we are both grateful) but that there has been no change of resources from the status quo. So if something happens which needs combat aircarft, then we are shit out of luck.
The fun will start very early next year. As I have a wedding celebration on New Years Eve I am hoping it will not be early on the 1st!
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December 24th, 2004 at 8:16 am
You know he called you a hobbit don’t you?
Vote:December 24th, 2004 at 11:47 am
Are u looking for terrorists? I wanna play Osama!
Vote:December 24th, 2004 at 12:55 pm
We do have combat aircraft, the Orions . We dont have fast JET combat aircraft.
Vote:Then again we dont have submarines, medium and long range air defences, tanks ,minesweepers…..
But you were talking about TERROR attacks and the best airforces in the world ( the US has 5 of them) didnt prevent 9/11. perhaps you could emulate that air force deserter Bush and high tail it out of Danger to Ohakea
December 24th, 2004 at 1:32 pm
I suggest you order immediate retaliation against any state supporting terrorism by ordering leaflet drops of that photo from the Scoop site of Brash shaking hands with Satan. That should put the fear of God up them. I know it did to me.
Vote:December 24th, 2004 at 4:50 pm
The combat capability of the P-3 orions is limited to submersible and surface vessels, so unless a terrorist is either in a boat or a sub we’re seriously screwed!
Vote:December 25th, 2004 at 10:46 am
Even countries like Australia with 70 or so fast jets with an ability to shoot down say an airliner( like they are going to do THAT again with all the airport security) dont have planes and more importantly pilots sitting waiting ready for takeoff fully fuelled and armed to cover ALL major airports. That sort of thing only happened in Europe at the height of the cold war by countries with large airforces and providing ONE plane at 15min readiness around the clock was a burden even Britain and France found expensive.
Vote:National of course hasnt made any promises about bringing back fast jets, that even for them are worth the paper that they are written on. ( nationals new “direction” these days is even to oppose policies they indroduced). So the only vote for fast jets is with ACT, who strangely want to increase government expenditure here,more than likely made up with cuts to health , education, pensions, and other such stuff which gives you poll ratings of 2%
December 26th, 2004 at 1:21 pm
there are certain benefits to the strategy of meeting any agressor with the keys to the city and a can of coke. Especially if you know the US or australia will bail you out in the end.
You could even have a bob each way begging for mercy in public while throwing your full support behind the US etc in private.
Vote:December 27th, 2004 at 8:43 pm
Hey our Air Force has a good strategy.
Vote:The yanks/terrorists/whomever is sad enough to attack us fly past in their flash f-16 whatevers and see the Airtrainers with .22s out the side, laugh their brains out and crash. QED.
December 28th, 2004 at 2:57 pm
That’s not the point though. What we need to do is whine incessantly our way to better security.
Vote:December 29th, 2004 at 1:53 pm
The US actually had interceptors in the air to locate the hijacked aircraft on the morning of 9/11, BUT THEY COULDN
Vote:December 30th, 2004 at 5:58 am
Garage door openers which trigger IED ( improvised explosive devices) have made much of Iraq very dangerous for the US Army, so maybe your idea of rifles on the airtrainers would be a very clever idea, a number 8 wire award on the way
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