Carrier Strike 2010 – Deeply Flawed and Immature
Giving evidence to the Public Accounts Committee today were Jon Thompson, Permanent Secretary, Bernard Gray, Chief of Defence Materiel and Air Marshal Stephen …
Defence Chief Attacks Armed Forces Cuts
Unless you have been on the moon in the last couple of days you will have not been able to move for reporting on General Sir David Richards (Chief of the …
Delivering on the Front Line – Transcript of Phil Hammond’s Speech
2011/12/08 – Delivering on the Frontline: Operational Success and Sustainable Armed Forces Speech delivered by Secretary of State for Defence at the …
Army Cuts – Homeland Warfighters
Yet more leaks from the Ministry of Sieves and Agendas… I think we all knew it was coming but if the latest from the Telegraph is to be believed, no real …
The reality of the challenges involved in recapturing the Falkland Islands
Hello all, and welcome to my first ever Think Defence article. My name is Sir Humphrey, and I’m the author of a small blog called the Thin Pinstriped Line. …
The Choices We Make
Liam Fox has been on the news today blaming the latest round of compulsory redundancies on the previous Labour
Capability Directorates
More news continues to seep out of the wood work about changes in structure to the British Army Aside from the usual regimental hibernations, disbandments and …
CBRN Role to Transfer to RAF Regiment
No doubt we will be seeing more of these kinds of splits, mergers and capability reductions as the SDSR announcements and Planning Round 11 decisions begin to …
Holy Tits Batman – SDSR A Load of Nonsense!
Is anyone actually surprised, I mean really? Click to read the report in
The Summer of Jam Tommorrow
Announcing the changes to a packed House of Commons (you didn’t think I was being serious did you?) Liam Fox made yet another round of defence cuts dressed …
Idle Speculation – Cuts Round 7
Despite the MoD having a dim view of people speculating about what is to be cut it seems we are about to reach fever pitch. This from Defence Management The …
All Change at the Ministry of Disfunction
Liam Fox has today announced a series of reforms at the MoD. Of course all reforms at the MoD, at least those in the last several decades, have been prefixed …
Here, Take a Bite
Oh how things have changed from the last days of the previous government and the first days of this one. We were promised a strategic review, an end to boom …
Revisiting SDSR
There has been a growing opinion that the cuts announced in the SDSR have gone too deep and that it should be reversed, with some of the capabilities given a …
The Crystal Ball Beckons
Now that the fireworks have started anyone fancy looking into the crystal ball, Mystic Meg style? Some
Part of the Problem
In the Telegraph today was a call from fifty senior commanders, experts, campaigners and politicians to reconsider the SDSR and PR11 cuts in the light of …
Hacking Away
So, the first compulsory redundancies have been announced as we inch closer to the conclusion of Planning Round 11. 11,000 service personnel will be made …
Unbalanced – Yes or No
One of the accusations leveled at the UK armed forces is that when compared to its peers, it is unbalanced. Afghanistan, it is said, has produced land force …
Car Crash Ahead
Coming as no surprise will be the news of rumours of yet more cuts, reductions in Army numbers post 2015 and Tornado’s being the headline grabbers this week. …