Select committee: International Relations and Defence Committee

Conclusion 111

1st Report - Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic Published 29 Nov 2023
Conclusion (the committee's words)
The RAND Corporation told us that the acquisition of dedicated new vessels or uncrewed assets assigned to each pole “would help to protect the UK’s critical infrastructure in austere northern oceanic environments all year-round, and to reassure allies and partners”. 137

From: International Relations and Defence Committee, 1st Report - Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic, 29 November 2023

Government response

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