Royal Navy

[wellinghall]

The Royal Navy has 44 admirals and 41 warships. That's according to Whitaker's Almanack 2011, published last week, and before the defence cuts announced this week.

ETA: Royal Marines: 8 generals. Army: 78 generals, 386 tanks, 877 artillery pieces. RAF: 46 air marshalls, 285 warplanes.

Comments

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

How about this (from Jon Snow)? The newsreader, not the Warden of the Night's Watch...


UK defence capital spending: £10billion pa
Israel defence capital spending: £9billion pa

Number of civil servants administering UK defence spending: 23,700
Number of civil servants administering Israeli defence spending: 400