The terror spree in France “was the sort of thing we warned about” in planning with the security services but such atrocities meant “you have to go right back to the drawing board” to work out what more steps needed to be taken, he said.
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In a highly significant statement today, the government said: “The Prime Minister has ordered a rapid review of security at a number of airports around the world in the wake of the Sinai disaster, with aviation specialists expected to conduct assessments over the next two months at locations in the Middle East and North Africa in particular”.
ISIS has widely been blamed for the downing of a Russian jet over Egypt earlier this month.
He said Britain faced a generational struggle which required more manpower to counter.
Mr Putin told Mr Cameron that UK-Russian relations were “not in the best shape”, but thanked him for sharing United Kingdom intelligence in a phone call following the Sharm crash and added: “The recent tragic events in France show that we should join efforts in preventing terror”.
Cameron said he planned to more than double government spending on aviation security, now around 9 million pounds ($13.70 million) a year, over the next 5 years.
This new funding will provide extra aviation security experts to regularly assess security at airports around the world as well as advice, training and equipment for other countries to help them increase security at airports.
The interior ministers of the European Union are due to hold crisis talks in Brussels on Friday to address security issues raised by the Paris attacks, in which gunmen and suicide bombers killed at least 129 people in restaurants, a concert hall and outside the national stadium.
Cameron has stated that the money (an additional 15 per cent budget increase over original Treasury estimates) will allow the MI5, MI6 and GCHQ spy and security forces to recruit an additional 1,900 officers.
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Inspections will focus on the nature and scale of the threat, physical security at airports and measures for passenger and baggage screening. According to the BBC, the additional funding was higher than the number previously briefed to the media by the Treasury.
