It will be a real shame if FRES gets cancelled but in an age of real austerity, a worsening economy and likely future cuts can the MoD afford it?

Could more of these, plus a handful of upgraded Warriors, a mix of lighter vehicles, UAV’s and a multi-cap badge Regiment of dismounted specialists be the future of Formation Recce?

Hardly ideal, but in the context of the whole of defence spending is this a compromise we will be forced to make, and if so, will it be such a bad one?