What is the Future Commando Force?
a major transformation, modernizing the Royal Marines into a globally deployable, technologically advanced, littoral response force, operating from the sea with Littoral Response Groups (LRGs)
Example of FCF?
Vanguard Strike Company
New weaponry?
ATAC Tablet System
MAST-13
KS-1 rifle (L400)
Sig Sauer MCX rifle (maritime operations)
Kestrel Night vision
C8 Carbon Rifle
Standard weaponry?
SA80 A2
L109A1 Grenade
GPMG
9MM Pistol (Glock)
What has been added to the RM phase 1 training?
Drones
Drones?
Parrot Anafi USA
Malloy TRV150
Anduril Ghost MK4
New developments on FCF
Special Operations Maritime Task Group (SOMTG)
The UK Commando Force has been undergoing a radical modernisation over the past six years, developing AI enabled targeting, multi-domain fires and uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) while strengthening partnerships to maintain their status as specialists in operations in the region.
As part of FCF what is being made with Norwegians
Luna House Agreement
What is commando helicopter force going to do?
Operation Clockwork
Government targets and promises for defence? Also how much of a gap/black hole is there in funding?
Overall target is to go from 2.4% of GDP to 5% by 2035, and 2.5% or even 2.6% by 2027.
3.5% go to core spending, and 1.5% to security
However, MOD has warned there is a £28 billion funding gap
Therefore, this is more than about productive spending and innovative accounting. War bonds?
War bonds:
War bonds are debt securities sold by a government to its citizens to finance military operations and war efforts, acting as a loan that the government promises to repay with interest later, typically used to raise funds quickly and control wartime inflation by removing money from circulation
What lays at the heart of FCF?
Peristent presence forward across the world, commandos delivering globally - counternarcotics, piracy, and range of other outputs on behalf of defence and UK prosperity agenda.
