U.K. Defence Cuts Threaten National Security

Defence Chiefs Warn Cuts Threaten Security -- The Telegraph

Senior defence figures have warned that cuts to Britain's military have endangered the nation's security, its relationship with the United States and the future of Nato.

Retired senior commanders in the Royal Navy, Army and RAF argue in a letter published in The Sunday Telegraph that the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) undertaken last October was a "badly rushed and myopic exercise ... driven more by fiscal considerations rather than a well informed objective review of strategy".

The former commanders, who are all members of the United Kingdom National Defence Association (UKNDA), the most high profile and powerful military pressure group, claimed that by adopting an "accountant's approach to strategy" the armed forces were now in a "parlous" state.

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My Comment: Britain is cocky with the belief that no one poses a threat to the Brits. Hmmmm .... this person may want to change that.

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