British Army would be destroyed 'in six months to a year' in a major war, minister warns

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British Deputy Secretary of Defense Alistair Carnes said that in the event of a major war, British troops would be “expended” within a year if they suffered the same losses as the Russian army during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Carnes said this on December 4, speaking at the Royal Joint Defense Research Institute (RUSI) in London.

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UK defense minister warns British Army could be wiped out in large-scale war

A U.K. defense minister warned the British Army could be wiped out within six months of a large-scale war. Alistair Carns, the nation's minister for veterans, said a rate of casualties similar to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would lead to the army’s demise. “In a war of scale, not a limited intervention but one similar to Ukraine, our Army, for example on the current casualty rates, would be expended, as part of a broader multi-national coalitio…

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British Army 'would be destroyed within six months' if WW3 kicks off

Former Marine colonel Alistair Carns said this doesn’t mean Britain need a bigger army, but said the country needs to act quickly in the event of a crisis

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A British politician warns that the national army would quickly be exhausted in a full-scale war. Reservists could be crucial.

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The Secretary of State for Veterans of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, Al Carns, has warned that the British Armed Forces would not endure more than a year in a large-scale conflict, taking into account the numbers of casualties that are being recorded in the war in Ukraine, which began after the Russian invasion of February 2022. “In a large-scale war, not in limited intervention, but in a similar one to that of Ukraine, our army, with …

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British Veterans Affairs Minister Alistair Carns said on Wednesday that the British army would be destroyed in “six months to a year” in the event of a major war, POLITICO reported, citing News.ro. Carns stated...