harrogate, who wrote, possibly leaked, the report?
The MoD.
Why would they do that?
Perhaps to identify some glaring shortfalls in the UK's military capabilites and seeking a way to get a bigger piece of the pie.
Again, please pay attention. The British Ministry of Defence wrote the report. It is their report.
from the article:
I am told that a report circulating at the highest level in the Ministry of Defence concludes that there are now serious doubts in Washington about the effectiveness of the British Armed Forces. Senior military figures are said to have been surprised, and shocked, by feedback that arrived in Whitehall last month.
As for your 'equipment' and the slagging thereof, have you been reading the rest of this thread? Or the many, many, many others? Read any of the threads regarding the Typhoon and the comments made for and against by British ppruners? How about the corruption thread regarding a Saudi deal?
Or maybe you're right. It's a vast right wing conspiracy to control more fully the foreign policy and military assets, such as they are, of the United Kingdom.
Or perhaps not.