Delays to Integrated Review would affect British Army capabilities
The lack of clarification on when the IR will be published — and the possibility of further delays — could hamper efforts to deliver new armoured vehicles to the British Army
Analysts and politicians expressed concerns on 4 November over the impact on the British Army if publication is delayed of the Integrated Review (IR) of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.
Such a delay could slow progress in delivering new armoured vehicle capabilities by forcing the MoD to postpone some of its plans, speakers told a meeting at the House of Commons Defence Committee.
Brig (ret.) Ben Barry, Senior Fellow for Land Warfare at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, pointed out that the army is ‘in desperate need of modernisation'.
He said that some MoD land vehicle projects may have to be
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