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| PM announces £1.1bn defence spending | PM announces £1.1bn defence spending |
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| Spending of £1.1bn on defence has been announced by the prime minister. | Spending of £1.1bn on defence has been announced by the prime minister. |
| Speaking at the Farnborough International Air Show, he outlined investments of £800m for a new surveillance package and £300m for a new ice patrol ship and radar. | Speaking at the Farnborough International Air Show, he outlined investments of £800m for a new surveillance package and £300m for a new ice patrol ship and radar. |
| There will also be cash for drones, UK special forces and intelligence gathering to tackle global terrorism. | There will also be cash for drones, UK special forces and intelligence gathering to tackle global terrorism. |
| Labour said the government was now making up for mistakes it made in the 2010 Strategic Defence Review. | Labour said the government was now making up for mistakes it made in the 2010 Strategic Defence Review. |
| Meanwhile, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin advised his country's delegates to "return home" after the UK's Foreign Office said no Russians had been invited as government guests because of the Ukraine conflict. | Meanwhile, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin advised his country's delegates to "return home" after the UK's Foreign Office said no Russians had been invited as government guests because of the Ukraine conflict. |
| 'Defend the realm' | 'Defend the realm' |
| The money is not new, BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt says, but the MoD has been allowed to keep what it failed to spend in its 2012/13 budget. | The money is not new, BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt says, but the MoD has been allowed to keep what it failed to spend in its 2012/13 budget. |
| Some of the funds should help to reprieve the RAF's Sentinel spy-plane until at least 2018, our correspondent adds. | Some of the funds should help to reprieve the RAF's Sentinel spy-plane until at least 2018, our correspondent adds. |
| The plane had been due to be taken out of service early after cuts made in the defence review in 2010. | The plane had been due to be taken out of service early after cuts made in the defence review in 2010. |
| More than 12,000 service personnel have been made redundant as a result of the review. | More than 12,000 service personnel have been made redundant as a result of the review. |
| Mr Cameron said defence planning today was "not about battle tanks in central Europe" but about "modern threats". | Mr Cameron said defence planning today was "not about battle tanks in central Europe" but about "modern threats". |
| He said the new funding commitments were possible because the coalition government had been able to "close the black hole in the defence budget that it had inherited". | |
| "This money will help keep our country safe and stop terrorism at source before it reaches our country," he added. | "This money will help keep our country safe and stop terrorism at source before it reaches our country," he added. |
| "There are threats that you cannot defend against from the White Cliffs of Dover." | "There are threats that you cannot defend against from the White Cliffs of Dover." |
| The funding includes £800m of investment in an intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance package. | The funding includes £800m of investment in an intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance package. |
| Downing Street says it will boost special forces' ability to tackle global terrorism and hostage taking. | Downing Street says it will boost special forces' ability to tackle global terrorism and hostage taking. |
| About £300m will go towards projects including a new electronic radar for the RAF's Typhoon jets, and the purchase of the Ice Patrol Ship HMS Protector. | About £300m will go towards projects including a new electronic radar for the RAF's Typhoon jets, and the purchase of the Ice Patrol Ship HMS Protector. |
| Shadow defence secretary Vernon Coaker said the 2010 Strategic Defence Review had left capability gaps in the military. | Shadow defence secretary Vernon Coaker said the 2010 Strategic Defence Review had left capability gaps in the military. |
| "The government, now, four years later, when they could have taken decisions before... are now actually trying to fill those capability gaps by using money from under-spends which were meant for other programmes. | "The government, now, four years later, when they could have taken decisions before... are now actually trying to fill those capability gaps by using money from under-spends which were meant for other programmes. |
| "Of course you want to see investment in new capability, but you want to see a government that's investing according to the strategic needs and threats that it's made an assessment of, and not something that it simply makes up on the day." | "Of course you want to see investment in new capability, but you want to see a government that's investing according to the strategic needs and threats that it's made an assessment of, and not something that it simply makes up on the day." |
| James de Waal, senior fellow at the international security department at Chatham House, believes these announcements signal a change of strategy. | |
| "One of the things they say they're going to spend money on is reconnaissance, and that was one of the areas that in the last security and defence review in 2010 was really neglected. | |
| "And the last few years have really shown that was a bit of a mistake. A lot of the money they've announced today will be spent on things that are not the traditional model of the armed forces, they're not tanks, ships, aircraft. | |
| "They're things like special forces, like the SAS, interesting information and intelligence capabilities, they're cyber." | |
| Grounded fighter | Grounded fighter |
| Mr Cameron also detailed longer-term plans to boost the UK's defence sector, which increased exports last year by 11% to almost £10bn. | Mr Cameron also detailed longer-term plans to boost the UK's defence sector, which increased exports last year by 11% to almost £10bn. |
| He revealed plans for a UK Defence Solutions Centre in Farnborough to develop new defence technology. | He revealed plans for a UK Defence Solutions Centre in Farnborough to develop new defence technology. |
| A £4m UK Centre for Maritime Intelligent Systems based in Portsmouth is also being launched which the prime minister described as "a new chapter in Portsmouth's incredible naval story". | A £4m UK Centre for Maritime Intelligent Systems based in Portsmouth is also being launched which the prime minister described as "a new chapter in Portsmouth's incredible naval story". |
| This operation will see the development of a hi-tech unmanned submarine. | This operation will see the development of a hi-tech unmanned submarine. |
| And Mr Cameron also announced a "defence apprenticeship trailblazer" scheme intended to attract new graduates to the industry as well as develop new standards in advanced systems engineering. | And Mr Cameron also announced a "defence apprenticeship trailblazer" scheme intended to attract new graduates to the industry as well as develop new standards in advanced systems engineering. |
| Meanwhile, the F-35 combat jet, due to be used on the UK's new aircraft carriers, failed to make its UK debut on the opening day of the Farnborough Airshow. | Meanwhile, the F-35 combat jet, due to be used on the UK's new aircraft carriers, failed to make its UK debut on the opening day of the Farnborough Airshow. |
| The entire fleet of F-35s was grounded earlier this month in the US following an engine fire. | The entire fleet of F-35s was grounded earlier this month in the US following an engine fire. |
| "The aircraft is still awaiting US DoD (Department of Defense) clearance but we are hopeful that it will fly at the airshow by the end of the week," Farnborough organisers said. | "The aircraft is still awaiting US DoD (Department of Defense) clearance but we are hopeful that it will fly at the airshow by the end of the week," Farnborough organisers said. |