Defence chief Sir Jock Stirrup to stand down At the weekend the defence secretary said that Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, the present chief of defence staff — the country's top military officer — would stand down before the forthcoming strategic defence review was concluded. (channel4.com)
The Labour government's 1998 Strategic Defence Review made reductions from the plans announced by the previous Conservative government: [166] (en.wikipedia.org)
«The time is long overdue for a new Strategic Defence Review that reassesses what we need, when we need it and how it can be delivered without it devouring a budget that is already pushed to its limit.» (politics.co.uk)