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As the threat from Russia grows, we finally have a government that is taking our national security seriously, says defence expert Francis Tusa. But unless our prime minister is about to put his money where his mouth is, an inescapable unease around this new plan will persist...
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ublishing a strategic defence review right now is, to put it mildly, challenging. Bearing in mind that the footage that has just been released of Ukrainian kamikaze drones blowing up nearly half of Russia’s irreplaceable strategic bomber fleet, thousands of kilometres inside Russian territory, suggests that the “old certainties” – tanks, submarines, large platforms – may not be entirely relevant in modern warfare.
Well, the answer that seems to be contained in the review is the obvious one: you need both, but the balance needs to change decisively.
