Wednesday, July 6, 2011

The Damaging Effects Of Britain's Strategic Defence Review Raises Concerns

The SDSR was more of an exercise in making savage cuts to the defence budget than a serious attempt to assess our future needs Photo: Reuters

The Damaging Effects Of The Strategic Defence Review -- The Telegraph

The National Audit Office is rightly scathing about the Government's decision to save two aircraft carriers while cutting other key defence capabilities.

The scathing report issued yesterday by the National Audit Office about the decision, taken at the end of last year's Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), to order two new aircraft carriers while cutting other key defence capabilities, makes for depressing reading. It also confirms our long-held view that the SDSR was more of an exercise in making savage cuts to the defence budget than a serious attempt to assess our future needs.

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My Comment: I totally agree with this assessment .... so the following question needs to be answered .... what is the British government going to do to solve this?

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