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Originally Posted by dave angel
the Irish army is about 8,000 strong and has 6 helicopters. the Irish army is totally unable to prevent any widescale trouble should there eventually be a British withdrawl and a united Ireland.
the Irish army has for a long time had the 'northern question' at the heart of its reason for being, yet it is woefully undermanned and equiped for such an eventuallity.
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That is just an assumption. The British felt the same way when they left India. People of the land have a way of surprising everyone. Besides, you do not have politicians in Ireland calling for "direct action" and so you may not have a communal blood bath as we had in 1947. Neither is their a call for division on religious lines. The Catholic Protestant divide is due to political reasons and not religious. The protestants are pro British and the catholics are pro Ireland, hence the animosity against the community at not being one in the national Irish struggle. Do correct me if I am wrong.
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While this is true and i cant disagree this is in a way used as an excuse by certain irish "people" for not bothering to equip the air corps properly, you see whenever I mention to some people "you know we need a proper air corps" the usual response is " oh sure the raf will deal with any problems". Now I ask why if were not willin to do it ourseleves (air protection) would the brits even want to bother looking at us.
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ARW_cpl
You do need an air corp if you don't have one.
What would be its QRAs?
What capabilities are being looked at?
Is it for projecting an increased assistance/influence in NATO operations?
How will the nation benifit by these actions and expenses?..What would be the national intrest?