The Strategic Development of the United Kingdom’s Armed Forces

The Strategic Development of the United Kingdom’s Armed Forces

25 Jul 24
Posted by: Kelly
17 minutes, 14 seconds read
Message from the Editor

In the wake of the 1998 Strategic Defence Review, (for younger readers:under a new ‘New Labour government’, PM TB, CofE GB & SofS for Def, Mr George Robertson) the author examined measures taken to cultivate and implement Joint capability and doctrine in the Armed Forces. Present readers can judge the efficacy of these changes for the RN. Sourced from NR 86/4, pg. 302. Other relevant articles from the same volume include SDR comments by the First Sea Lord, extracts from the SDR itself, and comments on the return of carrier aviation. A 15 minute read.

Now that the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) is complete, a number of important outcomes have emerged. One that will be of some importance to the ways in which our armed forces are shaped for future operations will probably lead to the establishment of what the SDR Report provisionally called the ‘Joint Defence Centre’ (JDC). As announced by the Secretary of State in his House of Commons Statement on the SDR, a study is currently underway to analyse the organisational processes by which the MoD copes with the complexities of Strategic Development and the development of Joint Doctrine. The Strat…

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