tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post1070389675320947011..comments2024-03-20T12:03:26.126+00:00Comments on Thin Pinstriped Line: Actions on encountering a plan - the UK Parliamentary Defence Select Committee report on the 2015 Defence Review.Sir Humphreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704774192275240783noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-27421300423520642602014-05-16T11:59:06.772+01:002014-05-16T11:59:06.772+01:00You have shared a great information about Charitie...You have shared a great information about <a href="http://www.plmr.co.uk/about/charities" rel="nofollow">Charities</a> and <a href="http://www.plmr.co.uk/what-we-do/services/select-committee-training" rel="nofollow">Select Committee Training</a>.Which are very informative for us.Thanks<br />PLMR Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137509906876196242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-53890719642622841732014-01-14T16:32:36.122+00:002014-01-14T16:32:36.122+00:00I have to agree with some of the earlier posters h...I have to agree with some of the earlier posters here. Step 1 needs to be an understanding and acceptance of just how deep the 2010 cuts were (especially to air power), the UK Armed Forces are only about 55-60% of what they were in 1997 (even less for air power) and the 2010 cuts alone made approximate reductions of 30% (or more depending on the service) compared with the pre-election scale. <br /><br />2% of GDP is buying a lot less than it used to, Hammond seems to get it, his evidence to the Select Committee was spot-on; any further cuts mean key capabilities have to go (MPA has already gone) and that means major reductions in power which brings to an end notions of "punching above weight" etc, etc. <br /><br />I get very tired of the "best in the world" and "but we are so good at deploying" stuff- it is pathetic. The MoDs own defence planning assumptions admit that the ability to project force has declined dramatically (SDSR10 effectively admits the UK could not do Iraq again), the denial has to stop- both from the politicians and the commentariat before any real analysis of "strategy" can take place. SDSR10 was just SDR97 light. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-1685543744725708112014-01-14T06:46:49.320+00:002014-01-14T06:46:49.320+00:00This is an intresting blog that you have posted, y...<br /><br />This is an intresting blog that you have posted, you shares a lot of things about <a href="http://www.plmr.co.uk/what-we-do/services/securing-planning-permission-community-consultation" rel="nofollow">Planning Permission <br />for Renewables</a>, Data centre Public Affairs and <a href="http://www.plmr.co.uk/what-we-do/services/select-committee-training" rel="nofollow">Select Committee Training</a>. Which are very <br /><br />informative for us. Thanks<br />PLMR Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137509906876196242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-44488625063361057092014-01-13T16:21:03.806+00:002014-01-13T16:21:03.806+00:00Trying to develop an engagement strategy based on ...Trying to develop an engagement strategy based on information security, patterned on the sort of thing the Navy does, might not be a bad idea - we're pretty good at it, the footprint and force projection requirements are tiny, and a lot of countries and organisations are terrified and don't know where to start. (In the late 2000s, Beijing was reliably the biggest concentration of hacked Windows machines on earth, as an example.) <br /><br />Unfortunately, post Snowden, nobody will ever trust us again. Our fibres are radioactive. We hugely overplayed the COMINT stuff to the detriment of COMSEC. Whether we got anything out of that is nothing anyone will ever say.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-80065764386210730352014-01-13T14:10:51.652+00:002014-01-13T14:10:51.652+00:00@laneon is wrong on most counts, but he represents...@laneon is wrong on most counts, but he represents the most insidious benefit of the, ' peace dividend', Just because the UK has indicated it's withdrawal from Afghanistan and our military resources have been realigned, it does not indicate a lack of punch, regardless of our weight. That is the wish providing for the lack of will.<br />In that respect, he is right. No matter what the punch is, it is no good if it is never used because of over hyped sensitivities. The review is part of the process in deciding what punch is now appropriate for the circumstances in which we now find ourselves.<br />In that respect and after being completely confused by Sir Humph's analysis, I can only offer the words of Sir Winston,, "Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.".Derek McBridenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-86819809475776149512014-01-11T00:08:00.512+00:002014-01-11T00:08:00.512+00:00"I travel extensively and I find it sad that ..."I travel extensively and I find it sad that the UK is held in such high esteem by foreigners who don't realise that we are all bluff - a paper tiger"<br /><br />There are perhaps three nations in the world capable of projecting serious power anywhere in the globe for a significant amount of time. The US, France, and the UK (just barely, given the horrific inadequacy in seabourne airpower). China doesn't have the logistics, Russia is working on getting back to it but isn't there at the moment.Moschopsnoreply@blogger.com