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I’m sure this is going over like a lead balloon within certain circles…
US general warns British Army no longer among world’s top tier fighting forces: report | Fox News
A senior U.S. general has recently warned U.K. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace that the British Army is no longer considered to be among the world’s top-tier fighting forces, according to a Sunday report.
The source told Wallace that decades of cuts to Britain’s military defense has eroded the country’s fighting capabilities, Sky News reports.
The source is quoted as saying: "Bottom line… it’s an entire service unable to protect the U.K. and our allies for a decade."
US general warns British Army no longer among world’s top tier fighting forces: report | Fox News
A senior U.S. general has recently warned U.K. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace that the British Army is no longer considered to be among the world’s top-tier fighting forces, according to a Sunday report.
The source told Wallace that decades of cuts to Britain’s military defense has eroded the country’s fighting capabilities, Sky News reports.
The source is quoted as saying: "Bottom line… it’s an entire service unable to protect the U.K. and our allies for a decade."