DEFENCE ministers have admitted the UK has been forced to pull out of key Nato naval defence groups in a sign of just how stretched the Royal Navy has become. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has acknowledged it has not provided a frigate or destroyer for Nato’s maritime group defending the North and East Atlantic since 2009. Written answers also reveal the Royal Navy stopped providing either of the ships for Nato’s second standing maritime group in the Mediterranean since 2010. Can the UK continue in its role at the top of NATO or have spending cuts and priorities made that too hard of a task to continue? (53p)
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:51:37 +0000
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