It could at a stretch be interpreted as the military’s first rebuke to Jeremy Corbyn. Four days after Corbyn’s election as Labour leader, the first sea lord, Admiral Sir George Zambellas, laid out the basic tenets of British defence policy, based around two large-scale and costly projects: the renewal of the Trident nuclear deterrent and the creation of a new aircraft carrier fleet.
Speaking at the opening of an arms fair in London, Zambellas said: “Together, I believe these two capabilities will define our nation’s strategic and maritime security authority for the next half century or more.”
Corbyn, during his leadership campaign, expressed his opposition to the renewal of Trident and to the present level of spending on defence, 2% of GDP, much of which is being eaten up by the carrier programme.
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