UK can no longer economically compete with top countries
a realisation that the UK can no longer economically compete with top countries, military experts told Business Insider.
There is a strong correlation between military power and economic status. The major powers including the US, China and Russia all demonstrate their strength through military posturing, and countries that don't have enough resources for defence often pool with others.
- Dr Jan Honig, a senior lecturer in war studies at King's College London said it is "highly ironic" that Brexit could mean the UK can longer fund its defence.
- Julian Lewis, Chair of the UK's defence committee told BI he is now "concerned about whether Theresa May will be able to give defence the money it needs."
Theresa May this week asked Britain's defence secretary to justify the UK's role as a "tier one" military power, causing dismay in the Ministry of Defence. Underlying the statement is a realisation that the UK can no longer economically compete with top powers, defence experts told Business Insider.
"It's a reflection of our economic status - times are tough," said Tim Ripley, a defence analyst, adding: "It's all about money.. if you don't have money you can't spend it."
The Prime Minister questioned defence secretary Gavin Williamson on whether money for the military should be reallocated to areas like cyber, and if Britain needed to maintain a Navy, Army, Air Force and nuclear deterrent all at once.
Ripley called it a retreat from "grand ambitions."
"No matter how we dress it up, this new fangled cyber stuff is just an excuse for running away from funding hard power," Ripley said. "If you don't pony up the money and the hard power you don't get a seat at the top table. No matter how flash your cyber warfare is, people take notice of ships, tanks and planes."
There is a strong correlation between military power and economic status. The major powers including the US, China and Russia all demonstrate their strength through military posturing, and countries that don't have enough resources for defence often pool with others.
Dr Jan Honig, a senior lecturer in war studies at King's College London, said that shared defence can be disrupted in times of nationalism, and called it "highly ironic" that Brexit could mean the UK can longer fund its military.
"You can't really do it by yourself even if you spent a lot more on defence which is not going to happen in this country with this measly economic growth and the uncertainty about international trade details," he said.
You do want to ensure that government policy has support from the people, so to say we're going to pour a lot of money into defense just in case something happens … is a far more difficult thing to sell than funding the NHS and social care, welfare that is an immediate issue," said Honig, adding that populations are also more switched on to the horrors of war.So what should the Kingdoms do?
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