Of Hammond.......
He said (SDSR) had been shaped by the national security strategy, but also "the urgent need to reduce the £38 billion pound black hole in the defence budget".
But the bloody great elephant in the room is this - not one single politician has ever sought to address the main cause of the "black hole". If you are knowingly and unnecessarily wasting money, and the solution is known, it is a coward's answer to respond by chopping posts and capability.