UK Apaches to join Libya mission

[Win2Win Racing]

The UK is to send four Apache attack helicopters to join the mission in Libya, as Nato seeks to "turn up the pressure" on Col Muammar Gaddafi.

More... (http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-13558056)

[Win2Win]

How come we bought these off the shelf from the Yanks, and yet when we urgently needed helicopters in Afghanistan for carrying troops we didn't buy any Blackhawks? :doh .... we ordered our own choppers which take years to build :doh1:

[barrelmaniac]

In these days of austarity of course we can afford another war.

....... but then again as I'm expecting Europes economies to collapse in 2012/2013 I suppose another few hundred million quid is not going to make much difference