How should the United Kingdom spend an additional one trillion pounds on defence?
Short answerThe proposal spreads work over years, expands worthwhile programs, invests in personnel and support capacity, and addresses procurement failures; the argument is that the full trillion is unnecessary.
NotesA sudden trillion-pound allocation would exceed the ability to spend profitably on equipment and infrastructure. Spending it over several years would ease that problem, but also raises the question of why all the money should be borrowed immediately. The proposed program expands existing purchases while examining troubled projects such as Ajax and Wedgetail. It also includes higher pay, stronger ground air defence, support craft and dockyard capacity. Service experience and credible quality control are treated as necessary conditions for turning the spending into usable forces.