ORAC,
But the trained strength of the British Army is 82,000. So is it a cut to 55,000, or a cut to 62,000, or has the Times merely got hold of a worst case options paper and assumed that this is what is happening?
And leaving the RAF with a pure Chinook SH force would surely be an unbalanced nonsense? Every time you call for helicopter support all you can ask for is a Chinook?
A navy without minesweepers is surely a rather vulnerable navy?