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The Government is midway through its promised Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) to review and report on the capabilities needed to defend the realm for the coming years. An update on the 2010 review that reflects the considerable changes in world threats/opportunities and a chance to re-focus budgets on the economic and political realities […]

The other day I received the oddest proposition from a well-dressed man wearing a sharp business suit. He got quite animated. Him: “Psst…You want to hear an old girl howl?” Me: “Er… Not really, thanks anyway” Him: “She’s a corker”, he went on. “Leaks like an old rust bucket, terrible ride, hear her coming long […]