SAS could become global anti-terrorist force
The SAS could be expanded to combat the threat of global terrorism, it was reported today.
British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is to announce a review of the structure, equipment and strategy of Britain’s armed forces at Labour’s party conference, a British broadsheet said.
Britain's Ministry of Defence is certain to study whether Britain has enough special forces and has the relevant equipment for the new type of terrorism, the newspaper said.
The review will also look at the nature of the potential terrorist threat, including methods of attacking quasi-state terror groups and the configuration of rapid reaction forces.
A defence official told the newspaper: ‘‘We have thought about terrorism before, but the scale of what happened on September 11 makes it necessary to undertake a re-examination.’’
