IS ENOUGH BEING DONE TO COMBAT POTENTIAL TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN THE UK

11. We need to better understand the threat we face from terrorists – their motivation, their capabilities, their available skills and technology, and therefore the scale and nature of any possible attack. We need to address underlying causes as well as treating the symptoms and to understand how these are related to each other.
12. As well as understanding the threat, we need to make an objective assessment of the vulnerabilities inherent in a complex, advanced, democratic society, and the consequences if these vulnerabilities are attacked. At a more detailed level, we must look, for the longer term, at:
• the contribution the Armed Forces make to protecting the UK itself;
• the likely size, nature and number of potential future operations overseas to tackle international terrorism and other asymmetric threats;
• promoting coalitions able to conduct longer duration peace support operations to prevent instability or to assist in stabilisation;
• whether this implies...