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Bloomberg
5 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
The UK Confronts the Reality of Rearming
The UK is facing the stark reality of rapidly rearming - after decades of under-investment in its military. As Caroline Hepker explains, there's little detail on where that money will actually come from. (Source: Bloomberg)
Times
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Simon Case: The next 20 years will be dominated by major conflict
T he nation's top civil servant until four months ago is urging the government to develop a second method of launching our deterrent — land-based or jet-fired missiles — and announce it in the long-awaited Strategic Defence Review. 'I think resilience matters,' said Sir Simon Case, who stepped down as cabinet secretary in December after five tumultuous years in the job. 'Deterrence depends on your adversary being certain that you can do real harm to them in the ultimate case. In my view you wouldn't rely on a single system for anything. That's true in many walks of life, let alone nuclear deterrence.' Case raised his head above the parapet to call for a major re-arming of all our defences this week, not just the nuclear element.
