“This is the first time that we will see this level of investment where we’re not seeing a replacement of what we call traditional surface platforms.”
Maritime strategist and former Royal Navy commander Simon Kelly says that the lack of investment in the defence investment plan is “going to affect our ability to fight today”.
Simon Kelly was speaking to Rosie Wright and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day, from 6-10am.
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