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You're not wrong there, given the gist of Lord Draysons talk at the Wood last week....
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The main focus must be on giving the armed forces want they need now and not want they needed 5 or 10 years ago. He said that this would be achieved through four primary aims for the department over the next few years;
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2. Creating an affordable forward programme, including having the headroom needed for flexibility. This means genuinely cutting capability, and not just from uncommitted lines, but being prepared to terminate and renegotiate extant contracts, either because they are failing or because the capability need has changed - taking a hard line with Industry such that they must be prepared to accept cancellation if they want other work. This very much includes collaborative projects, despite the potential political fallout.
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My bold.