Army |
*3330 more troops to be recruited.
*Territorial Army cut from 57,000 to 40,000:
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*Airborne Brigade and airmobile brigade to be amalgamated to form new air manouevre brigade
*Re-role 2 of the armoured regiments to armoured reconnaissance and NBC roles respectively, and enlarge the 6 remaining tank regiments to full 58-tank units;
*Additional Mechanised Brigade to be created: Re-roled and strengthened from 5 Airborne Brigade which will be dissolved
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Navy |
*2 Aircraft Carriers: Decision to plan for 2 medium aircraft carriers, for deployment after 2012 replacing the present 3 smaller carriers;
*Royal Navy Reserve: To increase by 350;
*4 ro-ro ships to be acquired;
*3 escort vessels cut: Frigate and destroyer force to be reduced from 35 to 32;
*3 Mine Counter Measure Vessels cut: Planned MCMV force to increase from 18 to 22 instead of 18 to 25;
*2 Attack submarines cut: Attack submarines to be cut from 12 to 10
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*Cruise missiles: All Trafalgar class submarines to be made capable of firing Tomahawk land attack missiles.
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Air Force |
* 4 C17 transports to be acquired: C17 large transport aircraft, 'or their equivalent' to be acquired
*RTAF Reserve: To increase by 270
*36 combat aircraft cut: 23 offensive support and 13 air defence aircraft cut, number of squadrons to be cut by two to 18.
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*Confirmation of EF2000: The number of Eurofighters to be brought into service remains unchanged at 232;
*Air-Launched missiles enhanced:
*Tornado GR4: Deployability to be enhanced and some improvements to operations;
*Nimrod-R: Improvement in on-board processing systems for long range reconnaissance aircraft;
*Air transport: Confirmation of the need for a successor to portions of the ageing C-130 fleet.
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