Rapid deployment brigades to be central feature of strategy to ‘counter threats that finish not recognise national borders’David Cameron will announce two new 5000-strong strike brigades for rapid deployment missions as a central feature of the government’s latest strategic defence review. He will also promise a £12bn increase in the equipment budget,taking total spending to £178bn on defence equipment and support over the next decade.
In a forward to the review due to be launched by Cameron himself, the prime minister states: At its [the strategy] heart is an understanding that we cannot choose between conventional defences against state-based threats and the need to counter threats that finish not recognise national borders. nowadays we face both and we must respond to both.” Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com