The defence secretary has justified the decision to axe a further 4,200 jobs from the armed forces by insisting he had "no choice" because of the appalling state of military finances.
As the Ministry of Defence confirmed details of the second tranche of a painful redundancy programme, Philip Hammond also claimed the new cuts would not affect operations in Afghanistan.
In a statement, the MoD revealed it was looking to shed 2,900 posts from the army, around 1,000 from the RAF and 300 from the Royal Navy.
The total is higher than the first round of the process last year, and there are expected to be more compulsory redundancy notices this time.
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