The navy's review will look at the the circumstances surrounding the incident and the wider rules of engagement for UK forces operating in the area.

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The strategic defence review included plans to scrap Harrier jump jets, the Navy's flagship HMS Ark Royal and Nimrod spy planes, as well as 42, 000 Ministry of Defence and armed forces jobs.

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Under the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), announced in 2010, the navy and air force have to cut 5, 000 jobs each, the Army 7, 000 and about 25, 000 civilian staff working at the MoD face redundancy.

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With a new defence review approaching, the former first sea lord has warned that any future cuts to the Royal Navy would put it under more severe pressure.

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The individual services have been increasingly at odds with one another as the strategic defence and security review approaches, with signs that Army numbers are likely to be spared, and that the Royal Navy will get its two aircraft carriers, though may have to sacrifice some of its surface fleet - while the RAF could see many jets and some bases cut.

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Last year's strategic defence and security review (SDSR) said Army numbers were to be reduced by 7, 000, and the Royal Navy and RAF by 5, 000 each.

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Pentagon officials decided to give the book another read, after a member of the Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden released an account of the raid without submitting the manuscript for a security review.

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