OPEN LETTER FROM DEFENCE UK AND DEFENCE SYNERGIA.

It is essential that the political classes, not just in Britain but across the West generally, realise that the balance of power is shifting worldwide. We do not live in the same world today as we did 20 years ago. At that time the United States Navy was as powerful as the next ten navies combined. Today the Chinese Navy is numerically larger, and China’s ambition is to supplant the US as the world’s predominant political, economic and military power. In 2003 the US and her allies were able to invade Iraq, following a long, uncontested, logistical deployment as if we were untouchable. Now the United Kingdom is within range of a myriad of Russian cruise and hypersonic missiles that could do to the UK what the US did, 20 years ago, to Iraq. The Indian Navy is equipped with an anti-ship missile better than anything the Royal Navy has. The air force of the United Arab Emirates has almost as many fast jets as the Royal Air Force. It is not only China and Russia that have grown stronger relative to the West, but numerous other countries have expanded their armed forces and the UK has, relatively speaking, diminished.

What's Round Goes Around - Producing Turnover
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A Good Time to Invest in the UK Defence Industry


​The publicised cost of defence contracts bears little resemblance to the final expenditure, which ends up being much less.  This article 'What's Round Goes Around',  soon to be included in the Defence UK Journal 'Pro Patria', explains why.  Culling evidence from various sources, the article lays out how returns to the treasury pull back at least one third of the cost in the initial tax take, more from secondary taxation, and yet more from the commercial activity that those contracts stimulate.  The article further explains how such contracts produce turnover, the life blood of an economy.
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defence uk's submission to the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy

Recent comment by the defence secretary

Recent comments by the Defence Secretary to the BBC can at best be seen as worrying. Even before the deadline for evidence to the Integrated Review, he is talking about potential cuts to the armed forces. 

He admitted the government review would mean "letting go" of some military equipment to invest in cyber, space and other new technologies. This is a new potential area of warfare  which it cannot possibly be assumed lessens the risk from existing threats. So it must be funded with extra expenditure. To transfer funds from existing equipment would be short sighted in the extreme.

He also indicated that any cuts would not be as dramatic as some have reported. Cuts in the defence budget have gone too far already. All three of our armed services  suffer from equipment shortages. As the world continues to become more dangerous, now is not the time to be contemplating any cuts whatsoever in the defence budget.
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MISSION STATEMENT:

“Defence UK is an independent pressure group that campaigns for a strong and well-resourced Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, to ensure the security of the United Kingdom, her Sovereign Territories, trade and commerce, and to protect her citizens wherever they may be. We also call for a greater commitment by the UK Government to the nation's defence industries, and to non-military services such as the Merchant Navy, Coastguard, Border Control and Homeland Security that are essential to the Defence of the Realm.”
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