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Old 5th Nov 2020, 23:36
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Originally Posted by etudiant
Sadly there is no strategy at all today, because the UK government has not decided where to go.
A Euro centric focus would be mostly business as usual, deter the Russians somewhere, maybe along the Eastern Polish Frontier, tanks, strike aircraft and air to air supremacy.
An independent stance would be totally different, lots of territorial control assets, mostly offshore oriented, a modest nuclear deterrent and a fairly robust SAS style intervention force.
Has anyone articulated the basis for the current 'strategic review'?
The Euro centric focus? I imagine you mean the NATO focus? That's not changed for us anymore than it has for anyone else. Unless you're referring to the occasionally denied Euro Army?

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