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Britain’s military braced for sharp spending cuts (AP)

In this image made available Sunday Aug. 1, 2010, showing British soldiers from Somme Company providing security as Afghan National Army troops search compounds near the town of Sayedebad, Afghanistan, on day three of their operation named TOR SHEZADA. After various costly wars and a financial crisis which have left the government coffers bare, military officials and government ministers have to face the prospects of a diminishing capability in the future within the global military presence.(AP Photo/Corporal Barry Lloyd RLC, British Ministry of Defence) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Tens of thousands of troops, a gleaming new aircraft carrier, one or more of the nuclear-armed submarines that guarantees Britain’s place at the world’s top table: Something has to give as the government looks to make sharp cuts to its defense budget as part of deficit-shredding austerity measures.


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