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Defence Management Journal - Issue 54

Defence Management Journal - Issue 54

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LATEST DEFENCE NEWS

Trident 'would have to stay in Scotland'

Nuclear weapons handling facilities at RNAD Coulport are unique and would take years to replicate elsewhere

Argentina 'incapable' of Falklands repeat
Defence minister dismisses ability of the Argentine military to stage a successful invasion after MPs express fears

US to cut nearly 100,000 troops
America's Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has set out first stage of $487bn defence cuts following review

3,000 more MoD jobs 'to go by 2015'
Reports suggest ministers have been forced to accelerate the rate of job cuts as MoD budget is still not in balance

MoD could sell RAF Northolt
MoD considers selling off RAF Northolt to raise funds, with the possibility that the airfield could become a Heathrow satellite

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, rendition

'The UK needs a rendition inquiry with real clout'

Reprieve's Donald Campbell explains why probes into the UK's involvement in extraordinary rendition may not even scratch the surface, let alone help Britain move on from the 'unprecedented wrongdoing' of the past

Reserve forces: The RAF is missing a trick
Defence Select Committee member Julian Brazier, who worked on the Prime Minister's Commission on Reserve Forces, discusses the need for a rebalancing of full-time and reserve armed forces

GermanyGermany's military future is vital for Europe
Tomas Valasek, Director of Foreign Policy and Defence at the Centre for European Reform, argues that Germany's next step following its refusal to participate in Libya may be crucial for European defence…

Iran, conflict, assassination'US policy on Iran lacks direction'
Jamal Abdi, policy director at the National Iranian American Council, argues that an apparent lack of direction in America's policy towards Iran could harm efforts to avoid conflict

Syria, Bashar al-AssadSyria: Why the UN must act soon
Defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones assesses the UN's options for intervention in the Syrian crisis

General Sir Mike JacksonGetting the reserve force balance right
PA Consulting Group's General Sir Mike Jackson and Angela Owen consider the role of the UK's Reserve Forces in the future force structure

Iran, Mahmoud AhmadinejadUS arms sales up the ante with Iran
Anthony Tucker-Jones reports that tensions over the vital Strait of Hormuz have fuelled America's massive arms bonanza to Saudi Arabia

Brazil, defence exportIndustry eyes cooperation with Brazil
Brazil could be a valuable growth area for UK defence exports for decades to come, particularly if collaboration on the next-generation Type 26 frigates goes ahead, as Richard Caddy explains...

IraqIraq's military goes it alone
Anthony Tucker-Jones reports that the Iraqi Armed Forces are dangerously vulnerable following Washington's departure

Russian flagCan Russia see its defence spending plans through?
The planned £400bn renovation of Russia's military capabilities could be threatened by political opposition, election-fixing allegations or corruption within the system, and that's before the country faces the practical hurdles...

Syria, Bashar al-AssadSyria's opposition seeks a 'Benghazi solution'
Libyan intervention in Syria will force the West's hand in unseating President Assad, argues defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones

UKTI DSO head Richard Paniguian'The UK must build on its defence export successes'
Richard Paniguian, head of the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation (UKTI DSO), gives an overview of recent UK defence export successes and looks forward to future growth

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