David Cameron ’s cautious government is to announce the formation of two novel 5,000 scout group - solid strike brigade , as the UK ’s first defence review since 2010 is divulge today . It ’s just one element of a major raw defence push by the UK ’s top brass .
Adding £ 12bn to the UK ’s military equipment budget ( bringing entire defence equipment spend up to £ 178 billion over the next decennary ) , the strike brigades will be ready by 2025 , and have the capability to deploy K of international mile away from primal operations . The brigades will have approach to the raw Scout fleet of vehicles , as well as 600 armoured tanks , jeeps and troop carrier .
In addition , unexampled aircraft will be commissioned to wing from two new Queen Elizabeth - class aircraft carriers , presently being build by a pool of contractors includingBAE .
HMS Queen Elizabeth fromWikipedia
“ At [ the strategy ’s ] heart is an understanding that we can not select between established defense lawyers against state - free-base threat and the pauperism to counter menace that do not recognise internal border , ” reads Cameron ’s actor’s line in the foreward to the budget review .
“ Today we face both and we must react to both . ”
The budget raise come in part in reply to the growing comportment of terrorist terror – the government has already pledged a 30 per cent increase to the counter terrorism budget , as it look to improve MI5 ’s response times .
To aid surveillance , nine unexampled Boeing P8 maritime patrol aircraft will be deployed , capable of anti - submarine and anti - surface ship warfare . These will be mean to protectTridentand the unexampled BAE - build aircraft carriers , replace the decommissioned , wedge - carrying Nimrod aircraft that left a pregnant pickle in the UK military ’s power to blot torpedo .
Boeing P8 Poseidon fromWikipedia
Two new Typhoon aircraft squadrons will be established , bringing the full squadron count up to seven , each containing around 12 aircraft each . The Typhoon jet fleet will have its life extended by 10 years , keep open them in inspection and repair until 2040 , and will be upgraded with young equipment . This includes new dynamic electronically read array radars .
RAF Typhoon FGR4 fromWikipedia
Finally , both increase to Britain ’s special force troop numbers and the Navy ’s straw hat count are expect , while the Reaper drone fleet will duplicate by 2020 .
MQ-9 harvester fromWikipedia
If all this vocalise like overkill , the Prime Minister has point out that it in fact reckon for only 2 per penny of the UK ’s GDP – the bare minimum that Nato body politic are supposed to pledge to defence force ( though few ever meet that number ) .
“ This is vital at a meter when the threats to our country are growing , ” Cameron say in a prolusion to the limited review .
“ From the rise of Isil [ Islamic State ] and greater instability in the Middle East , to the crisis in Ukraine , the threat of cyber attacks and the risk of pandemic , the earth is more grievous and unsealed today than five eld ago .
“ So while every government must choose how to spend the money it has useable , every centime of which is intemperately - earned by taxpayer , this administration has taken a percipient conclusion to invest in our surety and safeguard our successfulness . ”
simulacrum Credit : British Royal Commando in desert camouflagefromShutterstock
This postoriginally appearedonGizmodo UK , which is gobble up the news in a different timezone .
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