The cuts will reduce our Armed Forces so that we will no longer have sufficient combat power to intervene effectively anywhere beyond our shores
Sir, As your distinguished correspondents say (letter, Sept 19), the Liberal Democrats’ stance on a Trident replacement programme can satisfy nobody. It is neither a deterrent, nor honestly stated nuclear disarmament. There is a further issue that must be addressed — what is the fundamental purpose of any defence policy?
After several centuries of what is now called an intervenionist policy by Britain, the cuts imposed by the last Government and the coalition Government will reduce our Armed Forces to a level that means that we will no longer have sufficient combat power to intervene effectively anywhere beyond our shores,