March 26, 2015
Heading down the home stretch to Britain's general election on May 7, the question of what constitutes adequate defense investment has emerged as a thorny political issue.
Thrust into the forefront of electoral issues in recent weeks, questions regarding the state of the British armed forces in the face of ongoing fiscal cutbacks have prompted concerns from Britain's leading ally, the United States, as to whether the two militaries will be able to fight side-by-side in the future. Meanwhile, the U.K. House of Commons Defense Committee just published a report stating that the most recent defense strategy document has become a relic in the face of Russian recidivism and Moscow's aggressive stance toward Europe.
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