UKIP Defence Spokesman Mike Hookem MEP has said today's announcement "includes many welcome measures" but warned that, "The devil is in the details".
Speaking just after the announcement of the SDSR 2015 in Parliament, Mr Hookem said, "Mr Cameron can make statements about a military with more ships, more aircraft and new equipment, but following the 2010 review the UK's military has been at its smallest since the mid 19th century and our country has been left weakened.”
"His headline policy of two 5000 strong 'strike brigades' does not mean extra soldiers, it means reallocating already overstretched troops to new duties, rather than building our forces capabilities through a commitment to expanding personnel numbers.”
“This is all too typical of the type of smoke and mirrors defence policy we have come to expect from the Conservatives. In the summer they tried to fox voters with their creative accounting, slipping spending on security services into the defence budget to meet NATO's two per cent spending obligations.
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