Defense Committee Report Skeptical Of MoD's Ability To Fund Military Equipment
December 19 2017
United Kingdom
A new legislative report maintains that it is very unlikely the that U.K.'s Ministry of Defense will find the savings needed to fund all of its new 178 billion pound (US$237 billion) military equipment program, reports the Financial Times (U.K.).
The House of Commons defense committee on Sunday published a report that challenges the Defense Ministry's ability to pay for everything it wants ahead of a major national security and defense review.
The "inconsistent set of...
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