Equipped for the future?

摘要

Many observers consider the 2010 SDSR to be an austerity-enforced aberration; a 'Treasury-led' exercise driven by an overly harsh budget constraint to be corrected by SDSR 2015, if not before. The government has resisted calls to unpick SDSR 2010, and within defence the spotlight has now shifted onto whether the planned future force structure - Future Force 2020 - is actually affordable.