A senior US general has reportedly warned that the British Army is no longer considered to be a top-level fighting force.
the brutal number of strikes that Ukraine is currently facingTo add to this, the nation’s fleet of armoured vehicles were built ‘between 30 and 60 years ago’ – with the timeline to update them ‘too slow’ and devised before the Ukraine war.
While the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force face big challenges, the British Army is particularly in a bad spot, it’s reported. Tier one – a status desired by UK officials – is a top-level power such as Russia, the United States, China and France. ‘History will look back at the choices they make in the coming weeks as fundamental to whether this government genuinely believes that its primary duty is the defence of the realm or whether that is just a slogan to be given lip service.’Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has beenThe Kremlin recently announced plans to increase the number of combat soldiers from 1.15 million to 1.5 million
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