The defense budget in 2008/2009 will be around $68.3 billion, the Minister for Defence Equipment & Support, Baroness Taylor, said March 27. Commenting on a House of Commons Defence Select Committee report on defense equipment in 2008, Tayleo said: "We are in the longest period of sustained real growth in the Defence budget for over 20 years. We keep spending plans under regular review, as we are doing in the current planning round for both equipment and the wider Defence…
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