Setting sights on targeted deliveries
13 September 2012
Have Britain’s armed forces really been sent to fight Iraq and not given the right equipment? David Arminas explains how the true state of military purchasing is rather more complicated
The decision has been made. Marching orders have been given. Soldiers, pilots and sailors are on their way. Scenes of Britain’s armed forces steaming off to the Middle East to await orders to invade Iraq have been filling the newspapers, TV and radio this month.
But something is wrong, according to the popular media. Shortages of kit could mean these soldiers...