The Tories say they will
cut the MOD's costs by a quarter in their
election manifesto. One area of savings could be to cut co-operational on EU defence initiatives. The Tories
also plan to retain Trident, set up a National Security Council and a homeland defence command. Hang on i thought they wanted to reduce bureaucracy?
Labour meanwhile will conduct a strategic review and are committed to the aircraft carriers,
they will also give a free ID card to veterans and also cut MOD waste. The Liberals
will not renew Trident and improve pay and conditions for troops. Sadly finding defence in the parties' manifestos takes some time, its well down the list of priorities.
The UK could extend
it's stop-gap Hermes UAV operation in Afghanistan for another 6 months while it continues to get the Watchkeeper 450 ready for service. Hermes 450 have now logged over 30,000 hours in theatre providing the bulk of British ISTAR.
China has been showing
off it's J-10B with some nice aerobatics (video in link well worth seeing).
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