Government still exists post-SHTF

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(21 December 2012, 00:46)grumpy old man Wrote: remember when moat shoot that police man every policeman, tracker and who knows who else was looking for him now compaire to joe bloggs.
never underestamite the gov. and the lenghts it will go to

Yeah, they had a large part of the fire arms and dogs squads from most police forces in England and Wales and normal cops were confined to their stations as they were being hunted by a guy with a sawn off and some bird shells. They also had:

Ray Mears
SAS Reserve troops
SAS counter revolutionary warefare troops
SAS mountain troops
Armed police from most UK forces
Dog police from most UK forces
The roads of Northern Northumberland under road block
Typhoons from RAF Coningsby must have been fitted with heat signature gear
At least one Chinook
Numerous police helicopters
Numerous other Army, Navy / Coastgaurd service heli's with heat sig gear

And that is the stuff I know about.

He lead them on a merry dance for days - the only reason they got him was because he got bored and came out. Their very real fear was that if he got up into the Simonside hills and went west, they may have never have found him. If you want to stay hidden up there, you can.

Lets remember, when Moat was doing what he was doing, the rest of the country was not in a state of chaos, TPTB were not having to deal with major ongoing incidents and similar incidents elsewhere in the country.

If it had been at the same time as a 7/7 type incident or a RIRA ASU were deciding to play, the resources sent would have been a fraction and the outcome could have been very different.

If we were in a situation where were had widespread civil disobedience to the point most of the country was without rule of law, any resources at a major forces (in this case the government) disposal would be used for immediate defence.

The military do have supplies of fuel, but not enough to go burning up chasing after guys with cupboards full of beans or small holdings hundreds of miles away from the governments base that needs protecting.

You would see the military bombing areas of major crime in some of the midland and northern cities before they went after people with a pantry and a few chickens.