Britain's Strategic Defense And Security Review -- News Roundup

Drastic: David Cameron unveiling plans for defence cuts in the Commons this afternoon. Photo from The Daily Mail

Cut To The Bone: 25,000 MoD Staff And 17,000 From Armed Forces To Go In Defence Savings -- The Daily Mail

* Ark Royal and Harrier jump jets scrapped immediately
* UK to have no working aircraft carrier for a decade
* Army to lose 7,000 troops, RAF 5,000 and Navy 5,000
* Trident renewal delayed for five years, saving £750m
* Cameron insists: 'We'll still be front rank military power'
* Angry Harrier pilot challenges him about job losses

David Cameron today unveiled plans to slash the defence budget by eight per cent and drastically cut numbers in the Army, Navy and RAF.

The Prime Minister told the Commons that the Army will be reduced by 7,000, the Navy by 5,000 and the RAF by another 5,000. Civilian jobs at the Ministry of Defence will drop by 25,000.

He confirmed the Royal Navy's flagship aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, which won the Falklands War, will be retired and its fleet of Harrier jets scrapped with immediate effect.

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More News On Britain's Strategic Defense And Security Review

UK Government’s National Security Strategy Document (PDF) -- UK Government

Strategic Defence Review (Complete Coverage) -- The BBC
Strategic Defence Review statement -- BBC

Britain enters 'age of uncertainty' amid unknown terrorist threats -- The Telegraph
Governments on alert for cyber terror threat -- ABC News (Australia)
UK's Cameron announces military austerity plan -- AP
Cameron Says U.K. Defense Spending to Be Cut by 8% Real Terms -- Bloomberg Businessweek
UK's Cameron photographed with '6% defense cuts' document -- New York Post
UK Foreign Secretary Says Military to Stay Strong -- New York Times/AP
HMS Ark Royal Scrapped, Trident Delayed (And No Planes To Fly On Our New Carriers For 10 Years) - Cameron Wields The Axe In Defence Review -- The Daily Mail
Defence review: MoD loses 25,000 staff -- Politics.co.uk
UK To Scrap F-35Bs, Cut 16K Troops -- DoD Buzz
Navy aircraft carrier will be sold after three years - and never carry jets -- The Telegraph
Defence cuts: French and US jets to use British Navy aircraft carriers -- The Telegraph
Carriers 'will take US and French jets' -- Defense Budget
Defence review: HMS Ark Royal to be scrapped -- BBC
Navy aircraft carriers not operational for 26 years -- The Telegraph
Britain scraps flagship in defence review -- Syney Morning Herald
Defence review: Carriers saved, Trident put off -- Politics.co.uk
Defence cuts about 'correct balance', says Liam Fox -- BBC
Navy's £5bn aircraft carrier conundrum -- BBC
Defence cuts: David Cameron attacked by Royal Navy Harrier pilot -- The Telegraph
The coalition's carrier trouble -- Peter Hoskin, Spectator
How the carriers sank a defence strategy -- Financial Times
Aircraft carrier strategy 'incoherent' -- The Independent
Defence cuts: will the US now give up on us? -- The Guardian opinion
Defence cuts spark questions on global status -- AFP