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ASPI suggests
Posted By Natalie Sambhi on February 4, 2013 @ 13:45
… the Ministry of Defence has taken significant positive steps designed to deal with the accumulated affordability gap in the Equipment Plan 2012 to 2022, and lay the foundations for stability going forward. The crucial test will be whether the Department is able to deliver the Equipment Plan within planned expenditure limits, supported by the existence of a substantial contingency provision, over the next few years. If such a track record is established, which can only happen over time, the Department will be able to demonstrate it has really turned a corner.
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/3062029431_84d3a02759_z.jpg
[2] inaugural speech of the grouping’s first Vietnamese head: http://www.ipcs.org/article/southeast-asia/the-asean-challenges-facing-the-new-secretary-general-3805.html
[3] new paper: http://www.rsis.edu.sg/publications/Perspective/RSIS0132013.pdf
[4] article looks at India’s chill factor: http://www.ipcs.org/article/india/india-and-the-melting-arctic-3804.html
[5] Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index: http://government.defenceindex.org/
[6] here: http://government.defenceindex.org/results/countries
[7] here: http://government.defenceindex.org/report
[8] strongly-(and carefully-) worded statement on its anti-corruption efforts: http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/press_room/clarification/30jan13_clarification.html#.UQ8ebh2kr62
[9] working paper: http://www.iai.it/pdf/DocIAI/iaiwp1227.pdf
[10] Defence Equipment Plan 2012 (sic): https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/70258/Defence_Equipment_Plan_2012_20130130.pdf
[11] their guarded assessment: http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/1213/mod_equipment_plan.aspx
[12] long shadow of chemical weapons in Asia: http://thediplomat.com/2013/02/02/the-long-shadow-of-chemical-weapons/?all=true
[13] Dan Trombly’s December musings: http://www.cnas.org/blogs/abumuqawama/2012/12/few-thoughts-chemical-warfare.html
[14] US–Japan alliance and Japan’s security policy under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: http://billboard.anu.edu.au/event_view.asp?id=97391
[15] Australia’s defence policy and regional challenges: http://www.aiia.asn.au/nsw-events/event/623-australia-and-the-asian-defence-conundrum
[16] German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle: http://www.iiss.org/about-us/offices/iiss-asia-singapore/events-activities/iiss-fullerton-lecture-series/guido-westerwelle/
[17] discussion on security issues related to North Korea: http://www.iiss.org/events-calendar/2013-events-archive/february-2013/watching-and-worrying-about-north-korea/
[18] Marion Doss: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ooocha/3062029431/