UK - More defence cuts
This morning's "Times" has the following immediate cuts - all budget driven to cover a £2 Bn a year "hole" in spending
Minehunters down from 15 to 13
Armoured training exercises in Canda down from 4 to 3 per year
Infantry training in Kenya down from 5 to 3 per year
This will save only £20 mm a year
12 Lynxes of 657 AAC used for Special Forces to be scrapped
Cabinet Office review currently looking at reducing F-35 deliveries by 2025 from 48 to 38 but as usual they claim "total purchase will remain unchanged".
This is the first stage in the well known path to "a maximum of .." then "Up to...." " then "buy x defer y" followed by "actually we can get by on 75|% of x".