Ben Wallace: UK 'must be prepared to fight wars without US'
He said the defence review should be used to make the UK less dependent on the US in future conflicts.
"Over the last year we've had the US pull out from Syria, the statement by Donald Trump on Iraq where he said Nato should take over and do more in the Middle East," Mr Wallace said. "The assumptions of 2010 that we were always going to be part of a US coalition is really just not where we are going to be.
"We are very dependent on American air cover and American intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets. We need to diversify our assets."The MoD was given £2.2bn, a rise of 2.6%, in September's spending review.
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