Can SAR-H Survive the Defence Cuts?
The Service Chiefs have been told to save £1B this year and the Defence Management Board met last week to discuss options. Given that it is likely that the number of military personnel in SAR-H will be far fewer than at present, can SAR-H survive the current drive for savings? Indeed, should it not be offered up as a saving as it, effectively, offers nothing to the military.
One argument against is likely to be that if the military pull out the money will just have to be found from another budget with a net saving to HMG of zero. Or could SAR-H be slid to the right by a number of years? Is this practical and would the OSDs of the current RAF/RN/MCA airframes allow any slippage.
Sorry, too many questions!