U.K. Defense Cuts -- News Roundup

A quarter of the civilian posts at the Ministry of Defence will be cut over the next five years Photo: Alex Segre / Alamy

Defence Review: Cameron Unveils Armed Forces Cuts -- BBC News

Harrier jump jets, the Navy's flagship HMS Ark Royal and planned Nimrod spy planes are to be axed and 42,000 MoD and armed forces jobs cut by 2015.

Unveiling the strategic defence review, PM David Cameron said defence spending would fall by 8% over four years.

The RAF and navy will lose 5,000 jobs each, the Army 7,000 and the Ministry of Defence 25,000 civilian staff.

Axing the Harrier and Ark Royal means no planes will be able to fly from British aircraft carriers until 2019.

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UK defence firms can absorb military spending cuts -- BBC

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