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The Next UK Defence Review Must Do Better
RUSI Defence Systems, 28 November 2011Defence Management, Defence Policy, UK Defence
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Professor David Kirkpatrick is a Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI. He trained as an aeronautical engineer and later as an economist.
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