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The UK Strategic Defence Review A New Chapter
Wing Commander Nigel Wharmby Directorate of
Policy Planning
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Background

• Secretary of State announcement - October 2001
• Firm SDR foundation
• Lessons from Kosovo
• Focus on expeditionary operations
• Recognition of asymmetric threat
• Cross Government/International Framework
• Part of wider effort
• Political, diplomatic, humanitarian, economic,
  intelligence , legal and military strands

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Strategic Analysis

• Tackle symptoms or causes?
• Balance between Home and Away?
• Balance between find and strike and stabilize?
• Speed of deployment/readiness profiles?
• Specialization by capability or region?
• Role of international organizations?

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Operations Overseas (1)

• Importance of knowledge superiority
• Main military effects
• Prevent
• Deter
• Coerce
• Disrupt
• Destroy
• Requirement for CBRN defence

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Operations Overseas (2)

• Planning Considerations
• Operating within SDR core regions and beyond
• Host Nation Support limitations
• Speed of response
• Theatre location
• Local infrastructure support
• Long term Defence relationships
• Concurrency assumptions
• One x Large Scale or 2 x Medium Scale
• Greater demands of multiple Small Scale
  operations

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Tackling the Causes

• Conflict prevention
• Coalition peace support operations
• British Military Assistance Training Teams
  (BMATT)
• Defence Diplomacy
• Post conflict recovery
• Joint MOD - FCO - DFID approach
• Global Conflict Prevention Pool
• Joint Security Sector Reform Strategy

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Deterrence

• Complex and unconventional threat
• Demonstration of resolve
• Proportionate response
• International legal obligations
• Precision effects
• Minimum collateral damage
• Wider response options
• Political, financial, economic and legal
  sanctions
• International consensus

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Scenario Development

• Scenario modelling and development
• Lessons from Afghanistan
• Network enabled capability
• Intelligence sensors
• Network fusion and communication
• Strike capability

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Home Defence (1)

• Home Office lead
• Improved Command and Control
• Civil Contingencies Secretariat
• Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office
• Military/civilian planning interface
• Joint liaison arrangements
• Enhanced role for Reserves
• Civil Contingency Reaction Forces (CCRF)
• Prevent tying up Regular Forces

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Home Defence (2)

• Air Defence
• Maximise time to take operational decisions
• Activatable bases
• Enhanced Command and Control arrangements
• Maritime Integrity
• Support of civil authorities
• Specialist capabilities

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International Organizations

• UN Role
• International Law/UN mandates
• Consensus building/International development
• NATO
• Key role in Euro-Atlantic security
• Importance of Strategic partnership/Russia PfP
• EU
• ESDP - stabilization tasks
• EU Headline Goal improvements

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Next Steps

• Continued refinement of strategy and techniques
• Review of future strategic landscape
• Coherence of New Chapter in wider context
• Strategic lift and communications
• Increased deployability
• Evolution of force structures

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Conclusions

• Shortfall in SDR conclusions
• Armed Forces role in wider effort
• Requirement for new capabilities
• Allocation of investment
• Intelligence gathering
• Network enabled capability
• Rapid deployability
• Light forces

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Questions