08 November 2007

The economics of defence

The BBC reports:
Britain's Armed Forces are over-stretched and under-funded, a group of former senior military leaders and politicians has warned.
They have formed the UK National Defence Association, led by three ex-chiefs of the defence staff.
UKNDA president Winston Churchill said the amount the UK spends on defence "just doesn't add up" and should be about 3% of gross domestic product. The defence budget has been set at £34bn for next year - about 2% of GDP.

Perhaps if the Ministry of Defence did not spend £ billions on trident submarines or dirty great aircraft carriers they might have sufficient resources to equip the troops properly. Then there are all these generals and admirals - are they all necessary?

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