Doubt cast on Ajax role in meeting NATO commitments

Doubt cast on Ajax role in meeting NATO commitments

The Ministry of Defence has declined to give a clear assurance that the British Army can meet its NATO armoured reconnaissance obligations without the Ajax programme, following questions raised in the House of Commons during Defence questions. Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty asked whether the UK is currently able to meet its NATO commitments given the problems surrounding Ajax, which he said had been designed specifically to fulfil the armoured …