1. Background and contents

2. Reception and reviews

3. See also

4. References

Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs is a non-fiction book by Lewis Page criticising the British Armed Forces for waste and incompetence.

Background and contents

Page contends that inter-service rivalry, bureaucracy and second-rate equipment waste taxpayer's money and risk the lives of soldiers. He is particularly critical of the Eurofighter Typhoon, the Type 45 destroyer and the Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol aircraft as being both overpriced and of little military value. Above all, he criticises BAE Systems, the British defence company involved in these projects, for huge cost-overruns and poor workmanship. He argues that the UK government should purchase cheaper and better weapons from foreign sources (usually American), rather than continue to prop up BAE.

Page argues that some weapons, including heavy artillery, tanks, frigates and destroyers, are rendered obsolete by modern airpower and that the UK should scrap most or all of its capacity in these areas.

Reception and reviews

See also

• Lions led by donkeys

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