| The government acted quickly last
night, ordering the MOD to withdraw all of the Army's weaponry on learning that, in the
wrong hands, tanks, artillery and small arms are capable of killing people. "Frankly we were shocked" a spokesperson said, "Apparently,
the army's been going 'round for years with these things that go bang and propel hot metal
at supersonic speed. Just imagine what would happen if someone got in the way."
The move follows recent embarrassing recalls of the army's
main assault rifle and concerns over the weapons systems installed in the RAF's Tornado
fighter bombers. |
Clearly shocked by the revelation that modern
weapons can obliterate human tissue the spokesman singled out the Army's Challenger Tank
as being of special concern. "The whole point of having these things is to allow the
Minister of Defence to perch on top of one, looking butch. There's a world of difference
between using a tank as a prop in a photo shoot and permitting its use in a life
threatening manner." The spokesman
confirmed that the other services' lethal capability would be assessed in turn and a
recall instituted.
Apart from Trident of course because that was purely
defensive.
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