Three former British army chiefs have warned that the UK's army is not prepared to fight against the Russian military and would be easily defeated. They argue that the UK needs to strengthen its armed forces to deter Russia from invading the Baltics.
The UK must mimic Nato 's poster-boy Poland and build an army that is ready to fight against a ruthless Russia n military, a former British general has warned. Three British ex-army chiefs told The Sun that as it stands, the UK's 'second class' army would be 'steamrolled' by Russia n forces if a major war erupted.
They said two decades of relative peace in the post-Cold War era has meant the UK - like much of European Nato - needs to avoid WW3 by having larger, better equipped and highly trained armed forces that would make Putin think twice about invading the Baltics. The UK needs to bolster and modernise its army if Nato has a chance of stopping the despot from trying another Hitler-style land grab. Former tank commander Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon told The Sun: 'The UK really needs to catch up. Our conventional deterrence is not up to the mark and we've allowed our ability to fight global wars to drift.
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