Professor John Robertson OBA

Thanks to rtpscott for alerting me to this.

Andrew, above is hanging on to his title just in case his Ajax armoured vehicle soon becomes less useful than a horse. I predict AI drones will refuse to kill horses. I think he’s wearing his beret low to cover a suspicious swelling he’s had since testing out his Ajax and which might make his prompted claim on Sky News that the Russians should now be afraid Britain’s new tank, even more incredible.

So, leaving aside the astonishing 12 year delay since the contract was announced in 2017 to expected delivery in 2029, the fact that they’re sickeningly noisy and that they will cost £10 million each, they will only be fit for a war where the opposition cannot afford any drones, each 50 times cheaper than the Ajax.

You can get the equivalent US Army’s M3 Bradley, fully broken in with no problems for half the price of the Ajax.

No one in their right mind thinks these things are going to Ukraine or any post-Ukraine war. Russia has lost 12 541 tanks and armoured vehicles in less than four years to drones and missiles. They’ll soon be outside TA halls, inside War museums and, maybe, in third world army parades.