The reality is smaller armed forces and "capability gaps", but even after the cuts Britain will still be the world's fourth biggest spender on defence.

It defines the capability gap in terms of the functional area, the relevant range of military operations, desired effects, and time.

This document states the needed requirements and capability gaps of the legacy coastal communications system.

The approval of this document provides formal acknowledgement that a materiel solution is required to address the capability gaps.

It provides a way of showing time dependency between projects and is an essential for investigating capability gaps.

When compared to actual performance, the method outlined an approach to identify capability gaps and priorities.

The model included thee levels of capabilities, value contribution, performance targets, capability gaps, recommended actions and sourcing decisions.

The end product of these first two levels of analysis is a list of capability gaps.

These aircraft may be purchased to avoid a capability gap developing due to delays to the F-35 program.

The Government will also incorporate studies looking into current capability gaps during said reevaluation.