No more true IFVs for the Army? P50 (the probable / expected outcome..may be over…may be under subject to realisation of risks) P10 (the worst case forecast – 10% chance the minimum amount spent might be as much as #xx) The firm budget for the org as a whole then becomes the sum of all… Read more ». In fact at present no one knows what it is other than will be drawn from “across the army” I only count 5 as I only include the 2 armoured, 2 light, and 16AA, the GRF. Ships are a great shield to hide behind. But the Army is not currently meeting its target - there are actually 76,350 such soldiers in the Army, which is almost 6,000 short. Space will become more contested and ensuring you have assets in space that provide comms, gps, and surveillance will be critical. It seem Watchkeeper have a radar beside the optics. In summary, cuts across the board with no real new capability confirmed beyond vague promises. We’re talking about space but still intend to share assets, we talk about ISTAR assets and have barely enough aircraft to protect are own skies, We talk about carrier strike and still require foreign aircraft to complete it, we talk about… Read more ». Surprised me as I though SIG would be the SFAB as that is their role now, mentoring and training others. Things to do. I have very mixed feelings over this whole review, if the promises prove to be true then the much needed modernization of armed forces would be good, but and its a huge but or rather buts I have a strong suspicion this is nothing more the hot hear to hide savage cuts, being 1. will any of this actually happen, i cynically suspect not, rather i fear this is just an excuse for cuts 2. why do we ‘have to’ cut to … I have read it twice now and I think its good. The Azerbaijan conflict showed the lethal effect of airpower on ground forces. What is more important – a battlefield taxi with a 40mm pop-gun or a mass of long range fires like Spike NLOS, Brimstone, Loitering Drones and GMLRS? Serious question? "Full-time trained strength" is the number of soldiers who have completed both their general, basic training and a second phase of specialised training for a specific role. Panther is going, or gone. Save. Nuclear deterrent only one in nato except USA. Early last year (2020), the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) started to work on what was called an Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy. Lots of talk about the biggest losers in this review. Disgusting penny-pinching. Space is another area of investment with the Ministry of Defence to prioritise more than £6.6bn for research and development over the next four years. Yes I dont know if more F35s or more Typhoons are the best way forward (or indeed a few more of both) but it is madness to have so little combat air. Healey Reviews – 1965-1968 4. Video, Teenager found in boat drifting for 22 days at sea, Why Liz Cheney's sacking by the Republicans matters. I suspect at least one reason not to specify numbers is that it weakens MOD’s negotiating position for purchases. Hopefully LANCA will deliver something usable…. Seriously… Read more », Wow, perhaps a tad overdramatic to brand him a traitor? We need to protect it. the process by which government of the United Kingdom decides upon its overall defence policy and upon the means and resources devoted to achieving its defence objectives. The population see defence as wasted cash and they will never up to the 3% during covid. Compare the RAF with the Hellenic Air Force. The kind that Britain hasn't known since Winston Churchill and much like Churchill, he is trying to shape the United Kingdom in his image. Any reduction in Tempest manned platform numbers undermines their cost reduction, so the goal has to be to maximise that number. Does size matter for Britain's shrinking Army? But defence chiefs still insist that a smaller armed forces would be able to pack a punch in any serious conflict. Lamenting the fact that proud British Armed Forces have an army smaller than Poland’s is hardly left wing. How many Protectors could you assign to the P8s when you only have 16. A newly formed Security Force Assistance Brigade will provide the skills and capabilities to build the capacity of partner nations. The quietly published ’60 Day’ figures and the ‘With COVID mentioned on Death Certificates’ data provide an alternative perspective to the 28 day figures look at this data analysis from the CEBM when the reporting method changed !! Well,its Sad to Say but entirely Predictable, but i don’t think Messrs Putin and Xi Jinping will be losing any Sleep tonight – Cuban Cigars anyone ?. But it comes at a price. Yes, things have changed and most of the commentators on this blog just absolutely refuse to recognize that that change means that any claim to the UK being a “global power” are just absolutely fallacious given the size of the UK’s Armed Forces and the state of its kit. I think the fleet is not that many more than that. The same should apply to defence. 6. I wonder whose bright idea it was to call them Rangers, surely the Light infantry-Green Jackets would have been an ideal Regimental name to bring back from the recent past to fit this new unit, after all Uk’s have fine personal and many great historical Regiments that could have been used , much better then ‘Ranger’s , the name would… Read more », Rangers were originally British and fought on the side of the loyalists through the revolution and halfway para standard lol tell me what secret special training do the paras get that the rest of the infantry don’t get (apart from jumping out of a plane really useful in the modern world ), If you you see the results of Paras wrecking a NAFFI or bar it will show why they are crack troops lol. Yes the obsolete needs to go but we are spreading the money over so much which has always been the problem leaves us with not enough of anything to be credible. Hopefully will inform future structure. Well I wouldn’t want to be in the Yorkshire Regt Btn that is going to become the ‘experimental force and act as enemy to all BCTs.’ Basically you are going to be bashed around every training area in the Anglo-sphere being beaten up by all comers. Nothing works without GPS and satcoms, the internet will be space-based soon. It appears that all the block 2 Typhoons will be upgraded too, with the new radar and Spear3 … Possibly to a new block4 standard with new cockpit displays etc. British Defence Reviews since the end of World War II include: The Harwood Review, 1949 (Labour). That’s where you get your news? The C130s are old(er), but it seems wierd to remove lift capability with all these forces stationed all over the show! its just too convenient for my tastes, smoke and mirrors, The pc waffle is the scariest bit- I think they actually believe it. To be decided Type 83 destroyers. And all those Greek tanks would be wiped out with Brimstone 2 and Spear 3 from over 60-100 miles away. Options for Change – 1990 7. Two former British military chiefs today warned China and Russia will not be worried by the UK's new defence shake-up as they said troop cuts … Who ever said we were getting new submarines? Having weapons to fight with here and now is great when you’re actually at war, but the point of this review is to prepare us for future conflicts. Well space investment is a positive, you can have as many troops tanks etc as you like but if you can’t communicate with them, tell them where the target is, tell them where they are or get them intel they’re at best useless worse sitting ducks. Just have to hope they do what they say and replace the… Read more ». A commitment to sending troops abroad for longer and to more obscure places. Are they going to logistics, training, EW, Cyber, and signals to keep all the light role battalions around? The Hellenic Airforce which has deployed in support of NATO how many times? Is it 1 Art Bde with a new name and Ajax shoved into it? The first major, wholesale strategic defence review post World War Two is widely considered to be That’s something I hadn’t thought of but don’t we have over 1000 protected vehicles left over from sandbox. Integrated Review: Britain reverses planned reduction of nuclear warheads as it warns against threats from China. Conservative chairman of the Commons Defence Select Committee Tobias Ellwood congratulated Mr Wallace for investments in "cyber and autonomous platforms" but warned that they came at a "huge price to our conventional defence posture with dramatic cuts to our troop numbers, tanks, armoured fighting vehicles". Unlikely previous defense reviews, the Integrated Review does not include any information about how many of the stockpiled warheads will be operationally available, loaded onboard deployed submarines, or how many submarines will be at sea at any given time. We both have Italian names, but I’m very much British. The real scary thing here is not this defence review , but the next one which the new government will knock out when this bunch are kicked out (I don’t say that from an anti tory view, but from watching the fallout from their C19 handling) If it is a Labour/green/liberal coalition expect Nukes, all the subs (they are nuclear powered) the Tempest program, a cut in ships and the entire UAV fleet gone simply as the greens and libs will demand them. At the same time, the British government has undertaken, since the beginning of the year, an integrated review of security, defense, development, and foreign policy. He is Italian, though knows more than most on the armed forces of a country he has taken as his own. Wonder wat happens to 250 cta 40mm canons we ordered for warrior? The government has already been taken to court due to them knowing the Snatch was not suitable or fit for purpose but they sent these to modern warfare situations and brave soldiers lost their lives unnecessarily. The UK’s Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper. Apparently it was a steal. The new vision of the future is lost on many. Fair enough. Does it even work? A little gem that I think will be lost in the furore of this revelation is the further investment in Tempest. Crucial UK military review confused and incoherent, say MPs Britain told to reassert its global standing and foster relations with ‘Middle East friends’ It will likely retire the faithful but ageing 600 Warrior tracked armoured personnel carriers, which need a £1.5 billion upgrade, but keep 600 Ajax and 500 Boxer armoured vehicles. Those 10,000 soldiers have to be cut from somewhere and all this is doing is making the British Army even more infantry heavy then it already is. Yet one of the buzzwords that actually means something is resilience. Not really we were 10-20 billion in hole with no investment for ten years. Both targets are many days sailing distant, besides no prime minister will ever press the button.n Forget global power. Why do you permanently run down the uk and it’s military and great people when in my experience they are so respected round the world, Speaking of ignorance, France rejoined the military wing of NATO but apparently you missed that. And in the case… Read more ». Plusses..More nukes?? That is concerning. Space is the key to a global presence. I’m not saying your wrong but are forces are based on Cold War and we need to modernise for future as Azerbaijan showed recently. The worst movie and … Boris Johnson spoke to Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the announcement and gave reassurances that increased investment would take the UK's total defence spending to 2.2% of GDP - above the Nato target, a Downing Street spokeswoman said. £6.6bn could have kept pretty much everything they’re planning on scrapping in that list. So even if they lose some seats, probably will still remain in power. Who else in Europe has 6x AAW destroyers,… Read more ». Given the stated aim of maintaining 7 Typhoon squadrons, I don’t see how the current fleet minus 24 T1 can last until 2035. If we instead assume more like 150 manned plus additional unmanned platforms over program life, then 50 is a third of the Tempest build. I also recognize that neither the Tories nor any other party has the stomach to admit this and come up with the funds over the next decade to make the UK relevant again on the world… Read more », It’s typically Republican american that a public health service “the NHS” is considered a waste of money. Also satellites cant take and hold ground, or even deliver ordinance. Panther husky wolfhound mastif ridgeback wouldn’t it be cheaper to re task these and spend cash on one of other needs? I agree, but on the plus side an increase in paper spending to send some very strongly worded letters. It’s going to take a few years, I would expect it’s probably going to be much like Parachute Regiment training, without the jumping! Some vague notion that a ‘Ranger’ type unit will be scary… Read more ». I’m looking forward to seeing what you have to say about the Army’s vision for armoured warfare with the announcement for warrior/challenger (Boxer was mentioned it what seemed to be an allusion to succeeding warrior’s role), and what sort of new hybrid track/wheel superformations are in perspective. The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Mercian Regiment will be amalgamated. Call comes as analysis shows rise in spending on five major US equipment programmes. Plus Setinnel is gone with no additional P8s to fill the gap…..as for retiring C130J, if we were buying 6 MC130Js off the US for our special forces it might be understandable, but its just cut cut cut….. Protector maybe for some of those roles? An order of Typhoons to maintain current numbers in the meantime won’t cost so much as to damage Tempest. P90 (best possible outcome. The review, which has been conducted over the last year, is the most comprehensive articulation of a foreign policy and national security approach published by a British Government in decades. The plan to reduce numbers whilst dispersing them more widely is idiotic.… Read more ». What was it Boris Johnson said? There no longer is any justification for the UK to retain its traditional role as NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander. Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel and Sandown-class minehunter will be replaced by autonomous minehunting vessels. I don’t believe it. the RN future is mapped out pretty clearly apart from what motherships will replace the minehunters. I no longer serve. Public Health England has changed its definition of deaths: here’s what it means – The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (cebm.net) real issues,… Read more ». Christ, what Cameron and Osborne started, Boris has finished. Yes but PK the Greeks don’t have nuclear capability to pay for like the UK which is a big chunk on the UK defence budget, that’s a very big point that you have missed in your logic. The aim is for British military chiefs to use the review to reshape the Armed Forces, with decisions made according to threats facing the country, with it also looking at developing defence capabilities and procurement. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is a personality politician. The 1957 White Paper on Defence (Cmnd. How do you have Cyber security if your computer chips/laptops are made in China? The defence review is an opportunity for the current government to signal how a global Britain is to take its place in the world. In September 2013, the Hermes 450 reached 70,000 flight hours supporting British troops in Afghanistan, the equivalent of 8 years of non-stop flying. What if an aging President thought it was the only way to prevent being strung up by his own people? Remember UCAV. A review of the UK's defence policy brings new investment in cyber warfare, robotics and drones. UGVs can add mass to armour, 3-4 per tank – to identify targets, and distract and decieve incoming fires, UCAVs will partner fast jets soon and 80% of airpower will be unmanned. Article? Subsequently, the Ministry of Defence published a more specific document on the … Let’s face it we can re role all protected vehicles from sand box, I couldn’t disagree more. We MUST continue this upgrade, benefitting from the… Read more ». Defence Select Committee, The Strategic Defence Review, HC 138-I, Session 1997-1998. Lowest ever front line aircraft numbers since the formation of the RAF! I would tend to agree, but that is if you consider NATO’s role being largely traditional as facing off the Russians on the western european plains. Agree totally challenger 3 is best minimum capabilities just incase, let’s use boxer and Ajax, will do 95% of what we need but let’s up arm with a few smart investment on already existing fire power instead of designing our own. This is a step back for British … I’m going to reserve my judgement until I have read the paper and seen what else gets published about future programmes as I think more will emerge over the next year in that regard.

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