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	Strategic Defence Review - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Strategic Defence Review (or SDR) was a policy document produced by the Labour Government that came to power in 1997.
		To the surprise of many two of the largest defence procurement projects were excluded from the SDR, the Vanguard class Trident submarines and the Eurofighter.
		The SDR also reaffirmed the need for a permanent strategic transport force and the Airbus A400M was selected in 2000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strategic_Defence_Review (887 words)

	Global Defence Review 1999
		In Europe consolidation was under way and in the UK the then forthcoming Strategic Defence Review was expected to launch or re-launch a number of important and valuable procurement programmes.
		Defence budgets around the world were earmarked, in the minds of industrialists and consultants, to provide new and growing markets in which every supplier, national or corporate, would enjoy an ever- growing share.
		So the outlook for the defence industries at the turn of the year 1998/1999 is very different from that of a year ago, superficially at least.
	www.global-defence.com /1999/foreword.htm (487 words)

	Delivering Security in a Changing World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2003 Defence White Paper, entitled Delivering Security in a Changing World sets out the future of the British military, and builds on the 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and the 2002 SDR New Chapter which responded to the challenges raised by the War on Terror.
		Financially, in a Treasury spending review announced the week before, the budget would rise by 3.7bn pounds, from £29.7bn in 2004/2005 to £33.4bn in 2007/2008.
		The future regimental structure of the British Army, after changes were outlined in the review was announced in December 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Delivering_Security_in_a_Changing_World (780 words)

	Disarmament Diplomacy: - The Strategic Defence Review: Extracts & Documentation
		At the heart of the Review is a series of initiatives across defence to co-ordinate the activities of the three Services more closely, pooling their expertise and maximising their punch, while at the same time eliminating duplication and waste.
		The Review maintains this tradition and seeks to develop it in line with the Government's wider objectives for a modern and forward looking Britain, for example through the investment we make in education and training, in research and development, and in support for defence industry and exports.
		But the Strategic Defence Review has confirmed our view in Opposition that the transformation was incomplete, that it had taken some wrong turnings and left some vital capabilities inadequately resourced, that people had in some ways been neglected and that a more radical approach was needed in many areas.
	www.acronym.org.uk /dd/dd28/28ext.htm (9616 words)

	ROBERTSON'S REVIEW: MODERN FORCES FOR THE MODERN WORLD
		The Strategic Defence Review will deliver the modern forces for the modern world that will enable Britain to be a force for good in the 21st century.
		We instituted a fundamental review of activities and assets as part of the Defence Review.
		The Defence settlement will mean a reduction, in real terms, of #500M in the first year, rising to nearly #700M in the third year, as the efficiencies begin to take greater effect.
	www.fas.org /news/uk/980708-uk.htm (4335 words)

	Ministry of defence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This Strategic Defence Review (hereinafter: Review) is based upon the views, positions and guidance set out in the National Security and Defence Concept, which was based on an assessment of the new strategic realities; the international environment, the position within it of the RM, as well as the threats to its security.
		The last review of defence capabilities was undertaken as a consequence of the crisis of 2001 as an internal process within the Ministry of Defence and General Staff, without interdepartmental coordination and without broader consultations or proper transparency.
		In the area of security and defence there is mutual interest in deepening cooperation with a special accent of the exchange of intelligence and cooperation in the fight against terrorism, cross-border cooperation and strengthening security of the borders, fight against illegal trade of all kinds and exchange of experience in all these areas.
	www.morm.gov.mk /english/strategicdefencereview.htm (8072 words)

	Defence Review & The GI Bill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Strategic Defence Review stresses the importance of creating a highly capable and modern military which is sufficiently equipped, manned and trained for modern warfare.
		The Strategic Defence Review’s intention is to allow 1,300 school leavers a year to attend the college, gaining SNVQ level 2 qualifications, which will incorporate level 2 key skills.
		The Strategic Defence Review looks to the future as we approach the year 200, and resettlement is crucial to the lives of armed forces personnel who seek a smooth transition from military to civilian life.
	www.pathfinder-one.com /Pages/articles/aug98gibill.html (2085 words)

	One Year Later
		The SDR has been widely acclaimed as the best attempt in recent history to restructure and ration-alize the country's armed forces and establish more effective and relevant relationships among Britain's defense industrial base, the government, and the armed services.
		The changes proposed by the SDR embrace the specific technical, doctrinal, and organizational developments needed to support a second-tier-power's approach to expeditionary operations and emerging security issues in an era of fundamental social, economic, technical, and cultural change.
		SDR is a masterpiece, but its value will be for naught unless it is resourced so that the structural changes and necessary equipment purchases can be made.
	www.navyleague.org /seapower/one_year_later.htm (2249 words)

	Letting Ordinary Kiwis in on Defence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Strategic Defence Review of 1998 demonstrated, there are good reasons to involve the public more in decision making.
		Defence Beyond 2000 that coincided with the government’s announcements of defence equipment purchases in November/ December 1998.
		Strategic Defence Review opened sources of alternative advice (for instance, to think-tanks, specialists, academics and the public), whilst keeping the defence bureaucracy on-side.
	www.vuw.ac.nz /css/docs/discussion_papers/Kiwidef.html (1949 words)

	Strategic Defence Review: 8 Sep 2003: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		The 1998 strategic defence review established the concept of the joint rapid reaction force to provide more capable, more deployable and better-supported joint forces.
		In order to ensure its deployability, we have greatly enhanced our strategic air and sealift capability through the leasing of four C-17 aircraft and the phased acquisition of 25 new C-130Js and 25 A400M aircraft, six ro-ro vessels and a number of new ships to support amphibious and sea-based operations.
		I find it rather surprising that the Scottish nationalists should take such an astonishing interest in defence given that, as I understand it, their policy remains to withdraw from NATO and from any kind of international defence organisation—in which case, there would be no regiments left to defend.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /debates?id=2003-09-08.12.0 (1297 words)

	Global Beat: U.K. Strategic Defence Review: Commentary from the Acronym Institute
		This Strategic Defence Review was not merely a Treasury-driven exercise in cost-cutting, but nor was it the root and branch strategic analysis of security, defence and international relations that some had hoped for.
		These proposed carriers, central to the 'force projection' concept which the SDR embraced, were the subject of tough exchanges between the Treasury, which questioned their necessity and expense, and the Ministry of Defence.
		Although the SDR states that "the Government wishes to see a safer world in which there is no place for nuclear weapons", it clearly does not envisage Britain giving them up any time soon: "while large nuclear arsenals and risks of proliferation remain, our minimum deterrent remains a necessary element of our security".
	www.nyu.edu /globalbeat/nato/johnson070898.html (1853 words)

	news.mod.uk - Speeches & Statements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The overall purpose of the Ministry of Defence, and the Armed Forces, is to defend the United Kingdom, and Overseas Territories, our people and interests, and to act as a force for good by strengthening international peace and security.
		One of the great strengths of the Strategic Defence Review was the openness with which it was conducted.
		Indeed, one of the achievements of the Defence Review was to secure a three year financial deal.
	news.mod.uk /news/press/news_speech.asp?newsItem_id=513 (2153 words)

	U.K. Defense Policy
		In contrast to earlier reforms, the SDR is firmly rooted in foreign policy and a clear intellectual framework for assessing the future size and shape of U.K. armed forces.
		The setting of the SDR is that Britain is a major European state, whose economic and political future is as part of Europe.
		The SDR rectifies this with eight new Defence Missions, giving a more accurate and balanced statement of the roles of the armed forces and a clearer basis for planning.
	www.ndu.edu /inss/strforum/SF157/forum157.html (2423 words)

	United Kingdom - Strategic Defence Review - Supporting Essays - Essay 6
		Defence policy requires the provision of forces with a high degree of military effectiveness, at sufficient readiness and with a clear sense of purpose, for conflict prevention, crisis management and combat operations.
		Hydrographic surveying and geographic mapping and survey services are a defence responsibility because of the security aspects of providing hydrographic support for the strategic deterrent, anti-submarine warfare and mine countermeasures operations, and the need to maintain a survey capability for operations and emergencies.
		In addition, the Ministry of Defence is responsible for ensuring that Britain retains the ability to achieve political and military objectives despite the presence, threat or use of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons and their means of delivery.
	www.resdal.org /Archivo/gb-essay6.htm (8533 words)

	CDISS, the Centre for Defence & International Security Studies
		This was no more evident than in the 1998 Strategic Defence Review which focused future defence and security policy on the maintenance of international security rather than a response to a military threat to the UK and her national interests.
		Whatever the outcome, defence policy will be foreign-policy led, ethnical and supported by strong, though fewer in number, armed forces equipped with the best and most suitable equipment.
		In today's strategic environment, the prevailing balance of time and space - operational, political, and logistic - is more conducive to the exercise of maritime power, at least by the West, than it has been in many years.
	www.cdiss.org /default.aspx?fa=publicationlist (1897 words)

	The Hindu : Strategic defence review
		A central tenet of a strategic approach is the need to integrate all land, sea and air surveillance assets regardless of which service actually controls or operates individual systems.
		Born of a broad review of missile requirements jointly carried out by the three armed services and the defence research and development organisation in the early 1980s, its basic thrust has stood the test of time regardless of the problems that the short range Trishul anti-aircraft missile currently faces.
		On the other hand, a thorough review of the military, political, economic and technological threats that our nation may have to counter in the next quarter century will lead to an appropriately structured and equipped national defence capability that does not cripple our economy or fracture our polity.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2003/10/28/stories/2003102800941000.htm (1281 words)

	Daily Excelsior... Editorial
		The committee was asked to review all the laws extended to the state after 1953, some 300 laws to be precise, and recommend repeal of any law that was considered not beneficial to the people of the state.
		Defence perspective has to be long one and not on day to day basis ie plans should take care of for the next decade and for two decades and/or five decades to take care of futuristic wars and threat perceptions.
		On the other hand, the Defence Minister, Mr George Fernandes, is reported to have favoured the idea for grant of political asylum to the Karampa Lama.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /00jan21/edit.htm (5096 words)

	News Headings
		The establishment of the council, approved by the Prime Minister, is essentially based on the report of the task force chaired by former Defence Minister KC Pant and submitted to Mr Vajpayee recently, an official announcement said.
		The Strategic Policy Group, recommended by the 1996 proposals on the National Security Council, would comprise the three Service Chiefs, Cabinet Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Secretaries of Home, Defence, Defence Production, Finance, Revenue, Space and Atomic Energy, RBI Governor, Director of Intelligence Bureau, Raw Secretary, Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and JIC Chairman.
		"One of the priority tasks of the strategic policy group will be to undertake the strategic defence review, which is part of the national agenda for governance", the release said.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1998/98nov20/head.htm (445 words)

	Ministry of defence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The National Security and Defence Concept of the R.of Macedonia, adopted in June 2003, defines the vital values and interests, possible threats to national security and defence, as well as the needs of the prospective armed forces, interoperative with NATO.
		Considering the provisions of the National Security and Defence Concept, the strategic defence review, the maintenance costs and future needs of the ARM (Army of R. of Macedonia), the ARM plans to dispose of the outdated T –55 tanks.
		The R. of Macedonia’s strategic goal is to build a small, mobile and efficient army, interoperative with NATO, which, in addition to safeguarding the territorial integrity and sovereignty, would have its own contibution to NATO-led peace operations.
	www.morm.gov.mk /english/Informations/January/09012004.htm (920 words)

	Review of Beeler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Most naval historians tend to view the latter half of the nineteenth century as a period of relative peace for Britain, marked by political vacillation and strategic myopia of British naval policy makers, who were in the midst of an expanding colonial empire and a surge in technological innovation.
		In the final chapters and epilogue, Beeler refutes the charges that the Admiralty’s strategic naval planning received short shrift during the period and that British strategic aims were poorly articulated.
		He argues that it was more a case of not being able to develop a coherent and practical strategy, given the incompatibility between the aims of the policy makers and the limitations of the technology at the time.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/1999/summer/br14-su9.htm (581 words)

	news.mod.uk - Speeches & Statements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		THE STRATEGIC DEFENCE REVIEW AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR NATO
		I am sure that by now you are all well versed in the essential conclusions of the Strategic Defence Review, of our move to expeditionary forces and the various enhancements and changes we have made to our forces.
		As a consequence of the Strategic Defence Review we are improving and enhancing the logistic support we give to our forces and restructuring them to enable them to better provide rouled capabilities.
	news.mod.uk /news/press/news_speech.asp?newsItem_id=529 (2160 words)

	The Strategic Defence Review: A New Chapter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The development of defence policy, and the forces and structures to underpin that policy, cannot be an objective or certain process.
		The Strategic Defence Review of 1998 was widely regarded as a sound effort to balance all these uncertainties and provide a planning basis for UK defence capability at an affordable cost.
		While the promotion of international peace and stability by the use of defence diplomacy, peace support operations and expeditionary warfare capability may have an effect on the causes of some terrorism in the longer term, it may have little or no impact on the threat from al-Qaeda or similar fanatical terrorist networks.
	www.tgarden.demon.co.uk /writings/articles/2002/020312mod.html (2897 words)

	Subject Listing for Armed Forces (Joint Forces) - United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The statement is the first review of Canadian defence policy in over a decade and presents a new vision for Canadian forces in the post Cold War and post September 11th security environment.
		This paper outlines the UK Government's defence industry policy, which is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the UK's defence industry and enhamcing the provision of high quality equipment to the armed forces.
		It reviews the procurement of Chinook helicopters by the Ministry of Defence.
	aerade.cranfield.ac.uk /ROADS/subject-listing/joint1.html (4926 words)

	C:\WEBSHARE\WWWROOT\GLOBAL~1\MISSILES\THEATRE.HTM
		By late 1997 it seemed likely that this review would favour an expeditionary strategy, that is, a UK commitment to support British interests, including support of Britain's allies in the Middle East and elsewhere, with small but highly effective expeditionary forces.
		If this review were to result in the British government choosing an expeditionary strategy, then the question of British requirements for theatre missile defence (TMD) systems to defend its expeditionary forces would become politically significant in light of the experience with TMD systems in the 1991 Gulf War.
		The attacker would hope that US defences might not cover the British and allied forces as effectively as they would cover US forces and would hope to cause casualties, disrupt their deployment and undermine British and allied political support for their deployment.
	www.global-defence.com /1998/Missiles/theatre.htm (2805 words)

	SAIC in Europe: Defence
		The UK Government's Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and the New Chapter (added after September 11th, 2001) set out a new approach to defence operations, including the need to establish joint capabilities in nearly every aspect of defence work.
		Indeed, SAIC is one of the largest defence contractors in the world.
		Working alongside almost every major player in the defence sector, SAIC engineers integrate a wide range of defence information systems used by the Army, Navy and Air Force, to ensure that hard-won information is used to the maximum possible extent.
	www.saic.com /europe/defence (355 words)

	Sea Power: One year later: The U.K. strategic defence review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The SDR has been widely acclaimed as the best attempt in recent history to restructure and rationalize the country's armed forces and establish more effective and relevant relationships among Britain's defense industrial base, the government, and the armed services.
		ln-truth, prior to SDR, too many of the United Kingdom's key defense acquisition programs had been over budget, behind schedule, and lacking the dynamic top-down leadership structure that could create the imaginative approaches that would bring the right equipment into service on time.
		Iin the summer of 1999, John Howe, MOD's deputy chief of defence procurement, recognized the impact of these necessary changes and stated that Britain "must make the optimum tradeoffs between time, cost, and performance.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_199912/ai_n8857399 (1304 words)

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