Sentences with phrase «strategic defence»

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Despite rising threats and an uncertain world, there is increasing concern that UK's planned strategic defence review in 2015 will be bleak indeed for the defence sector and especially those on the front line as austerity bites deeper.

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.

A 1989 piece in the Journal of Legislation compared President Reagan's Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) and development of the laws of space in Star Wars versus Star Laws: Does SDI Conform to Outer Space Law; The Reagan Legacy and the Strategic Defense Initiative.

Committee chairman James Arbuthnot said in a BBC interview this morning that the ongoing strategic defence review was «money - driven, not threat - driven», and expressed concern that the speed at which the review was being conducted.

Bloom, who also complains that whatever the party says on tax and the economy will «be sneered at or decried», writes: «The charm and frustration of Ukip is we have doctors who fancy themselves as tax experts, painters and decorators who know all about strategic defence issues and... retired dentists who understand the most intricate political solutions for the nation.

That's two month's running Fox has been hit by urgent questions as his rushed strategic defence and securityreview (SDSR) continues to unravel.

Admirals, generals and air marshals are among senior staff at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) who can expect their marching orders in the coming strategic defence review.

The charm and frustration of Ukip is we have doctors who fancy themselves as tax experts, painters and decorators who know all about strategic defence issues, and branch chairmen, retired dentists, who understand the most intricate political solutions for the nation.

«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.»

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«This report is confirmation that the defence review was led by the search for short - term cuts not our nation's strategic defence needs.

General Sir David Richards, chief of the defence staff, defends strategic defence spending review (SDSR) and says UK will remain a «formidable» fighting force.

The Guardian was correct to point out that «the real US objective is to move to a far more ambitious Start III regime, along with a formal settlement of the vexed issue of theatre missile defence — small and regional versions of the anti-missiles defence systems originally proposed in Ronald Reagan's strategic defence initiative» (22 March).

The country's first strategic defence review for over ten years is in danger of being rushed, according the commons defence committee.

Field Marshal Lord Bramall, General Lord Ramsbotham, General Sir Hugh Beach and Major - General Patrick Cordingley urged leading parties in a letter to the Times to include the issue in the post-election strategic defence review.

The national interest of the UK is too weakly defined to make the upcoming strategic defence and security review (SDSR) in any way strategic, a Commons committee has concluded.

Defence experts regard the recent strategic defence and security review (SDSR) as a missed opportunity to redefine Britain's role in the world, a survey has suggested.

Chief of the defence staff Sir Jock Stirrup summed up the armed forces» frustration that 12 years have passed since the last strategic defence review.

The new British Defence Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, has now announced the beginning of the long - awaited strategic defence review and the indications are that the process will be completed before the end of 2010.

The UK Strategic Defence and Security Review, to be published later this year, will give more detail of future thinking.

Combine that with Labour's failure to hold a full strategic defence review after 1998, whilst at the same time splurging on long - term contracts so that there are now unfunded defence liabilities of about # 37 billion over the next ten years, and you get some measure of the mess the coalition has been left with.

There is a real risk that the whole strategic defence review will be skewed because of the obsession with Trident.

The chairwoman for Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) Kate Hudson said: «During the election campaign Nick Clegg rightly demanded that Trident should be included in the forthcoming Strategic Defence Review.

Cuts in Britain's conventional forces contemplated in the ongoing strategic defence and security review would have to be extended further to pay for the nuclear capability.

the process and debate leading up to the next Strategic Defence and Security Review in 2015 needs to be open, inclusive and transparent, examining all capabilities, including nuclear.

Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell called for the Trident nuclear defence system to be included in the forthcoming strategic defence review --- something the Conservatives have so far opposed — saying it was «illogical» to exclude it.

British troops» confidence and morale was «badly damaged» by the way the strategic defence and security review was handled, according to an internal Ministry of Defence (MoD) report.

We announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review that we would increase our overseas aid and that we would use 30 % of that aid to support fragile and conflict - affected states like Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.

«The 2010 strategic defence and security review has radically changed the carrier strike concept.

The Royal Aeronautical Society has commented on the publication of the House of Commons Defence Committee report setting out a checklist of potential threats and general vulnerabilities that should be addressed in the forthcoming Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR).

«The strategic defence and security review still gets low marks from the clear majority of respondents.

The strategic defence and security review heralded an eight per cent cut in funding and reduced military personnel in 2010.

There are credible middle - ground options that could result in major savings, and the Lib Dems would do well to consider these after the election by championing a full update of the Trident Alternatives Review in advance of the strategic defence and security review (SDSR).

Errors of financial management at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have survived the strategic defence and security review (SDSR), MPs have admitted.

Iain McNicoll, Chair of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) Air Power Group, has commented on the publication of the Government's Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR).

The decision to hold a Strategic Defence Review rather partially removed this department from the realm of pure party politics early on in the parliament.

The Defence Select Committee has said the ConDems are rushing the strategic defence review and mistakes could be made.

18 November 2010 — BELIZE Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the military base in Belize following the strategic defence review.

The report of the defence select committee of 3 August, 2011 considered the impact of the Strategic Defence and Security Review and the National Security Strategy.

As the Royal United Services Institute's briefing highlights, the government's own 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review «is based on the assumption that a significant threat of attack on the UK homeland by other states will not re-emerge without an extended period of strategic warning.»

Unfortunately party leaders have already explicitly excluded the possibility of considering nuclear weapons in the Strategic Defence Review.

Unite, Britain's biggest union, has welcomed the Commons Defence Committee's report which criticises the government's approach to the strategic defence and security review (SDSR).

The government outlined its vision of the armed forces in ten years» time, which is known as «Future Force 2020», as part of the strategic defence and security review.

Bernie Hamilton, Unite National Officer said: «The strategic defence and security review will leave the Tory's reputation for being strong on defence in tatters.

Only one will be made operational initially, with the second dependent on a decision from the strategic defence and security review in 2015.

That's what happened post-election in 2010 — the government conducted a Strategic Defence and Security Review that didn't look at Trident, while planning to spend over # 100 billion on its replacement.

I repeat what I said: far from disproving the strategic defence review, I think Libya proved the case for the sort of changes that we are making.