I would have thought that the loss of 3 anti-aircraft destroyers, three general purpose frigates, 20% of our mine clearing capacity was probably enough?
Navaleye,
You miss the point. I am not suggesting that the cuts come necessarily from the RN. Liewise, high profile projects such as Typhoon, Asute and CVF are largely protected from cuts for political or contractual reasons.
So again, what would you cut from defence to fund SHAR? There's no need to be defensive, I'm just genuinely interested to discover how you propose to find the money required to retain SHAR for around 8 years.
Regards,
MM