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Tens of billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money, have been wasted by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on weapons projects that have been repeatedly delayed or abandoned, were ill-conceived from the start or will soon be irrelevant to modern warfare. The government’s recent Strategic Defence Review promises that many more billions – which could otherwise be spent on vital public services and civil infrastructure – will be wasted. Above: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales as it is deployed for duty