Last week's poll: UK defence spending

We received a strong response on this poll, with 542 readers giving us their opinions on options for the defence of the realm. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the largest group, 40 per cent, though we should spend on all of the options suggested; somewhat more surprisingly, 25 per cent thought we should spend on none of them. Of those who picked a single option, 14 per cent thought that specialist combat teams should be prioritised, while 13 per cent thought combating cyber security threats was the most important priority. Seven per cent wanted unmanned systems to be the focus of investment, while — in a surprise considering the results of our recent Trident poll — only 1 per cent thought that nuclear weapons should be a spending priority.

Please continue to end us your opinions on this poll.