Forces to lose more helicopters in new round of defence cuts

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    Forces to lose more helicopters in new round of defence cuts
    Military helicopters could face fresh cuts despite warnings that the Armed Forces already lack what they need.

    The Ministry of Defence has begun a review of helicopter requirements to ensure a "balanced and affordable plan" for the future.

    The "rotary wing capability study" prompted warnings from defence industry sources that a number of programmes were "extremely vulnerable".

    An order for 12 new Chinooks is likely to be reduced, executives fear.

    Commanders are waiting for ministers to sign off the order, cut from 22 in the Strategic Defence and Security Review last year. Maj Gen Bill Moore, master general of the ordnance and director battlespace manoeuvre, told a recent conference that the Armed Forces did not have enough heavy-lifting helicopters.

    "We need to buy additional Chinook to improve our lift," he told the Royal United Services Institute. "Our lift at the moment will not allow us to do what the Government requires us to do on operations."

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