The closing feasibility critique focuses on the delayed British Defence Investment Plan. Its stated purpose is to connect the Strategic Defence Review's equipment plans with spending. Other reports are described as waiting for its release, with the release date still unknown. The alternatives considered include raising resources to fund the plans, acknowledging that some promises cannot be delivered, and discussing program choices with allies. The passage attributes the delay to the political difficulty of those decisions. That explanation is an interpretation of the delay, rather than an announced reason from the government.
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The Defence Investment Plan and procurement funding
The delayed Defence Investment Plan is discussed as the link between announced equipment plans, available funding, and conversations with allies.