More agree: 2pc GDP spend on Defence a meaningless number

Yet another example:

In reality, the 2 per cent of GDP commitment means little. Why? The Ministry of Defence is seemingly incapable of procuring equipment that does what it is supposed to do at the price that was supposed to be paid—such as the F35, whose costs have more than doubled (now £154m per plane), and whose arrival is four years late to go onto aircraft carriers that have cost twice the original estimations—there is little to suggest that the 2 per cent GDP will have any effect on sustaining existing levels of manpower, equipment and capability.

Note that Australia has the same problem. Maybe worse. The incompetents in the entrenched defence bureaucracy don't need more money. They need more skilled leadership.


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