Britain 'flying blind' in international crises after Foreign Office cuts
BRITAIN is “flying blind” in international crises after cuts to the Foreign Office, military experts claimed yesterday.
Cuts to Foreign Office causes international crisis explains military expert
And the Armed Forces face manpower and kit shortages unless the Government steps up recruiting and funding.
The report by the UK National Defence Association said a major campaign overseas could only be sustained with allied aircraft or withdrawing RAF planes from operations against, say, Islamic State.
The Ministry of Defence said that spending was increasing every year
The document, whose co-authors include Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon, General Sir Michael Rose and Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham, follows the Government’s latest Strategic Defence and Security Review.
Once the envy of the world is diminished
The report described this as “essentially budget-driven”.
It said Britain was “increasingly flying blind, as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, once the envy of the world, is diminished”.
Britain is 'flying blind' say experts
The Ministry of Defence said the Armed Forces had enough people to keep Britain safe and added that spending was increasing every year.
It has been conducting air strikes against ISIS in Syria since November last year.
A majority vote saw Britain join the coalitions of nations - including Russia and the US - currently aiming to obliterate the twisted jihadis.