A scathing attack on the MOD

It really is pretty shocking the damning report on the crash of the RAF Nimrod in Afghanistan in 2006.

Fourteen servicemen lost their lives,the biggest single day loss of life since the Falkland's war.

Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth,was forced to make a statement in the Commons in which he said that the “MoD must take responsibility for many of the failings identified in the inquiry."

The coroner's eport was essentially a scathing attack with Charles Haddon-Cave QC said the loss of Nimrod MR2 had occurred because of a "systemic breach" of the military covenant.adding that

He blamed financial cuts within the MoD after a review in 1998 had resulted in a "cascade" of organisation changes.

Ageing components, the RAF's maintenance policy and a lack of modern fire suppressants were among the "contributing factors".