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<p><a href="page.php?w=Chatham_Dockyard">Chatham Dockyard</a> was also to be closed as an operational base. Feasibility studies for the <a href="page.php?w=Type_43_destroyer">Type 43</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Type_44_destroyer">Type 44</a> destroyers were also cancelled, together with the <a href="page.php?w=Sea_Dart_%28missile%29">Sea Dart MkII</a> surface-to-air missile.</p>

<p><big>British Army</big></p>
<p>The regular army was to be reduced by 7,000 men (out of a total of 165,000), which was to be partly offset by the gradual expansion of the Territorial</p><p>
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