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And Now there are Seven

4th December 20214th December 2021 DS_Admin

DefenceSynergia (DS) is grateful to DefenceUK and Mr Fred Dupuy for permission to publish his prescient article following the recent, thus far unexplained, loss of an RAF F35B in the Mediterranean. ‘And Now There Are Seven’ – (subtitled: Thank Goodness the Yanks are Here!) rather succinctly sums up UK’s Defence position. We can do some Continue reading

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The Whitehall Competition – MOD pedigree – A DefenceSynergia View

17th November 202113th December 2021 DS_Admin

Background The British system of resourcing the activities of Departments of State is for individual professional bodies to set out cases to the Treasury of what the perceived threats to their tasks are and likely to become, what resources they have and what they perceive they will need, in what might be called ‘The Whitehall Continue reading

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State of the Union Summary of British Defence Priorities’ A Nicholas Drummond Article

5th November 20215th November 2021 DS_Admin

DefenceSynergia (DS) is pleased to publish Nicholas Drummond’s article ‘State of the Union Summary of British Defence Priorities’ which originally appeared in UK Land Power.    The article is prescient, well researched and thought provoking. 

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Incoherence In The British Army Order Of Battle (ORBAT)

6th October 2021 DS_Admin

  Whilst DefenceSynergia (DS) has been critical of the RAF, RN and, most particularly, HMG for the parlous and incoherent state of HM Armed Forces the British Army are equally disadvantaged. In some ways, being an organisation that depends on people (boots on the ground) supported by protective vehicles, the situation for the Army is Continue reading

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Incoherence In The Royal Navy’s Order Of Battle (ORBAT)

3rd October 20214th October 2021 DS_Admin

  Whilst it is true that the recent additions to the Royal Navy”s (RN) Order of Battle (ORBAT) is enhancing the service; the overall operational capability remains woefully thin.

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DefenceSynergia Commentary – HMG Complicity in MOD Underfunding

1st October 20211st October 2021 DS_Admin

  DefenceSynergia (DS) has been highly critical of the 3 services for allowing HM Forces to be steadily reduced and emasculated under the guise of ‘capability’ enhancement and then offering PR ‘can do’ to cover the obvious deficiencies. Recently DS were quite critical of the Air Staff for balancing the budget by gapping essential capability Continue reading

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DefenceSynergia Commentary On Air Staff E-3D Plans

29th September 202129th September 2021 DS_Admin

    The ambition of the RAF is to be commended – albeit that a desire to balance the budget seems to have gained more traction with the Air Staff than the air defence of the UK and its interests.

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