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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Defence chiefs need to get smarter over budget cuts

Type 26 Global Combat ShipIn these austere times, the chances of any government allowing one of its departments to work out its future spending needs without a predetermined figure is about as likely as the Royal Navy suddenly being given six new aircraft carriers and squadrons of jets to fly from them.

Yet that is what the Portsmouth-based UK National Defence Association is asking for ahead of next year’s expected Strategic Defence and Security Review.

It says the government should consider what the armed forces need and then work out how to pay for it afterwards.

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