pounds 1bn defence shortfall 'will cripple MoD and force cuts'

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: October 28, 2007| Author: ROBERT WATTS Whitehall Correspondent | Copyright information

TROOPS will be left short of crucial weapons and equipment by a pounds 1 billion black hole in the defence budget, it is claimed.

The shortfall will leave servicemen without Apache gunships, Land Rovers and Chinook transport helicopters, according to experts

Future weapons projects, including the new generation of Astute nuclear submarines and even the Eurofighter, are also at risk.

The Navy has already been forced to "mothball" all Type 42 destroyers and several Type 22 ...

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