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Old 12th Jun 2006, 18:52
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Navaleye
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£1bn defence cut next year

The Evening Standard's Robert Fox is reporting that £1bn is to be cut from the defence budget next year and allocated to "homeland defence". At least one major procurement will get canned. FRES and CVF are the most likely candidates along with Nimrod.

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