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News 2010
19/07/2010
Alan Johnston speech to RUSI Maritime Conference
How are the UK's National Strategic Interests Managed within the Evolving International Security Context?
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19/07/2010
Cuts could play 'fast and loose' with national security
George Osborne has been warned not to play ‘fast and loose’ with national security by including Britain’s nuclear deterrent in his programme of public sector spending cuts.
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19/07/2010
Treasury and MoD battle over Trident replacement
Defence secretary Liam Fox goes public with row over who funds £20bn nuclear missile system
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14/07/2010
UK military must keep war-fighting edge
Defence Secretary Liam Fox has argued for the UK having "robust and well-equipped armed forces, capable of intervening abroad whenever necessary".
In a speech to the Chatham House policy think tank in London, he said the military needed a "war-fighting edge".
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07/07/2010
Perspective on First Sea Lord's address:7 july 2010 Maritime Conference
Main points –
• Afghanistan remains the priority for Defence.
• maritime capabilities are not a luxury - they are a necessity
• In Defending our air /sea space, we have to deliver the capabilities best assessed will be needed to protect our interests in the future.
• We also need to pursue enhanced inter-operability with allies and partners, particularly the US, but also with France and the many other maritime forces with whom we operate and exercise, regularly and easily
• The nuclear deterrent is of course fundamental to our ability to deter the most destructive forms of aggression. But we must also remember the powerful deterrent effect of our conventional forces.'
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05/07/2010
Astute Class Submarines
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons there have been changes to the previously announced timescale for the Astute-class submarine programme. [4598]
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05/07/2010
UK defence industry will be 'halved' by spending cuts
The UK's £35bn defence industry will halve in size because of the Government's planned spending cuts, according to the head of Britain's aerospace and defence industry body.
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05/07/2010
FOREIGN SECRETARY’S POLICY SPEECH WELCOMED BY UK DEFENCE INDUSTRY
Industry keen on strategic partnership with FCO to deliver Government’s goals to benefit UK
A|D|S, the UK’s AeroSpace, Defence and Security trade organisation today (Thursday) welcomed the speech given by the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, setting out the Government’s foreign policy intentions.
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24/06/2010
ASTUTE COMES TO THE BIG SCREEN
Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom: TV viewers will be given a fascinating insight into the design and construction of the Astute class submarines this Sunday in a BBC2 documentary titled How to build . . . a nuclear submarine (9pm).
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23/06/2010
Fears raised about the future of UK’s nuclear deterrent
FURNESS MP John Woodcock fears Barrow’s hopes of orders for a fleet of ballistic missile submarines could be heading for the rocks.
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