A new report outlines grave weaknesses in Britain’s military capability and readiness.

But this report isn’t from a think tank or advocacy group. It’s from the House of Commons armed services committee. And the fact that members of parliament from all parties are so concerned about Britain’s defense situation is striking. The report’s title: “Beyond 2 per cent: A preliminary report on the Modernizing Defense Program” speaks to its overriding theme. Namely, that “Defense spending is far too low… [Britain] must begin moving the level of defense expenditure back towards 3 percent of GDP, as it was in the mid-1990s.”