Market forces in the front line
13 September 2012
The private sector is playing a much bigger role in purchasing for the UK’s armed forces. Robin Parker asks whether it will pay off
In the heat and dust of the battlefield, the last thing a soldier needs is for the equipment that has become their lifeline to fail. Particularly now, as the “war on terrorism” looks close to being cranked up another notch in Iraq.
But in recent exercises by the UK armed forces, this is precisely what has happened, with tanks hindered by the terrain and SA80-A2...