British Military On ParadeMoD Cuts: Loss Of Big Boys' Toys Will Change Forces Forever -- The Telegraph
Dark days shroud the future of our Armed Forces – those in defence tell us.
Like a catalogue shopper, for the last decade the Ministry of Defence has ticked off desired items for purchase but now that the bills are coming in we can see we cannot pay them.
The previous government left us a military debt of £72 billion – the equivalent of not paying our troops or buying equipment for the next two years. It means that from 2015, once we finish combat operations in Afghanistan, we are going to spend perhaps a decade in recovery, similar to the American recuperation post-Vietnam.
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