{"id":20929,"date":"2015-09-04T00:46:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T00:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2015\/09\/04\/uk-minister-defense-review-less-painful-than-2010\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:52:21","slug":"uk-minister-defense-review-less-painful-than-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2015\/09\/04\/uk-minister-defense-review-less-painful-than-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Minister: Defense Review Less Painful Than 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=5a9c79cb-9a01-4b86-a3d2-f6335ffeb872\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UK Armed Forces Minister Penny Mordaunt discusses Britain&#8217;s Strategic Defense and Security Review, military manpower investment and reforms, opening combat jobs to women, and the fight against ISIS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 A top UK defense official said she believes a major review of its military will be less painful than one faced five years ago, when the budget situation forced tough choices on London&#8217;s military leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Penny Mordaunt, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, told an audience at the Atlantic Council <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Thursday <\/span>that the upcoming strategic defense and security review (SDSR) will reflect how <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">both <\/span>the economy and world stage has changed since the last review in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I have happy news that this SDSR is not going to be like the 2010 review,&#8221; Mordaunt said in her public comments on Thursday. &#8220;We are in a different position now. 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